I am trying to filter my posts by post title. I can use the code below perfectly to filter by anything in postmeta, but i want to get results that match against the post title. How do i change this so it searches wp_posts as opposed to wp_postmeta? I want to search purely by title of the post.
'meta_query' => array(
array(
'key' => 'post_title',
'value' => $keywords,
'compare' => 'LIKE'
)
)
Not best solution but it works!
$args = array(
'posts_per_page' => 5,
's' => $keywords,
);
Related
Can I use the "exclude" array in the wp_get_recent_posts function to exclude Featured Posts? I have a plugin called NS Featured Posts which pulls featured posts through a key in the wp query i.e.:
$custom_query = new WP_Query(
array(
'post_type' => 'post',
'meta_key' => '_is_ns_featured_post',
'meta_value' => 'yes'
)
);
could I somehow use this to target and exclude NS Featured Posts in the wp_get_recent_posts call e.g.:
$recent_posts = wp_get_recent_posts(array(
'numberposts' => 3,
'exclude' => (the ns featured posts)
));
Thanks for any insight.
So I tested it now and getting posts without a certain meta key in one query is not possible.
But: You can exclude them from another query like so:
$featured_posts = get_posts( [
'meta_key' => '_is_ns_featured_post',
'meta_value' => 'yes',
'fields' => 'ids',
] );
query_posts( array( 'post__not_in' => $featured_posts ) );
while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
$output .= '<li>'.get_the_title().'</li>';
endwhile;
wp_reset_query();
Functions such as wp_get_recent_posts() can accept all of the same arguments as WP_Query. While the documentation only lists a handful of parameters, the full set are available to you.
You had suggested using exclude in your query however that's going to want the IDs of the posts to exclude. You could of course grab those first but that's not going to be the most efficient solution.
The way to do this in a single query is with meta query options. The posts are being tagged with a meta key and a meta query will allow you to exclude those. You'll need to check both for the existence of the meta key and the value being 'yes'.
Example:
$recent_posts = wp_get_recent_posts( array(
'numberposts' => 3,
'meta_query' => array(
'relation' => 'OR',
array(
'key' => '_is_ns_featured_post',
'value' => 'yes',
'compare' => '!=',
),
array(
'key' => '_is_ns_featured_post',
'compare' => 'NOT EXISTS',
),
)
) );
Reference: https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Meta_Query
I have a query which gives me custom post type posts which are sorted by category and a custom fields which has a number that indicates the amount of votes for the post. The problem is, if 2 posts have 3 votes, sometimes when you refresh, it changes their position. Here is the code:
$args = array(
'numberposts' => 10,
'post_type' => 'nominees',
'meta_query' => array(
array(
'key' => 'category',
'value' => get_the_ID(),
'compare' => '=',
)
),
'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
'order' => 'DESC',
'meta_key' => 'count_nominees'
);
I tried adding order on the category meta query, but nothing changes, I still sometimes get different results when refreshing, if the posts have same amount of votes. What is the right way to add second order, by ID or something?
Thanks.
As mentioned in the comments, I think this might help, but you might be able to extend it to be a little more specific in the search query for your use case.
$args = array(
'numberposts' => 10,
'post_type' => 'nominees',
'meta_query' => array(
array(
'key' => 'category',
'value' => get_the_ID(),
'compare' => '='
)
),
'meta_key' => 'count_nominees',
'orderby' => array(
'count_nominees' => 'DESC',
'ID' => 'DESC'
)
);
That should get 10 posts in the nominees post type, only if they're part of category xyz, and have post meta of count_nominees and order by count_nominees first in descending order and then by the post ID in descending order.
You can use the WP_Query documentation on the WordPress codex for more information about complex queries using post meta data.
I'm using wordpress to search some content with a few restrictions. Every time I save a post, I save in meta a related posts array.
Then I'm trying to search all posts which has a certain post as related, I have the following query. Selected post is an id to the post I'm looking for.
I checked $selected_post and it has values like the following one.
