pkarl

Quick Query is a snappy interface for WP_Query that makes querying with WordPress straightforward and concise. It’s built on top of WP_Query (with a few exceptions), and provides a much more flexible and accomodating interface for querying posts.
Learn more about Quick Query and see code examples <a href="https://github.com/pkarl/quick-query" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a>.
<h3>Quick Query is under heavy development!</h3>
I’m writing code + testing as fast as I can to get us to a good minimum set of functionality.
(photo <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/4556156477" rel="nofollow ugc">credit</a>)
<h3>The Future!</h3>
Besides adding interfaces for the most common querying tasks (posts, tags, authors, sorting, etc.), I’d like to build in sensitivity to ACF fields/data and possibly a caching interface.
Before that can happen, there are lots of tests to be written and plenty of design decisions to be made (and, of course, documentation!).
<h3>Who’s this for?</h3>
This is certainly geared more toward developers than designers and hobbyists. That said, It does return WP_Post objects, so all/most of the functionality you’re used to may be there.

Quick Query

Get posts and data sanely with Quick Query.

engipress

Engipress EasyQuery provides a clean, fluent interface for working with WP_Query. It makes writing custom loops in your themes faster, more readable, and less repetitive.
Basic Usage
Engieq::for(‘book’) 
 ->limit(12) 
 ->order_by(‘date’, ‘DESC’) 
 ->get_posts();
Available Methods (Free Version)
<ul>
<li>Engieq::for( $post_type ) – Start a new query for any post type</li>
<li>->limit( $number ) – Set number of posts to return</li>
<li>->paged() – Enable pagination support</li>
<li>->order_by( $orderby, $order ) – Set ordering (date, title, menu_order, etc.)</li>
<li>->get() – Return full WP_Query object</li>
<li>->get_posts() – Return array of post objects</li>
</ul>
This plugin is designed for developers who build custom themes from scratch and want cleaner query code without heavy dependencies.
Pro Version 
For advanced features including taxonomy & meta filtering, caching, code export, and more, see Engipress EasyQuery Pro (https://engipress.com/plugins/engipress-easyquery-pro/).

Engipress EasyQuery

Clean and fluent WP_Query helpers for developers building custom WordPress themes from scratch.

Quick Query vs Engipress EasyQuery