Rather than querying all posts and then only displaying those that match the criteria, query for posts that match the criteria. WP_Query allows you to do just that with its meta-key/meta-value attributes. For instance, to get posts where the custom field unreleased is to ‘false’, somewhere before the loop: global $wp_query; $customField = array( ‘meta_key’ … Read more
I’d recommend creating your own plug-in for storing and updating these options. To add the defaults, simply use the add_option function and to pull them into your custom metabox, when you check for the custom post meta, if it isn’t found, echo out the appropriate option using get_option. You can always just hard-code the values … Read more
let’s continue the saga then 🙂 Yesterday I released a new version of my plugin that deals with customizing the Profile page, among other things. So the subject interests me quite a bit. I managed to move the whole block of custom usermeta using this answer, but haven’t found much room for maneuvering.. Meaning: the … Read more
Your code doesn’t because the global $post refers to the post/page being viewed (if there is one…). What is passed with nav_menu_css_class is a menu item – this is a particular post type. Among its properties are: object which stores: the post type if the link refers to a post the taxonomy if the link … Read more
Well I managed to solve this sort of… The answer was to use separate search input boxes for each custom field being searched. Here is my working solution if anyone ever stumbles across this. function display_all_products() { global $term; $term = trim(strip_tags($_POST[‘s’])); $refnoterm = trim(strip_tags($_POST[‘ref’])); $yrterm = trim(strip_tags($_POST[‘yr’])); if(!empty($_POST[‘s’]) || !empty($_POST[‘ref’]) || !empty($_POST[‘yr’])) { if(!empty($_POST[‘s’])) … Read more
As Kaiser has pointed out, the meta_value => $todaysString is querying for events where the value for key event_date is equal to todays string. I.e. events happening today. Also, from the fact that you’ve used strtotime suggests you are sorting by timestamp – which you would like interpreted (and sorted as) a number rather than … Read more
The last parameter of update_user_meta(), the previous value, is an optional parameter. If it’s set it checks whether the value in the database is indeed the one you fed update_user_meta(). If you set that paramteter by grabbing the value from the database, it is completely redundant. So first off, omit that. That being said, this … Read more
You need to combine your search query with a new WP Query… That would be something like this, on your search.php <?php global $wp_query; // get the global object $thesearch = get_search_query(); // get the string searched // merge them with one or several meta_queries to meet your demand $args = array_merge( $wp_query->query, array( ‘meta_query’ … Read more
I think you’re confusing old meta parameters with new meta_query parameters. meta_key should be just key and meta_value should be just value. Refer to WP_Query in Codex for correct syntax. Also, print_r( $country_query ); will show you the actual SQL query being sent to the database and will show you where you’re going wrong.
ACF – Advanced Custom Fields is the most extensive and easiest to use plugin for custom fields. For custom post types check out http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/types/ or even better http://themergency.com/generators/wordpress-custom-post-types/ for hard-coded post types.