[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #4711: get_pages and get_posts do not work well with private posts

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#4711: get_pages and get_posts do not work well with private posts
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 Reporter:  Otto42        |       Owner:  anonymous     
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Template      |     Version:  2.9.1         
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:  needs-patch   
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Changes (by Otto42):

  * priority:  low => normal
  * version:  2.5 => 2.9.1
  * type:  enhancement => defect (bug)
  * severity:  minor => normal


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:2 ryan]:
 > get_posts and get_pages should be able to directly retrieve any post
 status, regardless of the current user.  Plugins and the admin need to be
 able to get at anything.  Maybe we need some more args.  post_status__in
 => array('publish', 'private'), check_user_caps => true.  Something like
 that.

 Okay, given that, there's still a bug. get_pages cannot retrieve private
 pages, as it has "post_status = 'publish'" hardcoded in its query.

 Seems to me that get_pages is redundant anyway, now. One can simply use
 get_posts with a argument of 'post_type' => 'page' to get pages. The
 get_pages function should probably be reworked to just point to get_posts.

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Ticket URL: <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4711#comment:12>
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