You can use the parse_query action hook, and set the orderby and order paramenters. function my_mod_search($query) { if ($query->is_search()) { $query->query_vars[‘order’] = ‘ASC’; $query->query_vars[‘orderby’] = ‘post_date’; } } add_action(‘parse_query’, ‘my_mod_search’);
You can use FIELD or FIND_IN_SET: return “FIELD(mt1.meta_value, ‘Head Teacher’, ‘Deputy’, ‘Teacher’, ‘Support’, ‘Clerical’) ASC, mt2.meta_value ASC”; http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/string-functions.html#function_field
orderby does not accept the values ASC or DESC. These are acceptable values for the parameter order. Changing ‘orderby’ => ‘rand’ to ‘order’ => ‘ASC’ should be sufficient and should by rule work As already pointed out, if (have_posts() ): should be if ($the_query->have_posts() ): Apart from that little discrepancy, you code have to work … Read more
SPECIAL THANKS TO THIS ARTICLE: http://dotnordic.se/sorting-wordpress-posts-by-several-numeric-custom-fields/ $args = array( ‘post_type’ => ‘property’, ‘tax_query’ => array( array( ‘taxonomy’ => ‘rc_repl_status’, ‘field’ => ‘slug’, ‘terms’ => ‘sold’ ) ), ‘posts_per_page’ => 100, ‘meta_key’ => ‘_rc_repl_property_year_sold’, ‘meta_query’ => array( array( ‘key’ => ‘_rc_repl_property_year_sold’ // do this to order by two meta field VALUES ), array( ‘key’ => ‘_rc_repl_property_acres’, … Read more
You are sorting it incorrectly. You will need to check for artist-status meta key with meta_query and sort by last-name metakey. Here is your query. $args = array( ‘post_type’ => ‘artist’, ‘posts_per_page’ => -1, ‘meta_key’ => ‘last-name’, ‘orderby’ => ‘meta_value’, ‘order’ => ‘ASC’, ‘meta_query’ => array ( array( ‘key’ => ‘artist-status’, ‘value’ => ‘invited’, ‘compare’ … Read more
‘meta_value_num’ – Order by numeric meta value (available with Version 2.8). Also note that a ‘meta_key=keyname’ must also be present in the query. This value allows for numerical sorting as noted above in ‘meta_value’. Try to use like this : $args = array ( ‘post_type’ => ‘product’, ‘post__in’ => $post_ids, ‘posts_per_page’ => -1, ‘order’ => … Read more
You cannot do this with the default paginate_links() functions. Looking at the source code, there are no filters from which you can change the layout as you wish ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS Although you cannot do this by default, it doesn’t mean that you cannot get your desired output. Here is a couple of options to explore … Read more
You want to orderby ‘date’ not by ‘meta_value_num’ because it is to order numerically. So if you were ordering items by their price, then you would want to use ‘meta_value_num’. The meta_key ‘news_date’ is most likely in date format. You should also cast the meta_value to DATE using ‘meta_type’ => ‘DATE’. $args = array( ‘post_type’ … Read more
This is untested, but I believe if you set type in your meta query to numeric, that will cast the values as numbers so orderby meta_value should work correctly.
You cannot mix array syntax and string syntax in the same argument. If you start with array syntax, you should stick with that, the same applies if you start with string syntax, then you should stick with string syntax. Because you are using post__not_in which is an array, you should stick with array syntax <?php … Read more