id summary reporter owner description type status priority milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc focuses 36720 "WP_Query should not return more than ""posts_per_page"" if ignore_sticky_posts is not set" bastho "Case seen on a website containing 2849 posts where 2479 are sticky. calling from the home page: {{{#!php 'DESC', 'orderby' => 'post_date', 'post_type' => 'post', 'posts_per_page' => '4', 'posts_type' => 'post', 'post__not_in' => array ( ), )); }}} returns 2479 posts while: {{{#!php 'DESC', 'orderby' => 'post_date', 'post_type' => 'post', 'posts_per_page' => '4', 'posts_type' => 'post', 'ignore_sticky_posts'=>1 'post__not_in' => array ( ), )); }}} returns only 4 posts. For an unknown reason, the limit is not applied on stickies. " defect (bug) closed normal Query 4.5 normal duplicate