Title: Why this multi-loop doesn't work?
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Why this multi-loop doesn't work?

 *  [DotAndComma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pentool/)
 * (@pentool)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-this-multi-loop-doesnt-work/)
 * Hey,
 * I’ve been reading a book on theme development and I’m in the multiple loops section.
   So I thought I create myself an exercise, and so I created two loops in the index.
   php file as such:
 *     ```
       <?php
         $args = array("category_name" => "animation", "posts_per_page" => -1);
         $posts = get_posts($args);
   
         foreach ($posts as $post) : setup_postdata($post);
       ?>
   
       <h4><?php the_title(); ?></h4>
       <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
   
       <?php endforeach; wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
       ```
   
 * So far so good. It works. There are 5 posts with the category “animation” and
   all the 5 will be displayed. So now, I wanted to add another loop. No real “purpose”
   here, as I said, it’s just learning, experimentation, etc with multiple loops,
   and I added this code after the one above.
 *     ```
       <?php if ( have_posts() ) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
         <?php the_title(); ?>
       <?php endwhile; endif; ?>
       ```
   
 * This second loop, however, outputs the 5 animation posts but I also get 5 additional
   error panels (WP_DEBUG is enabled). So I get a total of 10.
 * Now, I’m thinking that by default WP outputs the first 10 posts. Since there 
   are only 5 posts with the “animation” category, they get output correctly in 
   the first loop, and they also get output in the second loop. But the second loop
   also gives me 5 error blocks – which totals 10 – which is what the default WP
   count is.
 * I can’t seem to be able to figure out why this is. I’ve tried resetting the loop
   after the first one by using:
    – wp_reset_postdata() – wp_reset_query() – rewind_posts()
 * and any of these combinations together, but doesn’t seem to result in any change.
   Not sure why I am getting the 5 errors after the 2nd loop. After all, if I understand
   correctly, the “get_posts()” method doesn’t alter the query. Any tips?
 * Thank you.
 * PS: I am using WP 4.4.2

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