Not sure why this works, where the other query was failing. I’m not sure if it’s a bug that others are experiencing or not. Anytime I included any category “inclusive” arg, it broke my meta_query, but it didn’t seem to if i was “excluding” categories. So,…making an array of all category ids, then unsetting the … Read more
Why is WP_Query’s meta_query not filtering results?
Meta_query weird behaviour
the change you require is a modification to your theme, it will take time and you might end up corrupting it if you are not comfortable working with WordPress, instead of that you can make a child theme for it and make whatever change you want inside it. A replacement and partial solution would be … Read more
I will caveat this by saying that I am still not 100% sure I know what you are doing, but I believe the following will sort your results by time only assuming that your meta values are proper Unix timestamps. function orderby_time_only($orderby) { remove_action(‘posts_orderby’,’orderby_time_only’); return preg_replace(‘|(.*)\s(.*)|’,’DATE_FORMAT(FROM_UNIXTIME($1),”%k%i”) $2′,$orderby); } add_filter(‘posts_orderby’,’orderby_time_only’); $args = array( ‘post_type’ => ‘event’, … Read more
Query Posts Via WordPress URL
WordPress Query Default Order if Meta Values Same?
Is their anyway we can do the filtering (i.e comparing 3 values) in wp_query itself? What you are asking is tricky in pure SQL, though it can be done. WP_Query cannot handle the logic natively, though. You would have to create one or more filters. Doing this with the data structure you have right now … Read more
Just build the static part of the args array, then add the conditional variables, then pass the args array to WP_Query(): // Static args $custom_query_args = array( /* static args here */ ); // Conditional arg if ( 1 == $promo ) { $custom_query_args[‘meta_query’] = array( /* meta query array */ ); } // Instantiate … Read more
Sort posts in dashboard using custom field; also include posts where field isn’t set