<?php
    /**
     * The WordPress Query class.
     * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/WP_Query
     *
     */
    $args = array(

        //Post & Page Parameters
        'p'             => 1,
        'name'          => 'hello-world',
        'page_id'       => 1,
        'pagename'     => 'sample-page',
        'post_parent'  => 1,
        'post__in'     => array(1,2,3),
        'post__not_in' => array(1,2,3),

        //Author Parameters
        'author'      => '1,2,3,',
        'author_name' => 'admin',

        //Category Parameters
        'cat'              => 1,
        'category_name'    => 'blog',
        'category__and'    => array( 1, 2),
        'category__in'     => array(1, 2),
        'category__not_in' => array( 1, 2 ),

        //Type & Status Parameters
        'post_type'   => 'any',
        'post_status' => 'any',

        //Choose ^ 'any' or from below, since 'any' cannot be in an array
        'post_type' => array(
            'post',
            'page',
            'revision',
            'attachment',
            'my-post-type',
            ),

        'post_status' => array(
            'publish',
            'pending',
            'draft',
            'auto-draft',
            'future',
            'private',
            'inherit',
            'trash'
            ),

        //Order & Orderby Parameters
        'order'               => 'DESC',
        'orderby'             => 'date',
        'ignore_sticky_posts' => false,
        'year'                => 2012,
        'monthnum'            => 1,
        'w'                   => 1,
        'day'                 => 1,
        'hour'                => 12,
        'minute'              => 5,
        'second'              => 30,

        //Tag Parameters
        'tag'           => 'cooking',
        'tag_id'        => 5,
        'tag__and'      => array( 1, 2),
        'tag__in'       => array( 1, 2),
        'tag__not_in'   => array( 1, 2),
        'tag_slug__and' => array( 'red', 'blue'),
        'tag_slug__in'  => array( 'red', 'blue'),

        //Pagination Parameters
        'posts_per_page'         => 10,
        'posts_per_archive_page' => 10,
        'nopaging'               => false,
        'paged'                  => get_query_var('paged'),
        'offset'                 => 3,

        //Custom Field Parameters
        'meta_key'       => 'key',
        'meta_value'     => 'value',
        'meta_value_num' => 10,
        'meta_compare'   => '=',
        'meta_query'     => array(
            array(
                'key' => 'color',
                'value' => 'blue',
                'type' => 'CHAR',
                'compare' => '='
            ),
            array(
                'key' => 'price',
                'value' => array( 1,200 ),
                'compare' => 'NOT LIKE'
            ),

        //Taxonomy Parameters
        'tax_query' => array(
        'relation'  => 'AND',
            array(
                'taxonomy'         => 'color',
                'field'            => 'slug',
                'terms'            => array( 'red', 'blue' ),
                'include_children' => true,
                'operator'         => 'IN'
            ),
            array(
                'taxonomy'         => 'actor',
                'field'            => 'id',
                'terms'            => array( 1, 2, 3 ),
                'include_children' => false,
                'operator'         => 'NOT IN'
            )
        ),

        //Permission Parameters -
        'perm' => 'readable',

        //Parameters relating to caching
        'no_found_rows'          => false,
        'cache_results'          => true,
        'update_post_term_cache' => true,
        'update_post_meta_cache' => true,

    );

$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );

 ?>


<?php
// the query to actually display the posts
$the_query = new WP_Query( $args ); ?>

<?php if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : ?>

    <!-- pagination here -->

    <!-- the loop -->
    <?php while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>
        <h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
    <?php endwhile; ?>
    <!-- end of the loop -->

    <!-- pagination here -->

    <?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>

<?php else : ?>
    <p><?php _e( 'Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.' ); ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>