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Custom Query Shortcode: Run a Loop inside Any Post/Page

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  1. function custom_query_shortcode($atts) {
  2.  
  3.    // EXAMPLE USAGE:
  4.    // [loop the_query="showposts=100&post_type=page&post_parent=453"]
  5.  
  6.    // Defaults
  7.    extract(shortcode_atts(array(
  8.       "the_query" => ''
  9.    ), $atts));
  10.  
  11.    // de-funkify query
  12.    $the_query = preg_replace('~&#x0*([0-9a-f]+);~ei', 'chr(hexdec("\\1"))', $the_query);
  13.    $the_query = preg_replace('~&#0*([0-9]+);~e', 'chr(\\1)', $the_query);
  14.  
  15.    // query is made               
  16.    query_posts($the_query);
  17.  
  18.    // Reset and setup variables
  19.    $output = '';
  20.    $temp_title = '';
  21.    $temp_link = '';
  22.  
  23.    // the loop
  24.    if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();
  25.  
  26.       $temp_title = get_the_title($post->ID);
  27.       $temp_link = get_permalink($post->ID);
  28.  
  29.       // output all findings - CUSTOMIZE TO YOUR LIKING
  30.       $output .= "<li><a href='$temp_link'>$temp_title</a></li>";
  31.  
  32.    endwhile; else:
  33.  
  34.       $output .= "nothing found.";
  35.  
  36.    endif;
  37.  
  38.    wp_reset_query();
  39.    return $output;
  40.  
  41. }
  42. add_shortcode("loop", "custom_query_shortcode");
  43.  
  44.  
  45.  
  46.  
  47. [loop the_query="showposts=20&post_type=page&post_parent=453&ord=ASC"]

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