Query Post Multiple Loops

  • Ok so I know you can only query a loop once and then you need to create a new query for any additional loop or use get_post. I am building out a page that requires 8 loops. And I really need to use the if attribute in case one of the loops doesn’t have any content which will be the case at times. From what I can tell, you can’t use the if attribute after the main post. This is what I have:

    <!-- SUNDAY LOOP -->
<?php query_posts( array(
	'post_type' => 'programming',
	'schedule' => 'sunday',
	'orderby' => menu_order )); ?>
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php the_excerpt('...read more'); ?>

<p><?php $key="program_time"; echo get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true); ?> EST</p>

<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php else : ?>
<p>Healthy programming coming soon!</p>
<?php endif; ?>

<!-- MONDAY LOOP -->
<?php query_posts( array(
	'post_type' => 'programming',
	'schedule' => 'monday',
	'orderby' => menu_order ));
if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php the_excerpt('...read more'); ?>

<p><?php $key="program_time"; echo get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true); ?> EST</p>

<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php else : ?>
<p>Healthy programming coming soon!</p>
<?php endif; ?>

<!-- TUESDAY LOOP -->
<?php query_posts( array(
	'post_type' => 'programming',
	'schedule' => 'tuesday',
	'orderby' => menu_order ));
if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php the_excerpt('...read more'); ?>

<p><?php $key="program_time"; echo get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true); ?> EST</p>

<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php else : ?>
<p>Healthy programming coming soon!</p>
<?php endif; ?>

<!-- WEDNESDAY LOOP -->
<?php query_posts( array(
	'post_type' => 'programming',
	'schedule' => 'wednesday',
	'orderby' => menu_order ));
if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php the_excerpt('...read more'); ?>

<p><?php $key="program_time"; echo get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true); ?> EST</p>

<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php else : ?>
<p>Healthy programming coming soon!</p>
<?php endif; ?>

<!-- THURSDAY LOOP -->
<?php query_posts( array(
	'post_type' => 'programming',
	'schedule' => 'thursday',
	'orderby' => menu_order ));
if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php the_excerpt('...read more'); ?>

<p><?php $key="program_time"; echo get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true); ?> EST</p>

<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php else : ?>
<p>Healthy programming coming soon!</p>
<?php endif; ?>

<!-- FRIDAY LOOP -->
<?php query_posts( array(
	'post_type' => 'programming',
	'schedule' => 'friday',
	'orderby' => menu_order ));
if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php the_excerpt('...read more'); ?>

<p><?php $key="program_time"; echo get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true); ?> EST</p>

<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php else : ?>
<p>Healthy programming coming soon!</p>
<?php endif; ?>

<!-- SATURDAY LOOP -->
<?php query_posts( array(
	'post_type' => 'programming',
	'schedule' => 'saturday',
	'orderby' => menu_order ));
if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php the_excerpt('...read more'); ?>

<p><?php $key="program_time"; echo get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true); ?> EST</p>

<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php else : ?>
<p>Healthy programming coming soon!</p>
<?php endif; ?>

    So far this works for me but I know I’m not marking this up correctly. Can someone advise?

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  • Thread Starter sputnick3k

    (@sputnick3k)

    I ended up switching to this:

    <!-- SUNDAY LOOP -->
<?php $my_query = new WP_Query( array(
	'post_type' => 'programming',
	'schedule' => 'sunday',
	'orderby' => menu_order ));
if (($my_query->post_count) > 0) : while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>

<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php the_excerpt('...read more'); ?>

<p><?php $key="program_time"; echo get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true); ?> EST</p>

<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php else : ?>
<p>Healthy programming coming soon!</p>
<?php endif; ?>

<!-- MONDAY LOOP -->
<?php $my_query = new WP_Query( array(
	'post_type' => 'programming',
	'schedule' => 'monday',
	'orderby' => menu_order ));
if (($my_query->post_count) > 0) : while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>

<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php the_excerpt('...read more'); ?>

<p><?php $key="program_time"; echo get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true); ?> EST</p>

<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php else : ?>
<p>Healthy programming coming soon!</p>
<?php endif; ?>

<!-- TUESDAY LOOP -->
<?php $my_query = new WP_Query( array(
	'post_type' => 'programming',
	'schedule' => 'tuesday',
	'orderby' => menu_order ));
if (($my_query->post_count) > 0) : while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>

<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php the_excerpt('...read more'); ?>

<p><?php $key="program_time"; echo get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true); ?> EST</p>

<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php else : ?>
<p>Healthy programming coming soon!</p>
<?php endif; ?>

<!-- WEDNESDAY LOOP -->
<?php $my_query = new WP_Query( array(
	'post_type' => 'programming',
	'schedule' => 'wednesday',
	'orderby' => menu_order ));
if (($my_query->post_count) > 0) : while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>

<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php the_excerpt('...read more'); ?>

<p><?php $key="program_time"; echo get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true); ?> EST</p>

<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php else : ?>
<p>Healthy programming coming soon!</p>
<?php endif; ?>

