Title: WP_Query::rewind_posts
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# WP_Query::rewind_posts()

## In this article

 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/rewind_posts/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/rewind_posts/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/rewind_posts/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Rewinds the posts and resets post index.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/rewind_posts/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function rewind_posts() {
    	$this->current_post = -1;
    	if ( $this->post_count > 0 ) {
    		$this->post = $this->posts[0];
    	}
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php#L3869)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php#L3869-L3874)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/rewind_posts/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Query::have_posts()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/have_posts/)`wp-includes/class-wp-query.php` |

Determines whether there are more posts available in the loop.

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| [rewind_posts()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/rewind_posts/)`wp-includes/query.php` |

Rewind the loop posts.

  |

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/rewind_posts/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [1.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/1.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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