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.
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I need to sort a query by a specific order and I failed many times on finding the right solution, but nothing helped – so I'm asking for some hints what I'm doing wrong.
Short story: I have a wp_query showing bikes ordered by the cheapest price. It's working so far. But now I want to show some promotional bikes at first before the order by price starts. So the promotional bikes are showing first and then the "normal" loop.
Promotional bikes are tagged by a ACF field called "promotional_bikes".
This is my wp_query:
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'bikes',
'posts_per_page' => -1,
'facetwp' => true,
'post_status' => 'publish',
'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
'order' => 'ASC',
'meta_key' => 'baseprice_0_rate', // it's a repeater field in acf
);
meta_key = baseprice_0_rate
meta_value = 100 - 1000 // different values because of the prices
meta_key = promotional_bike
meta_value = 1 // because true or false in acf
This was my last try:
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'bike',
'posts_per_page' => -1,
'facetwp' => true,
'post_status' => 'publish',
'meta_query' => array(
'promo_bike' => array(
'key' => 'promotional_bike',
'compare' => 'EXISTS',
),
'cheapest_bikes' => array(
'key' => 'baseprice_0_rate',
'compare' => 'EXISTS',
),
),
'orderby' => array(
'promotional_bike' => 'ASC',
'cheapest_bikes' => 'meta_value_num',
)
);
but I get 0 results and it doesnt work.
Can anybody give me a hint how to first show the promo bikes and then show the bikes (cheap to high) ?
Many thanks :-)
I came across this while trying to figure out how to orderby multiple numeric meta fields. Finally got it figured out and wanted to post some tips in case anyone else arrives here for the same reason.
Assuming the OP's query had returned results, here's how to sort by multiple numeric meta fields. The key is the type attribute when defining the meta_query clauses.
$args = [
'post_type' => 'bike',
'posts_per_page' => -1,
'facetwp' => true,
'post_status' => 'publish',
'meta_query' => [
'promo_bike' => [
'key' => 'promotional_bike',
'compare' => 'EXISTS',
'type' => 'NUMERIC', // makes orderby sort numerically instead of alphabetically
],
'cheapest_bikes' => [
'key' => 'baseprice_0_rate',
'compare' => 'EXISTS',
'type' => 'NUMERIC',
],
],
'orderby' => [
'promo_bike' => 'DESC', // assuming you want promotional_bike=1 at the top
'cheapest_bikes' => 'ASC',
],
]
Sources:
https://ideone.com/RUoyZs
https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/246355/order-by-multiple-meta-key-and-meta-value
you don't need to code for that. simply you can short your product from Category>Count and then you can drag & drop... for better understanding - you can see my video tutorial.
Can't figure out this problem. Goal: I want to show all posts and order them by a post meta value, but not all posts have that meta key.
Problem: Not all posts are shown, only the ones that have that meta key (and meta value).
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'post',
'meta_key' => 'post_custom_field_1',
'orderby' => 'meta_value',
'order' => 'ASC',
'paged' => $paged,'post_type' => 'post' );
Question: How can I show all posts and sort them by a meta_key? Posts that have the meta_key are shown first and ordered by name and posts that don't have the meta_key follow and are sorted by title.
You'll have to use EXISTS for compare. There are plenty of examples in the docs for WP_Query, you can adapt it to your case:
function orderby_fieldifexists($orderby) {
return "mt1.post_id IS NOT NULL DESC, wp_postmeta.meta_value ASC";
}
add_filter("posts_orderby", "orderby_fieldifexists", 10, 1);
$query = new WP_Query(
array(
'post_type' => 'post',
'meta_query' => array(
"relation" => "or",
'custom_field_value' => array(
'key' => 'post_custom_field_1',
),
'custom_field' => array(
'key' => 'post_custom_field_1',
'compare' => 'NOT EXISTS',
),
),
'orderby' => array(
'custom_field' => 'ASC'
),
'posts_per_page' => 5,
)
);
I've initially had a simpler version in here, but then remembered that it would be silly to sort numerically if some values will be NULL. This version will find all posts, but get the value as well, and sort descending on "does it exist?" and then ascending on the actual values, so a post with a custom field value of -1 will be listed before those without that custom field value.
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'm creating a site with overviews of posts which should possibly be ordered by their rating. The rating is set up in a way that people can comment on a post and submit a rating with that comment of they want. I want to create a filter that gets all the posts and shows the highest rated posts first.
The way I get the comments for a single post:
get_comments( array('post_id' => $post->ID) );
The way I get the rating from that post:
get_comment_meta($comment->comment_ID, 'cijfer', true );
Now keep in mind that not every comment will have an actual rating attached to it. How can I modify this bit of code that gets my posts to order them by rating High -> Low.
$order = array (
'order' => 'ASC',
'cat' => $cat,
'post_type'=> 'adressen',
'paged' => $paged,
);
From the docs https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Order_.26_Orderby_Parameters
'orderby' with 'meta_value' and custom post type
Display posts of type 'my_custom_post_type', ordered by 'age', and filtered to show only ages 3 and 4 (using meta_query).
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'my_custom_post_type',
'meta_key' => 'age',
'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
'order' => 'ASC',
'meta_query' => array(
array(
'key' => 'age',
'value' => array( 3, 4 ),
'compare' => 'IN',
),
),
);
$query = new WP_Query( $args );
Hope this helps
I am using Woocommerce, although my question relates to WP_Query in general. I am creating a custom WP_Query loop for bestselling products and I want to allow users to be able to sort the results by price, from high to low and low to high. The problem is in Woocommerce both _price and total_sales are meta fields and as far as I can tell I can only orderby 1 meta field in Wordpress loops. Is there a way around this?
My full code including some of my attempts is here, the most relevant code segment looks like as follows:
$queryArgs = array(
'post_type' => 'product',
'posts_per_page' => -1,
'post_status' => 'publish',
'meta_query' => array(
array(
'key' => '_visibility',
'value' => array('catalog', 'visible'),
'compare' => 'IN'
)
),
'meta_key' => '_price',
'orderby' => array('meta_value_num' => $sortBy['terms'])
);
The actual code is more complicated than this because it's built for a range of filtering and sorting options, but this is the gist of it and bestsellers is the only thing giving me issues because of the two meta_keys. I've read this but it doesn't apply to custom meta fields.
I've tried:
'meta_key' => '_price total_sales'
'meta_key => array('_price', 'total_sales')
'orderby' => array('meta_value_num' => $sortBy['terms'], 'meta_value_num' => 'DESC')
Nothing seems to work. I've also tried hooking onto the various WP_Query filters but the problem is this query is part of a dynamically generated loop so I can't 'hack' or hard-code anything.
Use the meta query with arrays:
'meta_query' => array (
array (
'key' => '_visibility',
'value' => array('catalog', 'visible'),
'compare' => 'IN'
),
array (
'key' => '_price',
'value' => "VALUE WHAT YOU WANT, NOT ASC/DESC",
)
),