List pending Posts

I wanted to know how to list pending posts in the frontend, and i finally did it… but i wanted to share the code i have used in order to know if i am using a proper way to list pending posts.

I don’t know much about coding, so i copy codes and try if they work… until i get the final solution i found 2 ways of doing it:

First is writing this code just before the start of the Loop in a custom page template:

<?php
$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
$args= array(
	'post_status' => 'pending',
	'paged' => $paged
);
query_posts($args);
?>

Second is doing the same but with this code:

<?php
$args= array(
    'post_type' => 'post',
    'post_status' => 'pending'
);
query_posts($args);
?>

Number 1 and 2 were not working fine…. but finally i found the third one :

<?php query_posts('showposts=10&post_status=pending'); ?>

And it works… you can watch it in action here.

So, is the third one a proper solution?

Many thanks!
Lucas