post-meta

Using Form to alter PHP variable [closed]

Don’t put your variables in single quotes. This: if(isset($submit)){ $args = array( ‘numberposts’ => 10, ‘meta_key’ => ‘$filter’, ‘orderby’ => ‘meta_value’, ‘order’ => ‘DESC’, ‘post_type’ => ‘things’, ‘post_status’ => ‘publish’ ); $mystuff = get_posts( $args ); $name = $filter ; } Should be this: if(isset($submit)){ $args = array( ‘numberposts’ => 10, ‘meta_key’ => $filter, ‘orderby’ … Read more

Order by a meta field in query loop

<?php $cat = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), ‘cat_page’, true ); $args = array( ‘category_name’ => $cat, ‘meta_key’ => ‘niveau_chiffre’, ‘orderby’ => ‘meta_value_num’, //Since we’re dealing with numbers ‘order’ => ‘ASC’, //’meta_query’ => array( // array( //’key’ => ‘niveau-chiffre’, //’value’ => ‘niveau-chiffre’, Don’t give a value because we’re not looking for a specific one //’compare’ => ‘>=’, We’re … Read more

add multiple values (array) to post meta_input

You can simply store the meta as an array… Also to hell with add_post_meta… I never use it. update defaults to add if the meta doesn’t exist for the post. update_post_meta($post_id, “_event_musikstil”, $event_musikstil); wordpress will store the value as a serialized array then so just retrieve it like get_post_meta($post_id, “_event_musikstil”, TRUE); Hope this helps. Another … Read more

custom field with links

Lets go with an example… Custom Field Name: buy-ticket Custom Field Value: http://example.com/link-to-ticket/ And you said, you want a button called “Buy ticket” linking to the Custom Field Value. This how you do it: <a href=”https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/57443/<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID,”buy-ticket’, true); ?>” title=”Buy a ticket right away!”> <span>Button text or code here</span> </a> SOURCE: WordPress Codex Function … Read more

Display a list of posts whose meta field values are equal to the ID of the post being viewed?

For the author single page $query = new WP_Query(array( ‘post_type’ => ‘books’, ‘meta_key’ => ‘author’, ‘meta_value’ => get_the_ID() // assuming you’re inside the loop )); while($query->have_posts()) { $query->the_post(); the_title(); } wp_reset_query(); For the books archive page // assuming you’re inside the loop $author = get_post(get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), ‘author’, true));

Display post’s description and caption

Something like this should get you close (untested): <?php foreach($my_posts as $post){ $thisPostId = $post->ID; $thisPost = $get_post($thisPostId); $thisPostTitle = apply_filters(‘the_title’, $thisPost->post_title); $thisPostThumbnail = get_the_post_thumbnail($thisPost); $thisPostContent = apply_filters(‘the_excerpt’, $thisPost->post_excerpt); $data[] = array( “id” => $thisPost, “title” => $thisPostTitle, “image” => $thisPostThumbnail, “content” => $thisPostContent ); } ?>

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