Title: Using a variable inside WP_Query
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Using a variable inside WP_Query

 *  [thejester12](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thejester12/)
 * (@thejester12)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-a-variable-inside-wp_query/)
 * Howdy, wondering how I can use a php variable that I have predefined in the middle
   of a wp_query statement? Basically I’m creating a custom “related posts” kind
   of thing that finds posts with shared tags. (Only one specific tag is stored 
   in the variable.) Here’s the code I’m working with below:
 * `<?php $posts_query2 = new WP_Query('tag=news+$myvariable&paged=$paged&showposts
   =4'); ?>`
 * The statement works fine when I take away the variable and test it by putting
   in the exact statement that I want to be there. I also know the variable is working
   fine by doing an echo statement in the post.
 * I’m using a php variable elsewhere to pull up related links, and it works fine
   in the wp_list_bookmarks statement, but for some reason its not working in wp_query,
   any ideas why?

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 *  Thread Starter [thejester12](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thejester12/)
 * (@thejester12)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-a-variable-inside-wp_query/#post-920321)
 * Is this possible? Seems like it should be simple?
 *  Thread Starter [thejester12](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thejester12/)
 * (@thejester12)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-a-variable-inside-wp_query/#post-920355)
 * Does it have something to do with global variables and whatnot?
 *  [renato_s](https://wordpress.org/support/users/renato_s/)
 * (@renato_s)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-a-variable-inside-wp_query/#post-920367)
 * Try to use double quotes instead of single ones to wrap the query parameters.
 *  Thread Starter [thejester12](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thejester12/)
 * (@thejester12)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-a-variable-inside-wp_query/#post-920371)
 * Wow, so simple… That’s why as a designer I get frustrated with PHP/Programming
   stuff sometimes… Syntax gets me every time!
 * Thanks so much! It worked!

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