Generate an array of post IDs in current query

Written by Bill EricksonPublished on May 30, 2013Updated on December 5, 2018

	<?php

	global $wp_query;
	$posts = wp_list_pluck( $wp_query->posts, 'ID' );

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Returns an array of post IDs in the main query. Useful when doing a secondary query and you don’t want to have duplicate posts.

Bill Erickson is the co-founder and lead developer at CultivateWP, a WordPress agency focusing on high performance sites for web publishers.

I build custom WordPress websites that look great and are easy to manage.