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lot of plugins and template tags that you will want to use have to reside inside the loop makes
it important, but the custom stuff, such as using multiple loops or specific content outputs,
becomes more important when you begin pushing WordPress.
If you’re having a hard time understanding the loop fully after reading this chapter, don’t
worry. The more examples you read and the more you play with it, the easier it will become to
alter the loop to your needs. And that’s what you’re going to do next: actually start to build
stuff. First up are themes, which you’ll work with for the next few chapters. This means that
you’ll see a lot of the loop from now on, but you’ll also delve deeper into template tags and
other tools supplied by WordPress to control the content.