diff --git a/assets/manual-posts.js b/assets/manual-posts.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..663c89d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/manual-posts.js
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+const { addFilter } = wp.hooks;
+const { createHigherOrderComponent } = wp.compose;
+const { InspectorControls } = wp.blockEditor;
+const { PanelBody, FormTokenField, ToggleControl } = wp.components;
+const { Fragment, useState } = wp.element;
+const apiFetch = wp.apiFetch;
+
+// Module-level map avoids stale closure bugs with useState in onChange callbacks.
+const _titleToId = {};
+
+
+/**
+ * Inspector UI
+ */
+const withInspectorControls = createHigherOrderComponent((BlockEdit) => {
+
+	return (props) => {
+
+		if (props.name !== "core/query") {
+			return wp.element.createElement(BlockEdit, props);
+		}
+
+		const { attributes, setAttributes } = props;
+
+		const query = attributes.query || {};
+		const selected = query.manualPosts || [];
+		const isManual = query.manualSelect === true;
+
+		const tokens = selected.map((p) => p.title);
+
+		const [ suggestions, setSuggestions ] = useState([]);
+
+
+		const onToggleManual = (value) => {
+			if ( value ) {
+				// Re-enable: manualPosts already stored in query (preserved from last session).
+				// Derive include + perPage from them so the editor preview updates immediately.
+				const restored = query.manualPosts || [];
+				const ids = restored.map( (p) => p.id );
+
+				// Rebuild _titleToId so onChange works with existing selections immediately.
+				restored.forEach( (p) => { _titleToId[ p.title ] = p.id; } );
+
+				setAttributes({
+					query: {
+						...query,
+						manualSelect: true,
+						_previousInherit: query.inherit,
+						_previousPerPage: query.perPage,
+						inherit: false,
+						...( ids.length > 0 && {
+							include: ids,
+							perPage: ids.length,
+						} )
+					}
+				});
+			} else {
+				// Disable: remove only the active-mode derived keys (include, perPage).
+				// manualPosts is intentionally kept so it can be restored on re-enable.
+				// eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+				const { include: _inc, manualSelect: _ms, _previousInherit, perPage: _pp, per_page: _ppp, _previousPerPage, ...restQuery } = query;
+				setAttributes({
+					query: {
+						...restQuery,
+						inherit: _previousInherit !== undefined ? _previousInherit : restQuery.inherit || false,
+						...( _previousPerPage !== undefined && { perPage: _previousPerPage } )
+					}
+				});
+			}
+		};
+
+
+		const searchPosts = (value) => {
+
+			if (!value || value.length < 2) return;
+
+			apiFetch({
+				path: "/wp/v2/search?search=" + encodeURIComponent(value) + "&type=post"
+			}).then((results) => {
+
+				const titles = [];
+
+				results.forEach((r) => {
+					titles.push(r.title);
+					_titleToId[r.title] = r.id;
+				});
+
+				setSuggestions(titles);
+
+			});
+
+		};
+
+
+		const onChange = (newTokens) => {
+
+			const posts = newTokens.map((title) => {
+
+				const existing = selected.find((p) => p.title === title);
+				if (existing) return existing;
+
+				return {
+					id: _titleToId[title],
+					title: title
+				};
+
+			}).filter((p) => p && p.id);
+
+			const ids = posts.map((p) => p.id);
+
+			// When posts are selected: force include + disable inherit so the
+			// editor preview updates live. When cleared: restore normal behavior.
+			if ( ids.length > 0 ) {
+				setAttributes({
+					query: {
+						...query,
+						manualPosts: posts,
+						include: ids,
+						perPage: ids.length,
+					}
+				});
+			} else {
+				// eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+				const { include: _inc, perPage: _pp, per_page: _ppp, ...restQuery } = query;
+				setAttributes({
+					query: {
+						...restQuery,
+						manualPosts: []
+					}
+				});
+			}
+
+		};
+
+
+		return wp.element.createElement(
+			Fragment,
+			{},
+			wp.element.createElement(BlockEdit, props),
+			wp.element.createElement(
+				InspectorControls,
+				{},
+				wp.element.createElement(
+					PanelBody,
+					{ title: "Manual Post Selection", initialOpen: false },
+					wp.element.createElement(ToggleControl, {
+						label: "Enable manual post selection",
+						checked: isManual,
+						onChange: onToggleManual
+					}),
+					isManual && wp.element.createElement(FormTokenField, {
+						label: "Search and select posts",
+						value: tokens,
+						suggestions: suggestions,
+						onInputChange: searchPosts,
+						onChange: onChange
+					})
+				)
+			)
+		);
+
+	};
+
+}, "withInspectorControls");
+
+
+addFilter(
+	"editor.BlockEdit",
+	"manual-query-loop/add-inspector",
+	withInspectorControls
+);
diff --git a/hm-query-loop.php b/hm-query-loop.php
index 372b881..7579817 100644
--- a/hm-query-loop.php
+++ b/hm-query-loop.php
@@ -81,6 +81,14 @@ function enqueue_block_editor_assets() {
 		[],
 		$asset_file['version']
 	);
+
+	wp_enqueue_script(
+		'hm-query-loop-manual-posts',
+		HM_QUERY_LOOP_URL . 'assets/manual-posts.js',
+		[ 'wp-blocks', 'wp-element', 'wp-hooks', 'wp-components', 'wp-compose', 'wp-block-editor', 'wp-api-fetch' ],
+		filemtime( HM_QUERY_LOOP_PATH . 'assets/manual-posts.js' ),
+		[ 'in_footer' => false ]
+	);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -372,6 +380,10 @@ function filter_query_loop_block_query_vars( $query, WP_Block $block ) {
 			$block->parsed_block['attrs']['hmQueryLoop'] ?? [],
 			$block->context['hmQueryLoop'] ?? [],
 		);
+		// Pass the parent core/query block's query object (including manualPosts) to the modifier.
+		if ( empty( $attrs['query'] ) ) {
+			$attrs['query'] = $block->context['query'] ?? [];
+		}
 		$query_id = $block->context['queryId'] ?? 0;
 
