{"id":16642,"date":"2023-11-14T11:45:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T16:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/communications\/?page_id=16642"},"modified":"2026-07-13T10:14:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T14:14:42","slug":"query-and-text","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/communications\/resources\/web-seo\/wordpress-theme\/query-and-text\/","title":{"rendered":"Query"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"parent":14392,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/one-column.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"class_list":["post-16642","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"lead_in":"Rochester Core","display_title":"Query component","subtitle":"Explore documentation around Rochester Core's Query component.","call_to_action":"","hero_image_placement":"no_image","hero_media":"images","hero_pattern_option":"","hero_video":"","hero_image_landing":"","hero_image_landing_two":"","hero_image_landing_three":"","content_modules_above":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text","anchor":"","css_class":"mt-0 pt-0","title":"<h2>Overview<\/h2>","content":"The Query component allows for creating dynamic feeds populated with posts based on the posts\u2019 categories and tags. For excellent use of this component, having a clear category and tag taxonomy in mind when organizing the content is essential. This component is fantastic for maintaining a blog or regularly posting updates to a website.\r\n\r\nRead the guide below for more information on using the query component. Please note that the instructions below are written for the new query component version, launched in April 2024. Administrators can still access the legacy query component if needed.\r\n\r\n<strong>Topics on this page:<\/strong>\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"#video\">How-to video<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"#options\">Query options<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"#example\">Example query<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","background_color":"#ffffff","width":"width-large"}],"sidebar":"show__sidebar","sidebar_feed":"menu_select","menu":"342","page_links":null,"sub_menu":"","content_modules":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text","anchor":"video","css_class":"","title":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">1. 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If any additional posts are created and tagged with the same tag, they will be automatically populate the query component alongside the original posts.","accordion_anchor":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"accordion","accordion_title":"Choose the post to display style","icon":"","row_content":"This is the option to determine how the posts should be displayed.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Cards:<\/strong>\u00a0breaks the posts up into cards that look very similar to the card component.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Scroll:<\/strong>\u00a0sets up the posts in a line that can be scrolled through to see more posts.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>List:<\/strong>\u00a0displays the posts one after the other in a vertical list which provides a simple but clear option for displaying the posts.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","accordion_anchor":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"accordion","accordion_title":"Number of columns","icon":"","row_content":"If the cards display option is selected the \u201cnumber of columns\u201d will appear. 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