Esistono scenari legittimiper l'utilizzo di query_posts($query),adesempio:

1. Desideri visualizzare unelenco dipost opost ditipopostpersonalizzato su unapagina (utilizzando unmodello dipagina)

2. Vuoifarfunzionare l'impaginazione di questipost

Ora,perché dovresti visualizzarlo su unapaginainvece di utilizzare unmodello di archivio?

1. Èpiùintuitivoper un amministratore (iltuo cliente?):può vedere lapaginanelle "Pagine"

2. Èmeglio aggiungerlo aimenu (senza lapagina,dovrebbero aggiungere direttamente l'URL)

3. Se desideri visualizzare contenuto aggiuntivo (testo,miniatura delpost o qualsiasimeta contenutopersonalizzato) sulmodello,puoi ottenerlofacilmente dallapagina (etutto hapiù senso ancheperil cliente). Verifica se hai utilizzato unmodello di archivio,dovresti o codificareil contenuto aggiuntivo o utilizzare adesempio le opzioni deltema/plug-in (il che lo rendemenointuitivoperil cliente)

Ecco un codice diesempio semplificato (che sarebbe sultuomodello dipagina,ades.pagina-pagina-di-post.php):

 /**
 * Template Name: Page of Posts
 */

while(have_posts()) { // original main loop - page content
  the_post();
  the_title(); // title of the page
  the_content(); // content of the page
  // etc...
}

// now we display list of our custom-post-type posts

// first obtain pagination parametres
$paged = 1;
if(get_query_var('paged')) {
  $paged = get_query_var('paged');
} elseif(get_query_var('page')) {
  $paged = get_query_var('page');
}

// query posts and replace the main query (page) with this one (so the pagination works)
query_posts(array('post_type' => 'my_post_type', 'post_status' => 'publish', 'paged' => $paged));

// pagination
next_posts_link();
previous_posts_link();

// loop
while(have_posts()) {
  the_post();
  the_title(); // your custom-post-type post's title
  the_content(); // // your custom-post-type post's content
}

wp_reset_query(); // sets the main query (global $wp_query) to the original page query (it obtains it from global $wp_the_query variable) and resets the post data

// So, now we can display the page-related content again (if we wish so)
while(have_posts()) { // original main loop - page content
  the_post();
  the_title(); // title of the page
  the_content(); // content of the page
  // etc...
}
 

Ora,peressereperfettamente chiari,potremmoevitare di usare query_posts() anche quie utilizzareinvece WP_Query,in questomodo:

 // ...

global $wp_query;
$wp_query = new WP_Query(array('your query vars here')); // sets the new custom query as a main query

// your custom-post-type loop here

wp_reset_query();

// ...
 

Maperché dovremmofarlo quando abbiamo a disposizione unapiccolafunzione così carina?

There are legitimate scenarios for using query_posts($query), for example:

1. You want to display a list of posts or custom-post-type posts on a page (using a page template)

2. You want to make pagination of those posts work

Now why would you want to display it on a page instead of using an archive template?

1. It's more intuitive for an administrator (your customer?) - they can see the page in the 'Pages'

2. It's better for adding it to menus (without the page, they'd have to add the url directly)

3. If you want to display additional content (text, post thumbnail, or any custom meta content) on the template, you can easily get it from the page (and it all makes more sense for the customer too). See if you used an archive template, you'd either need to hardcode the additional content or use for example theme/plugin options (which makes it less intuitive for the customer)

Here's a simplified example code (which would be on your page template - e.g. page-page-of-posts.php):

/**
 * Template Name: Page of Posts
 */

while(have_posts()) { // original main loop - page content
  the_post();
  the_title(); // title of the page
  the_content(); // content of the page
  // etc...
}

// now we display list of our custom-post-type posts

// first obtain pagination parametres
$paged = 1;
if(get_query_var('paged')) {
  $paged = get_query_var('paged');
} elseif(get_query_var('page')) {
  $paged = get_query_var('page');
}

// query posts and replace the main query (page) with this one (so the pagination works)
query_posts(array('post_type' => 'my_post_type', 'post_status' => 'publish', 'paged' => $paged));

// pagination
next_posts_link();
previous_posts_link();

// loop
while(have_posts()) {
  the_post();
  the_title(); // your custom-post-type post's title
  the_content(); // // your custom-post-type post's content
}

wp_reset_query(); // sets the main query (global $wp_query) to the original page query (it obtains it from global $wp_the_query variable) and resets the post data

// So, now we can display the page-related content again (if we wish so)
while(have_posts()) { // original main loop - page content
  the_post();
  the_title(); // title of the page
  the_content(); // content of the page
  // etc...
}

Now, to be perfectly clear, we could avoid using query_posts() here too and use WP_Query instead - like so:

// ...

global $wp_query;
$wp_query = new WP_Query(array('your query vars here')); // sets the new custom query as a main query

// your custom-post-type loop here

wp_reset_query();

// ...

