<div dir="ltr">I think it should be, but it hasn't been added yet.<div><br></div><div>Mainly, because it leaves the opportunity to allow query_posts() exceptionally, for well-justified edge/use cases.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Rohit Tripathi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rohitink@live.com" target="_blank">rohitink@live.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">



<div><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>Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 12:11:51 -0400<br>From: <a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net" target="_blank">chip@chipbennett.net</a><br>
To: <a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" target="_blank">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Is query_posts strictly forbidden?<div><div class="h5"><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><br><br><div>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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