{"id":18916699,"date":"2026-05-23T10:41:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T10:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/using-a-select-query\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T10:41:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T10:41:22","slug":"using-a-select-query","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/using-a-select-query\/","title":{"rendered":"Using a SELECT Query"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings<\/p>\n<p>It does not appear to be possible to run a SELECT query which is much safer than using the allowable queries.<\/p>\n<p>Is this true?<\/p>\n<p>Is it likely to be a feature in the future. I think that many people would be interested in viewing what is in the database instead of modifying it.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you.<br \/>\nRichard Harding<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-18916699","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18916699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18916699\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18916699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}