$selected_post = "25";
I added the meta value using the following instruction, I'm using update_post_meta. $related_posts contains an array of post ids, like the example below.
update_post_meta( $post->ID, 'related_post', $related_posts );
Query
$arg = array(
'post_type' => 'post',
'posts_per_page' => 5,
'meta_query' => array(
'relation' => 'OR',
array(
'key' => 'related_post',
'value' => array( $selected_post ),
'compare' => 'IN',
'type' => 'STRING'
),
),
);
I checked this meta in some of my current posts, and I have something like this.
'related_post' => array( '15', '25', '46' );
When I execute this query using WP_Query it always returns me an empty array. I think I need something more in the query to make this works.
Any help would be appreciated.
The problem is that you are trying to query related_posts as if it was an array, but it actually gets serialised when its added to the database.
Using WP_Query on serialized arrays
If you were to add an array of post meta as follows:
$fruit_array = array( 'apple', 'orange', 'banana' );
update_post_meta( $post->ID, 'fruit', $fruit_array );
...the value for fruit in the database would be:
a:3:{i:0;s:5:"apple";i:1;s:6:"orange";i:2;s:6:"banana";}
Therefore you need to use LIKE to search the serialised string for the value you are looking for.
For the above example, your $args would be something like:
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'post',
'posts_per_page' => 5,
'meta_query' => array(
array(
'key' => 'fruit',
'value' => 'apple',
'compare' => 'LIKE',
),
)
);
Search for numbers/post ids
In your case, this is complicated by the fact that you are using post ids. Post ids or numbers aren't an issue specifically, but the problem is that LIKE will also return partial matches, so a query for 14 would also return 141, 1455 etc.
Based on the structure of the serialised string, I believe the following should work:
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'post',
'posts_per_page' => 5,
'meta_query' => array(
array(
'key' => 'related_post',
'value' => '"25"', /* include the double quotes in the search value */
'compare' => 'LIKE',
),
)
);
As the values in the serialised string becomes "25"; including the double quotes in the value you want to search for should work.
Helo,
I have multiple meta_key value pairs inside my custom posts. So to work around this what I did is that I ran a WP_QUERY initially which creates an array of posts ID which I then pass to load more to load those.
The array that I build using WP_Query is in the correct order. However when I use the IDs in post_in parameter it is not displaying them in the given order. I have also tried to give orderby="meta_value_num" parameter but it doesnt work either.
Here is WP_QUERY which is working perfectly
$loop = new WP_Query(
array(
'post_type' => 'properties',
'posts_per_page' => -1,
'meta_query' => array(
array(
'key' => 'listing_type',
'value' => array(3,2),
'type' => 'NUMERIC',
),
array(
'key' => 'payment_status',
'value' => 'yes',
),
array(
'key' => 'expired',
'value' => 'no',
- ),
),
'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
'meta_key' => 'listing_type',
'order' => 'DESC'
));
Here is the shortcode:
[ajax_load_more post_type="properties" post__in="'.implode(',',$featured).'" posts_per_page="10" scroll="false" transition="fade" button_label="'.$l_more.'" button_loading_label="'.$l_more_2.'" container_type="ul" css_classes="items",orderby="meta_value_num" meta_key="listing_type"]
However it doesnt order posts as it should because $featured array has it in required order. Even if I remove order by and meta_key parameter it doesnt work.
Please Help
Ahmar
First, you have an error in your shortcode.
[ajax_load_more post_type="properties" post__in="'.implode(',',$featured).'" posts_per_page="10" scroll="false" transition="fade" button_label="'.$l_more.'" button_loading_label="'.$l_more_2.'" container_type="ul" css_classes="items" orderby="meta_value_num" meta_key="listing_type"]
Second, you should orderby="post__in" to preserve the post__in ordering.
https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Order_.26_Orderby_Parameters
I am attempting to use get_posts() to retrieve posts that have certain topics attached to them, in my custom post type named 'leaders'
Here is my query.
$args = array(
'post-type' => 'leaders',
'meta_query' => array(
array(
'key' => 'topics',
'value' => '1773',
'compare' => 'LIKE'
)
)
);
$test = get_posts( $args );
If I var_dump the posts meta data i get this
topics a:4:{i:0;s:4:"1773";i:1;s:4:"1783";i:2;s:4:"1763";i:3;s:4:"1753";}
However my get_posts just returns null, can anyone see why?