Title: Custom loop with custom post types
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Custom loop with custom post types

 *  [greencode](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greencode/)
 * (@greencode)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-loop-with-custom-post-types/)
 * So far the only way I’ve found of creating a custom loop using custom post types
   is to actually include the actual post type in the query i.e.
 *     ```
       'post_type' => 'help'
       ```
   
 * Is that really the only way it can pick up custom post types?
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