add_filter(‘pre_get_posts’, ‘customize_query’); function customize_query($query) { if($query->is_main_query() && ($query->is_search() || $query->is_archive()) { $query->set(‘update_post_meta_cache’, false); $query->set(‘update_post_term_cache’, false); } } Then wordpress will make 2 less queries for those pages & then you can use the $wpdb object to write custom queries.
The following ought to be much closer to what you want to achieve: <div class=”imgHentry”> <a href=”https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/74228/<?php the_permalink(); ?>” class=”goto-icon”> <?php the_post_thumbnail( ‘thumbnail’, array( ‘alt’ => get_post_meta( $post->ID, ‘alt_tag’, true ) ) ); ?> </a> </div>
I created and managed my own custom meta fields for years and I can tell you it was always a headache. I frequently came up against stumbling blocks like yours and ended up banging my fist against the wall. I’ve also worked on quite a few sites which had been flooded with plugins, sometimes so … Read more
// Correct way to convert string to integer $begin = ’34’; $number = (int)$begin; var_dump( $number ); int 34 //Another correct way to convert string to integer $number = (int)get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), ‘begin’, true ); var_dump( $number ); int 34 //strops() = Find the numeric position of the first occurrence of needle in the haystack string. … Read more
That data is serialised PHP, if you pass in a PHP structure it will be serialised into a string. When you pull it back out, it’s de-serialised automatically, e.g.: $post_id = current post ID….. $data = get_post_meta( $post_id, ”, true ); To see the structure in a human readable form, use something like this: echo … Read more
There is no need to put them into an array. According to google’s documentation you should just separate out the various pieces of the address in the url like a standard (U.S.) formatted address. // Example taken from google’s docs: $state=”CA”; $street=”Mountain View”; $address=”1600 Amphitheatre Parkway”; function geocode_address($post_id) { $custom_fields = get_post_custom(); // just set … Read more
try this, since you can pass multiple orderby values sparated by space. $args = array( ‘post_type’ => ‘post’, ‘numberposts’ => ’30’, ‘orderby’ => ‘post_date the_date’, ‘order’ => ‘DESC’ ); http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Order_.26_Orderby_Parameters
why don’t you take a look at this I think it it is what you are looking for
You probably also need: $query->set( ‘ignore_sticky_posts’, true ); That will prevent sticky posts from shuffling to the top. Maybe: $query->set( ‘posts_per_page’, -1 ); If you are getting too few posts. -1 means “all”. You can use that to change to a number other than what is set in the backend. A couple of notes: $query->set( … Read more
Updated <?php global $post; $address_name = str_replace( ‘,’, ”, get_post_meta( $post->ID, ‘_mfl_entry_address_name’, true ) ); $address_street = str_replace( ‘,’, ”, get_post_meta( $post->ID, ‘_mfl_entry_address_street’, true ) ); $address_line_2 = str_replace( ‘,’, ”, get_post_meta( $post->ID, ‘_mfl_entry_address_line_2’, true ) ); $address_line_3 = str_replace( ‘,’, ”, get_post_meta( $post->ID, ‘_mfl_entry_address_line_3’, true ) ); $address_postcode = str_replace( ‘,’, ”, get_post_meta( $post->ID, … Read more