Filters the posts array before the query takes place.
Description
Return a non-null value to bypass WordPress' default post queries. Filtering functions that require pagination information are encouraged to set the found_posts and max_num_pages properties of the WP_Query object, passed to the filter by reference. If WP_Query does not perform a database query, it will not have enough information to generate these values itself.
Parameters
$posts\WP_Post[]|int[]|null
Return an array of post data to short-circuit WP's query, or null to allow WP to run its normal queries.
3155<?php3156 * @since 4.6.03157 *3158 * @param WP_Post[]|int[]|null $posts Return an array of post data to short-circuit WP's query,3159 * or null to allow WP to run its normal queries.3160 * @param WP_Query $query The WP_Query instance (passed by reference).3161 */3162 $this->posts = apply_filters_ref_array( 'posts_pre_query', array( null, &$this ) );31633164 /*3165 * Ensure the ID database query is able to be cached.3166 *3167 * Random queries are expected to have unpredictable results and3168 * cannot be cached. Note the space before `RAND` in the string
History
Introduced in 4.6.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.