Get posts

Short, simple and quick way to loop certain posts. Just copy and paste these codes and you’re all good.
(And guess what? I also put in the commonly used data you need. So you dont need to spend another time doing print_r’s)

	<?php
	$args = array(
	'post_type' => 'blog', // array('post', 'page', 'custom-post-typw')
	'post_status' => array('publish'),
	'posts_per_page' => -1,
	'order' => 'ASC'
	);
	$posts = get_posts($args);
	foreach ($posts as $post) :
	$post_id = $post->ID;
	$link = get_permalink($post_id);
	$post_title = $post->post_title;
	$author_id = $post->post_author;
	$post_date = $post->post_date; // To convert and choose a certain format go check https://gist.github.com/kingjmaningo/6726c70b5217194004d639e0a140af10
	$post_content = $post->post_content;
	// To show post meta data
	echo '<pre>';
	print_r(get_post_meta($post_id));
	echo '</pre>';
	// Example of getting a certain meta data
	//$my_post_meta = get_post_meta($user_id, 'my_post_meta', true);
	endforeach;

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More options:

	$args = array(
	//Display specific post type
	'post_type' => 'blog', // array('post', 'page', 'custom-post-typw')
	// Display a certain post status
	'post_status' => array(
	'publish', // - a published post or page.
	'pending', // - post is pending review.
	'draft', // - a post in draft status.
	'auto-draft', // - a newly created post, with no content.
	'future', // - a post to publish in the future.
	'private', // - not visible to users who are not logged in.
	'inherit', // - a revision. see get_children.
	'trash' // - post is in trashbin (available with Version 2.9).
	),
	// Limit number of post
	'posts_per_page' => 10,
	// Specific post by id
	'post__in' => array(1,2,3), // Specific posts
	'post__not_in' => array(1,2,3), // Specific posts not to include
	// Order
	'order' => 'DESC', // 'ASC'
	'orderby' => 'date', //Possible Values: 'ID' or 'author' or 'modified' or 'rand'
	//Possible Values:
	//'none' - No order (available with Version 2.8).
	//'ID' - Order by post id. Note the captialization.
	//'author' - Order by author.
	//'title' - Order by title.
	//'name' - Order by post name (post slug).
	//'date' - Order by date.
	//'modified' - Order by last modified date.
	//'parent' - Order by post/page parent id.
	//'rand' - Random order.
	// // Display post by author id
	'author' => '1', // '1,3' Multiple authors
	// // Exclude posts with this/these authors
	'author__not_in' => 1 // array(3,4)
	// // Display posts by category
	'cat' => array(3,2), // Category id
	// // Display posts except this/these category
	'category__not_in' => array(3,2),
	// // if post has this/these meta_key
	'meta_key' => array('_edit_last','sample_meta_key'),
	// // if post has this meta_value regardless of the meta_key
	// // if 'meta_key' is set, they should match
	'meta_value' => 'sample_value', // array('sample_value','sample_value_2') if user has one of these meta_key
	// Display posts except this/these tag
	'tag' => 'horror', // array('action','thriller'),
	// Tag by id
	'tag_id' => 7, //array('3','6');
	// if multiple ids
	'tag__in' => array('3','6')
	);
	$posts = get_posts($args);
	foreach ($posts as $post) :
	$post_id = $post->ID;
	$link = get_permalink($post_id);
	$author_id = $post->post_author;
	$post_date = $post->post_date; // To convert and choose a certain format go check https://gist.github.com/kingjmaningo/6726c70b5217194004d639e0a140af10
	$post_content = $post->post_content;
	$post_title = $post->post_title;
	// To show post meta data
	echo '<pre>';
	print_r(get_post_meta($post_id));
	echo '</pre>';
	// Example of getting a certain meta data
	$my_post_meta = get_post_meta($user_id, 'my_post_meta', true);
	endforeach;

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The source and for more detailed options:
Check Bill Erickson’s wp_query post.