[wp-hackers] Loops and Cloning

[Mark Jaquith]

On Oct 31, 2008, at 5:27 PM, Jess Planck wrote:

> 	$temp_wp_query = wp_clone( $wp_query );
> 	$temp_post = wp_clone( $post );


It's better to just instantiate your own WP_Query object.

$custom_loop = new WP_Query( array(
	'category_name' => $page_category_name[0],
	'showposts' => get_option('posts_per_page')
	));

while ( $custom_loop->have_posts() ) $custom_loop->the_post();
// normal loop functions here
endwhile;

That way, the normal $wp_query isn't touched at all, and things that  
depend on it don't break.

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