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.
3224<?php3225 * @since 4.6.03226 *3227 * @param WP_Post[]|int[]|null $posts Return an array of post data to short-circuit WP's query,3228 * or null to allow WP to run its normal queries.3229 * @param WP_Query $query The WP_Query instance (passed by reference).3230 */3231 $this->posts = apply_filters_ref_array( 'posts_pre_query', array( null, &$this ) );32323233 /*3234 * Ensure the ID database query is able to be cached.3235 *3236 * Random queries are expected to have unpredictable results and3237 * 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.