Question

How can I query for all posts with any status (published, pending etc.) for a given author ID.

<?php               
$loop = new WP_Query( array(
    'post_type' => 'photo',
    'posts_per_page' => 12,
    'orderby'=> 'menu_order',
    'author' => $user->data->ID,
    'post_status' => '???', //what should I put here
    'paged'=>$paged
));
?>

Should I provide new as the status? I visited this (link http://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Status_Transitions) and got this [‘new’ – When there’s no previous status]. I set the status as new and it solved my problem. But I am not sure will it make any problem in future? will it show all posts for ever? I have very little experience in WP. Please help me out.

Answer 1

Try asking this at http://wordpress.stackexchange.com. They tend to be better about WP API questions there. I’ll take a stab myself though.

According to their docs the following values are valid. I would try any

'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).
'any' - retrieves any status except those from post types with 'exclude_from_search' set to true.