[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12821: Merge get_posts() and get_pages()

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#12821: Merge get_posts() and get_pages()
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 Reporter:  mikeschinkel                         |       Owner:  garyc40
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Future
Component:  Posts, Post Types                    |  Release
 Severity:  normal                               |     Version:  3.0
 Keywords:  needs-testing needs-patch needs-     |  Resolution:
  unit-tests 3.8-early                           |     Focuses:
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Comment (by mdawaffe):

 Not knowing about this ticket or the previous work, I created a patch that
 makes `get_pages()` a wrapper for `WP_Query` (as `get_posts()` is
 already).

 Oddities in attachment:12821-wp-query.diff​:
 * Having to use `array_intersect_key()` on the arguments since
 `wp_dropdown_pages()` has a `name` argument which is not compatible with
 `WP_Query`'s. There are other ways to resolve this.
 * Lack of `post_modified` sort in `WP_Query`.
 * As written in this patch, the cacheing is handled a bit differently.  I
 think the post terms/meta are cached with this patch, but not in the
 current version. We could change that with the `update_post_meta_cache`
 and `update_post_term_cache` `WP_Query` arguments.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/12821#comment:47>
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