<!-- THURSDAY LOOP -->
<?php $my_query = new WP_Query( array(
	'post_type' => 'programming',
	'schedule' => 'thursday',
	'orderby' => menu_order ));
if (($my_query->post_count) > 0) : while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>

<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php the_excerpt('...read more'); ?>

<p><?php $key="program_time"; echo get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true); ?> EST</p>

<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php else : ?>
<p>Healthy programming coming soon!</p>
<?php endif; ?>

<!-- FRIDAY LOOP -->
<?php $my_query = new WP_Query( array(
	'post_type' => 'programming',
	'schedule' => 'friday',
	'orderby' => menu_order ));
if (($my_query->post_count) > 0) : while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>

<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php the_excerpt('...read more'); ?>

<p><?php $key="program_time"; echo get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true); ?> EST</p>

<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php else : ?>
<p>Healthy programming coming soon!</p>
<?php endif; ?>

<!-- SATURDAY LOOP -->
<?php $my_query = new WP_Query( array(
	'post_type' => 'programming',
	'schedule' => 'saturday',
	'orderby' => menu_order ));
if (($my_query->post_count) > 0) : while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>

<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php the_excerpt('...read more'); ?>

<p><?php $key="program_time"; echo get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true); ?> EST</p>

<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php else : ?>
<p>Healthy programming coming soon!</p>
<?php endif; ?>

    Both codes were working for me but this second one seems to be the one people suggest. Thoughts if you have them would be great! The documentation isn’t really clear an the proper method for using multiple loops. Especially if you need the conditional statements intact on each loop.

    Thread Starter sputnick3k

    (@sputnick3k)

    So I ended up switching the code to:

    <!-- SUNDAY LOOP -->
<?php $my_query = new WP_Query( array(
	'post_type' => 'programming',
	'schedule' => 'sunday',
	'orderby' => menu_order ));
if (($my_query->post_count) > 0) : while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>

<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php the_excerpt('...read more'); ?>

<p><?php $key="program_time"; echo get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true); ?> EST</p>

<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php else : ?>
<p>Healthy programming coming soon!</p>
<?php endif; ?>

<!-- MONDAY LOOP -->
<?php $my_query = new WP_Query( array(
	'post_type' => 'programming',
	'schedule' => 'monday',
	'orderby' => menu_order ));
if (($my_query->post_count) > 0) : while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>

<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php the_excerpt('...read more'); ?>

<p><?php $key="program_time"; echo get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true); ?> EST</p>

<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php else : ?>
<p>Healthy programming coming soon!</p>
<?php endif; ?>

<!-- TUESDAY LOOP -->
<?php $my_query = new WP_Query( array(
	'post_type' => 'programming',
	'schedule' => 'tuesday',
	'orderby' => menu_order ));
if (($my_query->post_count) > 0) : while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>

<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php the_excerpt('...read more'); ?>

<p><?php $key="program_time"; echo get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true); ?> EST</p>

<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php else : ?>
<p>Healthy programming coming soon!</p>
<?php endif; ?>

<!-- WEDNESDAY LOOP -->
<?php $my_query = new WP_Query( array(
	'post_type' => 'programming',
	'schedule' => 'wednesday',
	'orderby' => menu_order ));
if (($my_query->post_count) > 0) : while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>

<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php the_excerpt('...read more'); ?>

<p><?php $key="program_time"; echo get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true); ?> EST</p>

<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php else : ?>
<p>Healthy programming coming soon!</p>
<?php endif; ?>

<!-- THURSDAY LOOP -->
<?php $my_query = new WP_Query( array(
	'post_type' => 'programming',
	'schedule' => 'thursday',
	'orderby' => menu_order ));
if (($my_query->post_count) > 0) : while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>

<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php the_excerpt('...read more'); ?>

<p><?php $key="program_time"; echo get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true); ?> EST</p>

<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php else : ?>
<p>Healthy programming coming soon!</p>
<?php endif; ?>

<!-- FRIDAY LOOP -->
<?php $my_query = new WP_Query( array(
	'post_type' => 'programming',
	'schedule' => 'friday',
	'orderby' => menu_order ));
if (($my_query->post_count) > 0) : while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>

<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php the_excerpt('...read more'); ?>

<p><?php $key="program_time"; echo get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true); ?> EST</p>

<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php else : ?>
<p>Healthy programming coming soon!</p>
<?php endif; ?>

<!-- SATURDAY LOOP -->
<?php $my_query = new WP_Query( array(
	'post_type' => 'programming',
	'schedule' => 'saturday',
	'orderby' => menu_order ));
if (($my_query->post_count) > 0) : while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>

<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php the_excerpt('...read more'); ?>

<p><?php $key="program_time"; echo get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true); ?> EST</p>

<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php else : ?>
<p>Healthy programming coming soon!</p>
<?php endif; ?>

    This seems to be the proper markup but I’m not sure. The documentation on using multiple loops is unclear. There are several ways to use multiple loops in the WP Codex but some of them seem to contradict each other. It is especially unclear if you want to keep the conditional statements intact. Could someone advise?

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