Title: Why the function get_posts returns the wrong post?
Last modified: May 29, 2024

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# Why the function get_posts returns the wrong post?

 *  [IoClaudio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ioclaudio/)
 * (@ioclaudio)
 * [2 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-the-function-get_posts-returns-the-wrong-post/)
 * Hi,
 * I noticed a strange behaviour of the function **get_posts**. I’ve defined a custom
   post type called “**evento**” that seems to work correctly. However using this
   array as parameter:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       $args
       array(3)
       post_name:
       "turbulence-on-the-banks"
       post_type:
       "evento"
       numberposts:
       1
       ```
   
 * When I execute the following code to check if a post exists **by slug** it returns
   the wrong item:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       $args = array(
       	'post_name'   => $slug,
       	'post_type'   => $content_type,
       	'numberposts' => 1,
       );
       $posts = get_posts( $args );
   
       $posts[0]['post_type']
       "evento"
       $posts[0]['post_name']
       "giornata-della-solidarieta-2024"
       ```
   
 * How is it possible?
 * In this case the post doesn’t exist and I expect an empty array.
 * I’m using WordPress 6.5.3.
 * Thank you very much.
 * Claudio

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 *  [Tridhya Tech Limited](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tridhyatechltd/)
 * (@tridhyatechltd)
 * [2 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-the-function-get_posts-returns-the-wrong-post/#post-17788419)
 * Hello [@ioclaudio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ioclaudio/) ,
   I hope you
   are doing well,I just checked your code and can you please give me more brief
   information on how you can data in the defined variable also give us full code
   so we can understand where you made a mistake or where the code is breaking.
 *  Thread Starter [IoClaudio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ioclaudio/)
 * (@ioclaudio)
 * [2 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-the-function-get_posts-returns-the-wrong-post/#post-17788583)
 * Hi,
 * this is the full function I’m using:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       if( ! function_exists( 'dli_get_content' ) ) {
       	function dli_get_content( $slug, $content_type ) {
       		$args = array(
       			'post_name'   => $slug,
       			'post_type'   => $content_type,
       			'numberposts' => 1,
       		);
       		$posts = get_posts( $args );
       		return $posts ? $posts[0] : null;
       	}
       }
       ```
   
 * I call this function in this way:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       $page_check = dli_get_content( $post_name, EVENT_POST_TYPE );
       ```
   
 * It doesn’t work either using ‘name’ or ‘post_name’ as parameter of the array.
 * Sorry, I don’t understand what do you need exactly.
 * Claudio
    -  This reply was modified 2 years ago by [IoClaudio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ioclaudio/).
    -  This reply was modified 2 years ago by [IoClaudio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ioclaudio/).
 *  Thread Starter [IoClaudio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ioclaudio/)
 * (@ioclaudio)
 * [2 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-the-function-get_posts-returns-the-wrong-post/#post-17789141)
 * It seems that this instead works:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       if( ! function_exists( 'dli_get_content' ) ) {
       	function dli_get_content( $slug, $content_type ) {
       		$args = array(
       			'name'        => $slug,
       			'post_type'   => $content_type,
       			'post_status' => array( 'publish', 'draft' ),
       			'numberposts' => 1,
       		);
       		$posts = get_posts( $args );
       		return $posts ? $posts[0] : null;
       	}
       }
       ```
   
 * You have to pass post_status, but I remember that before this code was working
   also without passing this parameter.
 * However it is not right that it returns the first object when it doesn’t find
   anything. Probably this is a bug.
 * Claudio

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