1. wordpress custom post listing

    October 19, 2009 by jerome
    
    global $wp_query;
    query_posts(
    	array_merge(
    		array('cat' => -420),
    		$wp_query->query
    	)
    );
    

    * while working on a few new Sangbleu pages, i came across this neat way of handling custom query; i found it on the WordPress Codex: query_posts.

    What it is essentially doing here is an exclude of all the post of a specific category without affecting the main loop/query generated by the core system of redirects; in other words: it respects the original paging. I found it quite clean and neat – and thought i would share…

    ** Even after a few months working intensively with WordPress almost like a framework, i’m still able to improve my own tricks and discover new stuff; version 2.9 is around the corner and i’m getting excited a bit with the fusion of the core WP and the MU

    *** We are searching for a way to share internally/externally small bits of code, functions, etc (not only WP related) – considering any software repository (wiki, wp, …), what would you recommend?