WordPress - modified, dependent and extra Loops

WordPress provides (at least) 3 ways to produce customized post loops - each has its application, sometimes it doesn’t matter which one you use, and sometimes there’s only one way to do it… You’ll need to have a little skill with PHP to follow the examples, but it’s not too complicated, honest…

Background
Every Wordpress url includes an instance of the WP_Query class - based on parameters supplied, dates, categories, tags etc., this provides a set of posts which is then displayed via the Loop.
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