Title: Differences between WP_Query, get_posts, and Query_posts
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Differences between WP_Query, get_posts, and Query_posts

 *  [AngelEyes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clustervision/)
 * (@clustervision)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/differences-between-wp_query-get_posts-and-query_posts/)
 * Ive been making wordpress themes for close to a year now and truthfully I dont
   really know the differences between all these different methods for querying 
   posts. I know that Query_posts alters the main loop and is recommended against
   but I dont really know what the advantages and disadvantages are to wp_query 
   or get_posts.
 * Could someone clear this up for me?

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 *  Thread Starter [AngelEyes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clustervision/)
 * (@clustervision)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/differences-between-wp_query-get_posts-and-query_posts/#post-2446325)
 * nobody knows?
 *  [Justin Sainton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justinsainton/)
 * (@justinsainton)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/differences-between-wp_query-get_posts-and-query_posts/#post-2446731)
 * [http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/1753/when-should-you-use-wp-query-vs-query-posts-vs-get-posts](http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/1753/when-should-you-use-wp-query-vs-query-posts-vs-get-posts)
 *  Thread Starter [AngelEyes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clustervision/)
 * (@clustervision)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/differences-between-wp_query-get_posts-and-query_posts/#post-2446773)
 * this is great. thanks.

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 * [get posts](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/get-posts/)
 * [query](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/query/)
 * [wp-query](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp-query/)

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 * Last reply from: [AngelEyes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clustervision/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/differences-between-wp_query-get_posts-and-query_posts/#post-2446773)
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