Lyza Loop

Lyza Loop is a WordPress plugin for theme developers and template-savvy folks that aims to:

• Dramatically shorten the time required to code custom loops
• Modularize custom loop markup using what I hope is a straightforward templating process
• Provide convenient batching variables
• Respect the context in which the custom loop is called and put everything back the way it was (e.g. global $wp_query and $post objects)
• Reduce tedious and duplicated code for custom loops

There are two parts to the lyza_loop() function:

1. Finding posts (or pages): extending query_posts() — lyza_loop() takes any argument WordPress’ own query_posts() takes
2. Rendering relevant posts or pages: using “loop templates.” A loop template is a PHP file with markup (and logic) you’d like to use for each post/page in the loop.

Read more on the plugin home page