But, why would we do that when we have such a nice little function available for it?

Modifico la query di WordPress dafunctions.php:

 //unfortunately, "IS_PAGE" condition doesn't work in pre_get_posts (it's WORDPRESS behaviour)
//so you can use `add_filter('posts_where', ....);`    OR   modify  "PAGE" query directly into template file

add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'myFunction' );
function myFunction($query) {
    if ( ! is_admin() && $query->is_main_query() )  {
        if (  $query->is_category ) {
            $query->set( 'post_type', array( 'post', 'page', 'my_postType' ) );
            add_filter( 'posts_where' , 'MyFilterFunction_1' ) && $GLOBALS['call_ok']=1; 
        }
    }
}
function MyFilterFunction_1($where) {
   return (empty($GLOBALS['call_ok']) || !($GLOBALS['call_ok']=false)  ? $where :  $where . " AND ({$GLOBALS['wpdb']->posts}.post_name NOT LIKE 'Journal%')"; 
}
 

I modify WordPress query from functions.php:

//unfortunately, "IS_PAGE" condition doesn't work in pre_get_posts (it's WORDPRESS behaviour)
//so you can use `add_filter('posts_where', ....);`    OR   modify  "PAGE" query directly into template file

add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'myFunction' );
function myFunction($query) {
    if ( ! is_admin() && $query->is_main_query() )  {
        if (  $query->is_category ) {
            $query->set( 'post_type', array( 'post', 'page', 'my_postType' ) );
            add_filter( 'posts_where' , 'MyFilterFunction_1' ) && $GLOBALS['call_ok']=1; 
        }
    }
}
function MyFilterFunction_1($where) {
   return (empty($GLOBALS['call_ok']) || !($GLOBALS['call_ok']=false)  ? $where :  $where . " AND ({$GLOBALS['wpdb']->posts}.post_name NOT LIKE 'Journal%')"; 
}

Giustoper delineare alcunimiglioramenti alla risposta accettatapoiché WordPress si èevolutoneltempoe alcune cose sono diverse ora (cinque anni dopo):

pre_get_posts è unfiltropermodificare qualsiasi query. Viene spesso utilizzatopermodificare solo la "queryprincipale":

In realtà è ungancio d'azione. Non è unfiltroe influirà su qualsiasi query.

La queryprincipale viene visualizzatanei modelli come:

 if( have_posts() ):
    while( have_posts() ): the_post();
       //The loop
    endwhile;
endif;
 

In realtà,anche questonon è vero. Lafunzione have_postsitera l'oggetto global $wp_query chenon è correlato solo alla queryprincipale. global $wp_query;puòesseremodificato anche con le query secondarie.

 function have_posts() {
    global $wp_query;
    return $wp_query->have_posts();
}
 

get_posts ()

Questo èessenzialmente un wrapperper un'istanza separata di un oggetto WP_Query.

In realtà,oggigiorno WP_Query è una classe,quindi abbiamo un'istanza di una classe.

Per concludere: all'epoca @StephenHarris scrivevamoltoprobabilmentetutto ciòera vero,maneltempo le cosein WordPress sono state cambiate.

Just to outline some improvements to the accepted answer since WordPress evolved over the time and some things are different now (five years later):

pre_get_posts is a filter, for altering any query. It is most often used to alter only the 'main query':

Actually is an action hook. Not a filter, and it will affect any query.

The main query appears in your templates as:

if( have_posts() ):
    while( have_posts() ): the_post();
       //The loop
    endwhile;
endif;

Actually, this is also not true. The function have_posts iterates the global $wp_query object that is not related only to the main query. global $wp_query; may be altered with the secondary queries also.

function have_posts() {
    global $wp_query;
    return $wp_query->have_posts();
}

get_posts()

This is essentially a wrapper for a separate instance of a WP_Query object.

Actually, nowadays WP_Query is a class, so we have an instance of a class.

To conclude: At the time @StephenHarris wrote most likely all this was true, but over the time things in WordPress have been changed.