diff --git a/src/Codeception/TestCase/WPTestCase.php b/src/Codeception/TestCase/WPTestCase.php
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/Codeception/TestCase/WPTestCase.php
+++ b/src/Codeception/TestCase/WPTestCase.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ if (!class_exists('WP_UnitTest_Factory')) {
 if (!class_exists('TracTickets')) {
 	require_once dirname(dirname(dirname(__FILE__))) . '/includes/trac.php';
 }
-
+//@todo: update to latest version from core
 class WPTestCase extends \Codeception\TestCase\Test {
 
 	protected static $forced_tickets = array();
@@ -763,4 +763,13 @@ class WPTestCase extends \Codeception\TestCase\Test {
 		$time_array = explode(' ', $microtime);
 		return array_sum($time_array);
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the WPQueries module instance.
+	 * 
+	 * @return \Codeception\Module\WPQueries
+	 */
+	public function queries(){
+		return $this->getModule('WPQueries');
+	}
 }
added WPTestCase::queries() method