Title: WordPress Loop Question Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # WordPress Loop Question * [mdumka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdumka/) * (@mdumka) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-loop-question/) * Hello, * I was wodering if someone could help me with a loop question … * Now I know that the loop gets all of the latest versions of pages/posts. * But what If I wanted the loop to get the latest versions based on a custom field value? * So for example … * 1) Page = ‘About Us’ — Page revision 17 — Custom Field Value = ‘True’ * 1) Page = ‘About Us’ — Page revision 18 — Custom Field Value = ‘False’ * I would like the loop to return latest revisons on all pages/posts with a Custom Field Value of ‘True’ meaning page revision 17 would be the page shown, not revision 18. * Thanks for all of the help … * Mike Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 26 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-loop-question/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-loop-question/page/2/?output_format=md) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-loop-question/#post-2102170) * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/query_posts](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/query_posts) * Thread Starter [mdumka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdumka/) * (@mdumka) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-loop-question/#post-2102246) * Thanks Esmi … * But in looking at the database, say I have a page that has 10 revisions. Only one has a post type of ‘page’ and the revisions have a post type of ‘revision’. * How would the query posts function help solve my problem? * Thanks * Mike * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-loop-question/#post-2102287) * If you want to display post revisions, yes. * Thread Starter [mdumka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdumka/) * (@mdumka) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-loop-question/#post-2102389) * Ok … so you have to bear with me as all this information is new. * First I have to place the following before ‘The Loop’ * // The Query query_posts( $args ); * Next … I have to supply the arguments or parameters to query_posts(). So based on the fact I want a page or any of its revisions I would use this … * ‘post_type=any’ * I will wait to muck it up any more until your reply … * Thanks * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-loop-question/#post-2102410) * No – `post_type=any` won’t work. Have a look at [this Codex page](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/WP_Query#Type_.26_Status_Parameters) for examples of the parameters you can use in query_posts. * Thread Starter [mdumka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdumka/) * (@mdumka) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-loop-question/#post-2102470) * Ok so ‘any’ does not include revisions so do i search for post_type that includes page and revision to make sure i am looking for everything? * Thread Starter [mdumka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdumka/) * (@mdumka) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-loop-question/#post-2102598) * Hi Esmi … * I have been doing some more research, so I think this is what I need to find all revisions of a page .. * `$query = new WP_Query( array( 'post_type' => array( 'page', 'revision' ) ) );` * Does that look right? * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-loop-question/#post-2102599) * That will give you all published Pages **and** all revisions (posts & pages). Is that what you want? * Thread Starter [mdumka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdumka/) * (@mdumka) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-loop-question/#post-2102600) * Nope … * Say I have a page ‘About Us’ … I want the page and all of its revisions. * That’s the 1st part of my Query … * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-loop-question/#post-2102601) * I think you’ll need to do that in 2 parts. The first query/loop would be a standard one that pulls in the published page. The second query/loop would be needed for the revisions. Try: * ``` $args = array ( 'pagename' => 'About Us', 'post_status' => 'inherit' ); $rev_query = new WP_Query($args ); ``` * Thread Starter [mdumka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdumka/) * (@mdumka) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-loop-question/#post-2102602) * Well now is where is gets tricky … * The whole reason for this custom loop is so I can work on published pages and posts with out having those changes become instantly live. * So for example … I would like to limit the query to return 1 row/record or the last page/post with a post_status of ‘published’. * ``` $args = array ( 'pagename' => 'About Us', 'post_status' => 'Published', 'posts_per_page' = 1 ); $rev_query = new WP_Query($args ); ``` * So that query should return the latest published revision of ‘About Us’ … and it should not matter if its a page/post or revision … correct? * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-loop-question/#post-2102604) * Try: * ``` $args = array ( 'post_type' => array('any', 'revision'); 'orderby' => 'date' 'posts_per_page' => 1 ); $query = new WP_Query($args ); ``` * Thread Starter [mdumka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdumka/) * (@mdumka) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-loop-question/#post-2102605) * Ok … but what if I have version 9 as published, but version 10 as draft? * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-loop-question/#post-2102606) * Drafts are covered by ‘any’. Only revisions are excluded from the ‘any’ parameter. * Thread Starter [mdumka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdumka/) * (@mdumka) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-loop-question/#post-2102607) * Ok … Now I completely understand the last query. * But now in looking at my database … every revision of any page/post other then the published one has a post status of ‘inherit’ if it is not ‘publish’. * I need to keep a record of the statuses … how do I do that so I can query against it? Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 26 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-loop-question/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-loop-question/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘WordPress Loop Question’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 26 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [mdumka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdumka/) * Last activity: [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-loop-question/page/2/#post-2102619) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics