wp_handle_upload error “Specified file failed upload test” but still creates attachment?
Try using media_handle_upload() instead, solved a similar problem for me.
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how to search in custom fields & custom taxonomy for custom search
Managed to figure it out by adapting that code from the link i posted: function atom_search_where($where){ global $wpdb; if($_SESSION[‘js’] != ”) $where .= “OR (t.name LIKE ‘%”.trim($_SESSION[‘js’]).”%’ AND {$wpdb- >posts}.post_status=”publish”)”; $where .= “OR ($wpdb->postmeta.meta_key = ‘_job_ref’ AND $wpdb->postmeta.meta_value=””.$_SESSION[“js’].”‘)”; return $where; } function atom_search_join($join){ global $wpdb; if($_SESSION[‘js’] != ”) $join .= “LEFT JOIN {$wpdb->term_relationships} tr ON … Read more
Search Custom Post Type Custom Fields
Have you tried adding this hidden field to the search form? <input type=”hidden” name=”post_type” value=”news” /> For value=””, you should include the name of your custom post type, of course.
Related links – from other sites
Have you tried this plugin: http://eskapism.se/code-playground/simple-fields/ It’s quite capable and should do what you want without getting your hands too dirty.
Custom image sizes for custom field media uploads
Have you considered using WP’s add_image_size function? Here’s the Codex entry. Basically you could add all the sizes you require throughout your theme via your functions.php and then call the appropriate size in your page/post template. Good luck!
Order by value in serialized custom field
I would write a converter and separate all of these data once. There is just no way to build a really fast query against serialized data.
Autoremove empty custom fields
I believe this was my solution to a previous question you had. I mentioned in that answer that the code didn’t deal with the eventuality of a key with multiple values and only some of which are empty. The reason why is how WordPress treats delete_post_meta… When using delete_post_meta, the first two arguments specify the … Read more
Plugin allowing for artists, events and venues
You might like to try Event Organiser (disclaimer: I’m the plug-in author). This plug-in handles event and venues management. Events are a custom post type, and venues are a custom taxonomy. All it would lack for your needs is the ‘artist’ – this could be handled by adding a metabox to an event which allows … Read more
Can ordering post list by meta_value cause performance issue?
meta_query & tax_query behavior When you’re defining a meta/tax_query and make use of the new array style argument list for multiple sets of term or custom field keys, then your query might look close to the following array( ‘tax_query’ => array( ‘relation’ => ‘OR’, array(‘taxonomy’ => ‘tax1’, ‘field’ => ‘slug’, ‘terms’ => ‘term1’), array(‘taxonomy’ => … Read more
Leader board for game on homepage
Use http://codex.wordpress.org/AJAX_in_Plugins plus any of the metadata functions like http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_metadata.