WordPress Custom Query Generator Tool

Function generator for WordPress developers
WordPress Custom Query Generator Tool
Last updated: May 30, 2025
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This is a very easy to use tool that helps generate the WordPress code needed to create your own custom WordPress queries. In it, you can query custom post types or pages, choose how many results to return, order them, and even limit results based on author or post status.

How to create Custom Queries in WordPress

Custom queries can be used for many things as a developer, such as looping through a custom post type to create homepage slides, creating a custom blog layout, or really any time you need to query something. This tool will help generate the code needed to make this as easy as possible for you.

Generate Code

Main

Pagination

Code

Main

Post Type(s)

post, page, or custom post type name. Seperate multiple with comma ,

Post Status(')

The published status: publish, draft, future, pending, private, trash, auto-draft. Seperate multiple with comma ,

Author ID

Author Name

Uses the user_nicename

Order By

Order Direction

Descending (Newest first)

Ascending (Oldest first)

Pagination

Yes

Post per page

Defaults to your installation’s “Blog pages show at most” setting. Use -1 to show all.

Paged

Which page in the loop are we on?

Offset

Number of posts to “skip”

Code

Generated Code

You need to select “Generate Code” in order to populate/update this.

Please note that these tools are intended as helpers for professional WordPress developers.
Use of any code provided here is at your own risk.