How to get 4 Posts after the 5 most recent ones

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1. Simple.

   WordPress provides a function called get_posts() that lets you get posts in any order. Basically, get_posts() will retrieve the 5 most recent posts by default.

   To get 4 posts, ignoring the 5 most recent, you’d set the numberposts and offset parameters – offset tells the function how many posts to skip.

   $args = array(
       'numberposts' => 4,
       'offset'      => 5,
       'orderby'     => 'post_date',
       'order'       => 'DESC',
       'post_type'   => 'post',
       'post_status' => 'publish'
   );
   
   $posts = get_posts( $args );
   

   Now you have an array of posts the 4 latest posts (ignoring the 5 most recent), ordered by date.

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2. You can use the offset parameter – either on pre_get_posts hook (see this post) for the ‘main Loop’:

   add_action('pre_get_posts','wpse50761_alter_query');
   function wpse50761_alter_query($query){
   
         if( $query->is_main_query() ){
           //Do something to main query
           $query->set('offset',5);
         }
   }
   

   Or for subsequent secondary loops:

    //Using get_posts
    $my_offset_posts = get_posts(array('offset'=>5));
   
    //Using WP_Query object
    $my_offset_query = new WP_Query( array('offset'=> 5) );
   

   (Of course other argument can be included in the argument array)

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