{"id":1284,"date":"2025-01-13T20:21:44","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T20:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/blocks\/?p=1284"},"modified":"2025-11-15T17:38:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T17:38:07","slug":"query-loop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/blocks\/2025\/01\/13\/query-loop\/","title":{"rendered":"Query Loop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is one of the most powerful and important blocks for theme design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Query Loop block<\/em>&nbsp;is an advanced block that allows you to display posts based on specified parameters<\/p>\n<cite><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/query-loop-block\/\">Query Loop block \u2013 Documentation \u2013 WordPress.org<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The query loop block lets you list posts and pages. You can display them in all sorts of different ways and order and filter the posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example our <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/blocks\/\">home page<\/a> uses the Query Loop block to show the last four tips. For each post it shows the featured image, the title &amp; and excerpt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have a<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/queryloop\/\"> site that shows several ways of customising the Query Loop<\/a> in Glow Blogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can see the editor view of that block below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On the right had side we have set the block to display posts, and have filtered by the category tip.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On the left had side you can see the outline shows the blocks that make up the Post Template of the query loop. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/blocks\/uploads\/sites\/9576\/2025\/01\/13201921\/queryloop-block-32.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-attachment-id=\"1285\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/blocks\/2025\/01\/13\/query-loop\/queryloop-block-32\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/blocks\/uploads\/sites\/9576\/2025\/01\/13201921\/queryloop-block-32.png\" data-orig-size=\"1260,840\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"queryloop block-32\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;On the right had side we have set the block to display posts, and have filtered by the category tip.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;On the left had side you can see the outline shows the blocks that make up the Post Template of the query loop.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/blocks\/uploads\/sites\/9576\/2025\/01\/13201921\/queryloop-block-32-300x200.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/blocks\/uploads\/sites\/9576\/2025\/01\/13201921\/queryloop-block-32-1024x683.png\" data-id=\"1285\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/blocks\/uploads\/sites\/9576\/2025\/01\/13201921\/queryloop-block-32-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/blocks\/uploads\/sites\/9576\/2025\/01\/13201921\/queryloop-block-32-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/blocks\/uploads\/sites\/9576\/2025\/01\/13201921\/queryloop-block-32-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/blocks\/uploads\/sites\/9576\/2025\/01\/13201921\/queryloop-block-32-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/blocks\/uploads\/sites\/9576\/2025\/01\/13201921\/queryloop-block-32.png 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The query loop block lets you list posts and pages. 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