[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #5742: add child_of to query_posts

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#5742: add child_of to query_posts
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 Reporter:  strider72    |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  enhancement  |       Status:  reopened 
 Priority:  normal       |    Milestone:  2.9      
Component:  General      |      Version:           
 Severity:  normal       |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:  needs-patch  |  
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Comment(by filosofo):

 Replying to [comment:5 strider72]:
 > filosofo -- Either I am misunderstanding you, or you are
 misunderstanding this patch.
 >
 > post_parent works in different circumstances.  This patch allows you to
 use the following in a template:
 >
 > query_posts('child_of='.$post->ID);
 >
 > I use it (for example) for a "section index" page -- I create a loop
 that lists just the children of the current page.  if I can do this
 somehow with "post_parent", could you please give a simple example?

 {{{
 query_posts(array(
 'post_parent' => $post->ID,
 'post_status' => 'any',
 'post_type' => 'any'
 ));
 }}}

 > though it seems a bit unintuitive to use "parent" as "this is the parent
 of...."  (But if that's the standard in WP, so be it.)

 I agree.  I wish whoever had come up with these had used more explicit
 names, such as "descendant_of" or "parent_of".  But that's what we're
 stuck with.

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