#WordPress query with args

WP_Query.php

$args = array(
    //Author Parameters - Show posts associated with certain author.
    'author'         => '1,2,3,'
    'author_name'    => 'luetkemj',
    'author__in'     => array( 2, 6 ),
    'author__not_in' => array( 2, 6 ),
  
    //Category Parameters - Show posts associated with certain categories.
    'cat'              => 5,
    'category_name'    => 'staff, news',
    'category_name'    => 'staff+news',
    'category__and'    => array( 2, 6 ),
    'category__in'     => array( 2, 6 ),
    'category__not_in' => array( 2, 6 ),
     
    //Tag Parameters - Show posts associated with certain tags.
    'tag'           => 'cooking',
    'tag_id'        => 5,
    'tag__and'      => array( 2, 6),
    'tag__in'       => array( 2, 6),
    'tag__not_in'   => array( 2, 6),
    'tag_slug__and' => array( 'red', 'blue'),
    'tag_slug__in'  => array( 'red', 'blue'),
  
    //Taxonomy Parameters - Show posts associated with certain taxonomy.
    'tax_query' => array(                     
        'relation' => 'AND',                      
        array(
            'taxonomy'         => 'color',
            'field'            => 'slug',
            'terms'            => array( 'red', 'blue' ),
            'include_children' => true,
            'operator'         => 'IN'
        ),
        array(
            'taxonomy'         => 'actor',
            'field'            => 'id',
            'terms'            => array( 103, 115, 206 ),
            'include_children' => false,
            'operator'         => 'NOT IN'
        )
    ),

    //Post & Page Parameters - Display content based on post and page parameters.
    'p'                   => 1,
    'name'                => 'hello-world',
    'page_id'             => 1,
    'pagename'            => 'sample-page',
    'pagename'            => 'contact_us/canada',
    'post_parent'         => 1,
    'post_parent__in'     => array(1,2,3)
    'post_parent__not_in' => array(1,2,3),
    'post__in'            => array(1,2,3),
    'post__not_in'        => array(1,2,3),
    'has_password'        => true,
    'post_password'       => 'multi-pass',
    'post_type'           => 'any',
    'post_status'         => 'any',


    
    //Pagination Parameters
    'posts_per_page'         => 10,
    'posts_per_archive_page' => 10,
    'nopaging'               => false,
    'paged'                  => get_query_var('paged'),
    'offset'                 => 3,
    'page'                   => get_query_var('page'),
    'ignore_sticky_posts'    => false,

    //Order & Orderby Parameters - Sort retrieved posts.
    'order'   => 'DESC',
    'orderby' => 'date',
																							 
    //Date Parameters - Show posts associated with a certain time and date period.
    'year'     => 2014,
    'monthnum' => 4,
    'w'        => 25,
    'day'      => 17,
    'hour'     => 13,
    'minute'   => 19,
    'second'   => 30,
    'm'        => 201404,

    'date_query' => array(                  
      array(
        'year'   => 2014,
        'month'  => 4
        'week'   => 31
        'day'    => 5
        'hour'   => 2
        'minute' => 3
        'second' => 36
        'after'  => 'January 1st, 2013',
        'before'    => array(               
          'year'  => 2013,
          'month' => 2,
          'day'   => 28,
        ),
        'inclusive' => true,
        'compare'   => '=',
        'column'    => 'post_date',
        'relation'  => 'AND',
      ),
    ),

    //Custom Field Parameters - Show posts associated with a certain custom field.
    'meta_key'       => 'key',
    'meta_value'     => 'value',
    'meta_value_num' => 10,
    'meta_compare'   => '=',
    'meta_query'     => array(                  
       'relation' => 'AND',                 
       array(
         'key'     => 'color',
         'value'   => 'blue'
         'type'    => 'CHAR',
         'compare' => '='
       ),
       array(
         'key'     => 'price',
         'value'   => array( 1,200 ),
         'compare' => 'NOT LIKE'
       )
    ), 

    //Permission Parameters - Display published posts, as well as private posts, if the user has the appropriate capability:
    'perm' => 'readable'                    

    //Caching Parameters
    //NOTE Caching is a good thing. Setting these to false is generally not advised.
    'cache_results'          => true,
    'update_post_term_cache' => true,
    'update_post_meta_cache' => true,
    'no_found_rows'          => false,

    //Search Parameter
    's'        => $s,
    'exact'    => true,
    'sentence' => true,

    //Post Field Parameters
    'fields' => 'ids'                       

);

$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );

// The Loop
if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
	while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
      $the_query->the_post();
	  
	} 
} // endif

wp_reset_postdata();