How do I get all posts from wp query in the search results in wordpress

Question

Hii,

I can't figure out how to get ALL posts from the $wp_query so that I can create a widget filter for the search results.

$wp_query->posts only gives me the posts that are going to be displayed in the list, so, if posts_per_page is set to 10, I only get 10 posts. I need them all so I can sort them and display a filter based on all posts from the search results.

Any ideas for it?

Answer 1

Hello @kartik,

Set posts_per_page parameter in args to -1, this will return all posts from wp_posts table.

For example:

$args = array(
    'posts_per_page'   => -1,
    'post_type'        => 'post',
);
$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );

Now you can loop through and get posts

while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
  // go ahead
}

Hope this work!!

Thank You!