When you visit a WordPress site and request a page like a homepage, a single blog post, an archive listing, or a search results page—WordPress goes through a detailed, organized process to figure out what content to display. This operation revolves around something called the "main query." ...
When you type in your site's URL and hit Enter, WordPress does a lot of work behind the scenes. It doesn't just appear out of nowhere. Instead, it carefully follows a set of steps—loading important files, connecting to the database, loading plugins, activating your theme, and finally ...