Title: function BUG:  set_custom_wp_query_fields($fields, &amp;$wp_query)
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# function BUG: set_custom_wp_query_fields($fields, &$wp_query)

 *  [nsp-code](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nsp-code/)
 * (@nsp-code)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/function-bug-set_custom_wp_query_fieldsfields-wp_query/)
 * This function create query errors when $fields is one of ‘ids’, ‘id’, ‘all’ [http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Return_Fields_Parameter](http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Return_Fields_Parameter)
 * So your code just return this as is instead to parse it like WordPress does on
   code query.php file, lines 2034 – 2043:
 *     ```
       switch ( $q['fields'] ) {
       			case 'ids':
       				$fields = "$wpdb->posts.ID";
       				break;
       			case 'id=>parent':
       				$fields = "$wpdb->posts.ID, $wpdb->posts.post_parent";
       				break;
       			default:
       				$fields = "$wpdb->posts.*";
       		}
       ```
   
 * Hopefully you can fix this ASAP as i already found multiple plugins / codes which
   get beaked due this.
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/)

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 * Last reply from: [nsp-code](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nsp-code/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/function-bug-set_custom_wp_query_fieldsfields-wp_query/)
 * Status: not resolved