 		// Initialize tracking array for this query loop if not exists
@@ -448,6 +460,29 @@ function exclude_posts_from_query( $query, $excluded_ids ) {
 function modify_query_from_block_attrs( $query = [], $attrs = [] ) {
 	global $original_paged;
 
+	// Manual post selection: only active when manualSelect flag is set.
+	$manual_select = $attrs['query']['manualSelect'] ?? false;
+	$manual_posts  = $manual_select ? ( $attrs['query']['manualPosts'] ?? [] ) : [];
+	if ( ! empty( $manual_posts ) ) {
+		$ids = array_values(
+			array_filter(
+				array_map(
+					function( $p ) {
+						return is_array( $p ) ? intval( $p['id'] ) : intval( $p );
+					},
+					$manual_posts
+				)
+			)
+		);
+
+		if ( ! empty( $ids ) ) {
+			$query['post__in']            = $ids;
+			$query['orderby']             = 'post__in';
+			$query['posts_per_page']      = count( $ids );
+			$query['ignore_sticky_posts'] = true;
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Get the hmQueryLoop settings object.
 	$settings = $attrs['hmQueryLoop'] ?? [];
 
@@ -462,7 +497,8 @@ function modify_query_from_block_attrs( $query = [], $attrs = [] ) {
 	}
 
 	// Apply custom posts per page if set and is a valid number.
-	if ( isset( $settings['perPage'] ) && is_numeric( $settings['perPage'] ) && $settings['perPage'] > 0 ) {
+	// Skip when manual post selection is active — it already sets posts_per_page precisely.
+	if ( empty( $manual_posts ) && isset( $settings['perPage'] ) && is_numeric( $settings['perPage'] ) && $settings['perPage'] > 0 ) {
 		$query['posts_per_page'] = (int) $settings['perPage'];
 	}