Title: wp_query?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# wp_query?

 *  Resolved [zoion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoion/)
 * (@zoion)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_query/)
 * I upgraded to 2.1 and now my themes are broke. I was using this:
 * <?php $wp_query->set( ‘category_name’, ‘worthless’ ); ?>
    <?php query_posts( ”);?
   >
 * to show only the category “worthless” on the front page, but now it doesn’t work
   and all posts in all categories are showing up. Has the syntax changed? Can anyone
   help me? Can anyone stop the sun from exploding in 5 billion years?

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 *  [martinhipp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martinhipp/)
 * (@martinhipp)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_query/#post-509209)
 * just use <?php query_posts(‘category_name=worthless’); ?> nothing the wp_query
 *  Thread Starter [zoion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoion/)
 * (@zoion)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_query/#post-509367)
 * Yep, that works perfect. Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [zoion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoion/)
 * (@zoion)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_query/#post-509598)
 * Oops, I dug a little deeper and found out that this only appears to be working
   on the surface. My “previous” and “next” links don’t work correctly using this
   method of setting the category. Can anyone offer an alternative?
 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_query/#post-509599)
 * To get posts pagination (i.e. previous/next) working with query_posts():
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/57912#post-312858](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/57912#post-312858)
 *  Thread Starter [zoion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoion/)
 * (@zoion)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_query/#post-509604)
 * Yep, that did it. Thanks!

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 * Last reply from: [zoion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoion/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_query/#post-509604)
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