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Show Posts without adding post information to the cache
Display 50 posts, but don’t add post information to the cache
$args = array(
    'posts_per_page' => 50,
    'cache_results'  => false
);
$query = new WP_Query( $args );

Show Posts without adding post meta information to the cache
Display 50 posts, but don’t add post meta information to the cache:

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Get attachments that are gif images:
Get gif images and remember that by default the attachment’s post_status is set to inherit.
$args = array(
    'post_type'  => 'attachment',
    'post_status'    => 'inherit',
    'post_mime_type' => 'image/gif',
);
$query = new WP_Query( $args );

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Display published and private posts, if the user has the appropriate capability:
$args = array(
    'post_status' => array( 'publish', 'private' ),
    'perm'        => 'readable',
);
$query = new WP_Query( $args );

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Display posts with 20 comments:
$args = array(
    'post_type' => 'post',
    'comment_count' => 20,
);
$query = new WP_Query( $args );

Display posts with 25 comments or more:
$args = array(
    'post_type' => 'post',

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Show Posts based on a keyword search
$query = new WP_Query( array( 's' => 'keyword' ) );

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Simple Taxonomy Query:
Display posts tagged with bob, under people custom taxonomy:
$args = array(
    'post_type' => 'post',
    'tax_query' => array(
        array(
            'taxonomy' => 'people',
            'field'    => 'slug',
            'terms'    => 'bob',
        ),

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<?php
// The Query
$query1 = new WPQuery( $args );

// The Loop
while ( $query1->have_posts() ) {
    $query1->the_post();
    echo '<li>' . get_the_title() . '</li>';
}
/* Restore original Post Data 

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<?php 
// the query
$the_query = new WP_Query( $args ); ?>
<?php if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : ?>
    <!-- pagination here -->
    <!-- the loop -->
    <?php while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>
        <h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
    <?php endwhile; ?>
    <!-- end of the loop -->

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<?php 
// The Query
$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );

// The Loop
if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
    echo '<ul>';
    while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
        $the_query->the_post();
        echo '<li>' . get_the_title() . '</li>';

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Simple Custom Field Query:
Display posts where the custom field key is ‘color’, regardless of the custom field value:
$query = new WP_Query( array( 'meta_key' => 'color' ) );

Display posts where the custom field value is ‘blue’, regardless of the custom field key:
$query = new WP_Query( array( 'meta_value' => 'blue' ) );

Display page where the custom field value is ‘blue’, regardless of the custom field key:
$args = array(
    'meta_value' => 'blue',