How to WP_Query() from multiple blogs and order them?

Question

You can’t switch in different blogs of the network with the switch_to_blog([1,2]); function. The function needs a clearly integer value for one blog, see documentation.

WP Core

This process should help you. A custom way with the help of the WP core.

// The sites IDs
$sitesObj = get_sites([
    'site__in' => [1, 2,]
]);
// Merge
$sites = object_to_array( $sitesObj );

$args = [
    'post_type' => 'post',
    'posts_per_page' => 2,
];

// The loop
foreach ($sites as $site) {
    switch_to_blog( $site['blog_id'] );

    $loop = new WP_Query($args);

    if ( $loop->have_posts() ) {
        while ( ($loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();
            // content
        endwhile;
    }

    restore_current_blog();
}

Alternative WP Multisite Query

You can also use a custom function, solution, like the solution from Eric – https://github.com/ericandrewlewis/WP_Query_Multisite The solution is well documented.

The way is a little bit smaller, but you need to include this solution as a plugin or inside the Theme.

$query = new WP_Query_Multisite( array( 'post_type' => 'post' ) );

while( $query->have_posts() ) : $query->the_post();
    echo $blog_id . get_the_title() . "<br>";
endwhile;

wp_reset_postdata();