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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Hi Chip,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for letting me know. I was reading your post here:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://make.wordpress.org/themes/2012/12/14/query_posts/" target="_blank">http://make.wordpress.org/themes/2012/12/14/query_posts/</a></div><div><br></div><div>If it is striclty forbidden, why wasn't it added to the Theme Check as required stopper?<br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 12:11:51 -0400<br>From: chip@chipbennett.net<br>To: theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org<br>Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Is query_posts strictly forbidden?<br><br><div dir="ltr">Yes, query_posts() is strictly forbidden. Use a proper WP_Query call for secondary loops, or pre_get_posts to modify the main query.</div><div class="ecxgmail_extra"><br><br><div class="ecxgmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Rohit Tripathi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rohitink@live.com" target="_blank">rohitink@live.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><div dir="ltr">Is the function query_posts () strictly forbidden or they can be used, if used as standalone independant of any other loops?<div><br></div><div><br></div> </div></div>
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