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Advanced Query Loop · Version history

Advanced Query Loop changelog and version history

Latest version
5.0.0
Aug 31, 2026 (2 months ago)
Releases
40
since 2022
In the last year
4
about one every 66 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4
PHP 7.4 or later

Releases each year

  • 20222 releases
  • 202316 releases
  • 202413 releases
  • 20255 releases
  • 20264 releases

20264 releases

  1. Advanced Query Loop 5.0.0Latest

    • Bump Tested up to for WordPress 7.1.
    • Raise the minimum supported WordPress version to 6.7.
    • Remove the pre-Gutenberg-19 legacy per page/offset/max count controls (core’s Query block has provided them since WordPress 6.7).
    • Order by multiple properties (primary + secondary sort), including meta values, for non-inherited queries.
    • Reorganize inspector controls into grouped panels (AQL: Post, Taxonomy, Meta, Date, Order by, Performance, Advanced).
    • Add an “AQL: Extensions” panel for third-party controls (formerly inside “Advanced Query Settings”), shown only when extensions are registered.
    • Split date filters into separate Dynamic range and Date relationship options.

  2. Advanced Query Loop 4.4.1

    • Add optional chaining to fix crash on templates
    • Fix ExcludePostsControl fetching all posts (props @PatelUtkars)

  3. Advanced Query Loop 4.4.0

    • Add transient caching for query results and related UI control.
    • Add current post ID and post type to context for SlotFill extensions.
    • Add E2E tests using Playground and expand unit test coverage.
    • Add static linting for PHP and JavaScript.
    • Fix and improve caching controls.
    • Fix TypeError crash when window.aql.allowedControls is undefined.
    • Fix Exclude Current Post for synced patterns and templates.
    • Fix Post ID ordering not working on the frontend.
    • Fix post meta fetching to include all selected post types.
    • Small fixes to pass Plugin Check plugin tests.

  4. Advanced Query Loop 4.3.0

    • Exclude posts (props @darylldoyle, @Pulsar-X).
    • Updated Post Meta Query UI
    • Fixed showing child pages only.

20255 releases

  1. Advanced Query Loop 4.2.0

    • Fix taxonomy pagination limit (props @NickOrtiz).
    • Allow controls to be filtered at the code level.

  2. Advanced Query Loop 4.1.2

    • Harden up the code to remove a warning.
    • Resurrect the disable pagination toggl

  3. Advanced Query Loop 4.1.1

    • Allow extended orderby values for all publicly queryable post types (props @ocean90)
    • Decode entities in the FormTokenField for post inclusion.
    • Fix post type merge issue to retain default post type on frontend (props @mehidi258)

  4. Advanced Query Loop 4.1.0

    • The control for Pagination controls has been removed and now is automatically enabled/disabled based whether the Pagination block is in the template.
    • Bug fixes.

  5. Advanced Query Loop 4.0.2

    • Bug fixes

202413 releases

  1. Advanced Query Loop 4.0.1

    • A few small bug fixes courtesy of @gvgvgvijayan

  2. Advanced Query Loop 4.0.0

    • Introducing the new Taxonomy Builder!
    • Show children of current item only.
    • Adds before and after current date controls
    • Clean up the UI.

  3. Advanced Query Loop 3.2.0

    • Adds the ability to exclude posts by category (props @ghost-ng)
    • Adds the ability to disable pagination.
    • Deprecate controls that were moved into the Query Loop block in Gutenberg 19.
    • Fix fatal error when post include array was empty.

  4. Advanced Query Loop 3.1.1

    • Add better SVG that works in all usages
    • Change ranges to allow to not include the current date
    • Trim whitespace from title.rendered

  5. Advanced Query Loop 3.1.0

    • Add dynamic date ranges to see posts from the last 1, 3, 6 and 12 months.
    • Insert a new instance by typing “AQL” or “aql” and pressing enter.
    • Adds sorting by Name (props @philbee).
    • Bug fixes.

  6. Advanced Query Loop 3.0.1

    • Addresses some PHP fatal errors caused by type hinting.

  7. Advanced Query Loop 3.0.0

    • Add Sorting by Included Posts IDs.
    • Add sorting by Comment Count.
    • Major restructure for processing the query params.
    • Add release-drafter workflow.

  8. Advanced Query Loop 2.2.5

    • Fixes issue with Exclude Current Post not being correctly set on templates.

  9. Advanced Query Loop 2.2.4

    • Fixes an issue with the Exclude Current Post toggle causing the block to crash in some circumstances

  10. Advanced Query Loop 2.2.3

    • Adds a Include Posts tool to allow manual curation of content to display (@props jenniferfarhat)

  11. Advanced Query Loop 2.1.3

    • Fixes issues in PHP 8 and the date query. (props @krokodok)

  12. Advanced Query Loop 2.1.2

    • Fixes issue with empty search parameter causing incorrect template to load (props @StreetDog71)
    • Fixes issue with all post type not being loaded ( props @aaronware)

  13. Advanced Query Loop 2.1.1

    • Fixes issue with multiple AQL instances having settings leaked to each other.

202316 releases

  1. Advanced Query Loop 2.1.0

    • ACF custom fields now show in the auto-complete dropdown list for Post Meta Queries ( props to @jvanja )
    • Adds sort by Post ID ( props to @markhowellsmead )
    • Fixes a typo in the Order By label.
    • Fixes a bug where a second AQL instances was getting post meta query values from the first.

  2. Advanced Query Loop 2.0.0

    • Due to a change in core, Post Count can no longer be overridden when the block is set to inherit the query.
    • Adds Exclude current post option. Props to @Pulsar-X
    • Bump Tested Up To for 6.4
    • Adds better instructions for creating extension plugins.

  3. Advanced Query Loop 1.5.1

    • Adds EXISTS as a compare option for Post Meta Queries.

  4. Advanced Query Loop 1.5

  5. Advanced Query Loop 1.4.3

  6. Advanced Query Loop 1.4.2

  7. Advanced Query Loop 1.4.1

  8. Advanced Query Loop 1.4.0

  9. Advanced Query Loop 1.3.0

  10. Advanced Query Loop 1.2.1

  11. Advanced Query Loop 1.2.0

  12. Advanced Query Loop 1.1.0

  13. Advanced Query Loop 1.0.5

  14. Advanced Query Loop 1.0.4

  15. Advanced Query Loop 1.0.3

  16. Advanced Query Loop 1.0.2

20222 releases

  1. Advanced Query Loop 1.0.1

  2. Advanced Query Loop 1.0.0

Questions about Advanced Query Loop’s releases

What is the latest version of Advanced Query Loop?

5.0.0, released on Aug 31, 2026 (2 months ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 7.4 or later.

How often is Advanced Query Loop updated?

4 releases in the last year, about one every 66 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from December 2022.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in Advanced Query Loop’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.