[wp-hackers] Proper method for creating custom query inside shortcode

[Claude Needham]

Problem solved.

Turns out I was vastly under-estimating the subtly of wordpress.

The nested loops section
(http://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop#Nested_Loops) gave me the clue.

I did not realize that the_content etc would access the data for the
$my_query object. I was stupidly trying to craft some means of doing
the_content with $my_query directly. (A bit of not so useful example
code from a google search put me in the wrong direction. I think I'll
keep site:wordpress.org in my google searches from now on.)

When I stopped fiddling with all the dials it settled down and worked
like a charm.

Very impressive behind the scenes magic going on in wp.

Special thanks to codex contributors for including that "nested loops" bit.

Regards,
Claude Needham

On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 11:50 PM, Claude Needham <gxxaxx at gmail.com> wrote:
> I would like to embed an archive of the five most recent posts for a
> particular category in the main content of a page.
>
> I have managed to do this with some success by editing the page template.
>
> However, it would be better to do this via a shortcode -- so that page
> content can appear before and after the archive.
>
> I've done this wrong in two different way.
>
> When I managed to create an infinite loop, I decided it was time to
> see if there is example code or at least a clue about the proper
> method
> for implementing a custom query within the main content of a page.
>
> Any pointers would be appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Claude Needham
>