Title: WP_Query modification while on cron context
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# WP_Query modification while on cron context

 *  [Stefano Lissa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/satollo/)
 * (@satollo)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_query-modification-while-on-cron-context/)
 * Actually it seems the WP_Query internally set the “is_home” to true when a get_posts()
   is called (the get_posts() function not the internal method) in the cron context.
 * That is a problem since plugins that change the main query believed they are 
   in the home rendering context.
 * The WP_Query actually set the is_home to false is we are in the administration
   context, this is how I discovered the problem.
 * I think it should be added a check on the DOING_CRON so the post extraction in
   a cron fired event is considered like an administrative context (or at least 
   not the home context).
 * Stefano Lissa.

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## Tags

 * [cron](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/cron/)
 * [get_posts](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/get_posts/)
 * [wp_query](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp_query/)

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 * Last activity: [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_query-modification-while-on-cron-context/)
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