Wordpress: wp query

wp-query.php

<?php
/** Wordpress general query
 * http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query
 * */
  
// WP_Query arguments
$custom_args = array (	'post_type' => 'custom_post', 'post_status'  => 'publish', 'paged' => $paged, 'posts_per_page' => '5', 'order' => 'DESC', 'orderby' => 'date', );

// The Query
$custom_query = new WP_Query( $custom_args );

// The Loop
if ( $custom_query->have_posts() ):

	while ( $custom_query->have_posts() ):

		$custom_query->the_post();
		// do something

	endwhile;
	
else:

	// no posts found

endif;

// Restore original Post Data
wp_reset_postdata();
?>