Query a single private page with query_posts or wp_query

  • Hi everybody,

    I need to query a single page with query_posts (changing the main loop).

    I need to query its content in a single page, but I don’t want the page to be url queryable. So I created it as private.

    I modify the query this way:

    $args = array(
	'pagename' => 'here_the_page_slug',
	'posts_per_page' => 1,
	'post_type' => 'page',
	'post_status' => array( 'publish', 'private' ) // or just 'private'
);

query_posts( $args );

    But does’t work. I also tried the same query with a secondary loop using wp_query with no success.

    The only way I could get it was using get_page_by_path, but I need to modify the loop.

    Any idea?

    Thanks for your time in advance

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  • Thread Starter jtost

    (@jtost)

    Or maybe there’s a better approach so as a page / custom post isn’t URL queryable?

    What do you mean by “I don’t want the page to be url queryable”?

    Thread Starter jtost

    (@jtost)

    I mean, that I don’t want users to access the page directly by the url.

    For example, from:

    https://my_wp_site.com/page-slug

    If it’s a static page and you are using any sort of custom permalink structure, that simply isn’t possible.

    Thread Starter jtost

    (@jtost)

    Hi esmi, thanks for your reply.

    What I need is to query with WP_Query a given private page by ID or slug, but it doesn’t work. My query is:

    $args = array(
	'pagename' => 'here_the_page_slug',
	'posts_per_page' => 1,
	'post_type' => 'page',
	'post_status' => array( 'publish', 'private' ) // or just 'private'
);

$query = new WP_Query( $args );

    That should work.

    Thread Starter jtost

    (@jtost)

    It works if you’re logged in, but not for a normal visitor.

    And I need the page to be private. If I specify a “pagename” or ID, for not logged users it doesn’t retrieve anything.

    But for example, if I do a query like this:

    $args = array(
	'posts_per_page' => 3,
	'post_type'		 => 'page',
	'orderby'		 => 'menu_order',
	'order'			 => 'ASC',
	'post_parent'	 => get_the_ID(),
	'post_status'	 => array( 'publish', 'private' ) // children are private
);

    It does also return the private pages.

    It’s a WP core bug?

    Try using:

    $args = array(
	'pagename' => 'here_the_page_slug',
	'posts_per_page' => 1,
	'post_type' => 'page',
	'post_status' => array( 'private' )
);

$query = new WP_Query( $args );
    Thread Starter jtost

    (@jtost)

    The same. It works when I’m logged in but doesn’t when I’m not.

    Then the issue must be in your placement of the query. There’s nothing wrong with the query itself.

    Hi,

    What do you mean by placement of the query?

    I have the same issue but with posts:

    $queryArgs = array(
 'post_status' => array( 'publish', 'private' ),
 'name'        => 'post-slug',
 'tax_query'   => array( array(
  'taxonomy' => 'post_format',
  'field'    => 'slug',
  'terms'    => 'post-format-quote',
  ) )
);
$testimonials = new WP_Query( $queryArgs );

    This works pulls the post when you are logged in, but not when you’re logged out…

    Thanks,

    Oliver

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