[wp-hackers] query_posts

[Mike Little]

On 20 December 2011 18:53, IC IC <icwordpress at gmail.com> wrote:

> When you run the query_posts( 'posts_per_page=5' ); does it really
> throw away the original query and re-run the same query - just to
> compile the same recordset but this time with only 5 recs?
>
> Would it be better exiting out THE LOOP at the 5th record?
>
> Am I missing something here?
>

It is better to modify the query before it is run, rather than run a new
query, which is what your code above does.

You can modify the query before it is run by hooking into one of the many
hooks available.
Here is an example of modifying the number of posts displayed
http://codex.wordpress.org/Custom_Queries#Display_Order_and_Post_Count_Limit

There are other methods too.


Mike
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