Title: Adding a variable into a WP Query
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Adding a variable into a WP Query

 *  Resolved [Steven Jones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rainemaida/)
 * (@rainemaida)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-variable-into-a-wp-query/)
 * Hi,
 * How would I go about adding the variable **$numberofposts** into a new Query?
   
   I have tried this but my PHP skills aren’t the best. I guess I’m doing something
   wrong after the = sign.
 * `new WP_Query('showposts=$numberofposts');`
 * Cheers,
    Steve

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 *  Thread Starter [Steven Jones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rainemaida/)
 * (@rainemaida)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-variable-into-a-wp-query/#post-905119)
 * Any ideas?
 *  [Lester Chan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gamerz/)
 * (@gamerz)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-variable-into-a-wp-query/#post-905125)
 * `WP_Query("showposts=$numberofposts");`
 * Use double quotes
 *  Thread Starter [Steven Jones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rainemaida/)
 * (@rainemaida)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-variable-into-a-wp-query/#post-905167)
 * Thank you very much.

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