You can access query variables (including custom ones) via the WP_Query::get() method. For example: $my_query = new WP_Query( array( … ‘wpse105219_custom_var’ => ‘foobar’, … ) ); To ‘catch’ this at pre_get_posts: add_action( ‘pre_get_posts’, ‘wpse105219_pre_get_posts’, 10 ); function wpse105219_pre_get_posts( $query ){ if( $query->get( ‘wpse105219_custom_var’ ) == ‘foobar’ ){ //Alter $query } }
Solved! I was using the wrong technique to create a custom query to my taxonomy instead of using the function above I create new function that use query_vars. Here is the code function taxonomy_posts_order($query) { global $browsetype; $term = get_term_by( ‘slug’, get_query_var( ‘term’ ), get_query_var( ‘taxonomy’ ) ); if ( $query->query_vars[‘taxonomy’] == $term->slug ) { … Read more
… It’s a very simple piece of code on the index page of an otherwise empty theme… If you are running this code on the index page of your theme and expect it to effect the main query, then you are adding the action too late. The main query runs well before your theme template … Read more
To expand on @pieter-goosen’s comment, you do indeed want to use pre_get_posts. In your example, by using WP_Query, you’re overwriting the entire query and just resetting most parts of it to default. In fact, you’re probably not seeing a specific category of posts at all. You should be seeing all posts since that’s the default … Read more
Well, perhaps the answer could not be found in the WP_Query class for what I was trying to accomplish. Below is the final code that I plugged in to my functions.php file. I ultimately ended up search the WP_Query Class found in the wp_includes/query.php file. What I discovered is that there are a number of … Read more
you can change your search filter to this: function SearchFilter($query) { $post_type = $_GET[‘post_type’]; if (!$post_type) { $post_type=”any”; } if ($query->is_search) { $query->set(‘post_type’, $post_type); }; return $query; } add_filter(‘pre_get_posts’,’SearchFilter’); then on your news search form add : <input type=”hidden” name=”post_type” value=”post” /> on your custom post type listing search form add <input type=”hidden” name=”post_type” value=”customtypename” … Read more
Checkbox field is stored as serialized array, therefore you can not use the IN operator and array with the values you are looking for. To get posts with checked “melbourne”, change meta_query to: $meta_query = array( array( ‘key’ => $name, ‘value’ => ‘”melbourne”‘, ‘compare’ => ‘LIKE’, ) ); To get posts with melbourne or sydney: … Read more
Yes, I got it: function custom_search_orderby($orderby) { global $wpdb; if ( is_search() ) { if ( isset($_GET[‘order’]) ) { if ( $_GET[‘order’] == ‘DESC’ ) { $orderby = $wpdb->prefix . “posts.post_date DESC”; } else { $orderby = $wpdb->prefix . “posts.post_date ASC”; } } } return $orderby; } add_filter(‘posts_orderby’, ‘custom_search_orderby’, 999);
This query will handle two levels of hierarchy in your taxonomy. More than two levels of hierarchy and you’ll need a recursive self-join. What this does is return the posts in the correct child within parent order. To create the appropriate parent level headings, you’ll have compare the current post’s parent taxon with that of … Read more
Just use the appropriate conditionals: function change_order_for_events( $query ) { //only show future events and events in the last 24hours $yesterday = current_time(‘timestamp’) – 24*60*60; if ( $query->is_main_query() && (is_tax(‘event_type’) || is_post_type_archive(‘wr_event’)) ) { $query->set( ‘meta_key’, ‘_wr_event_date’ ); $query->set( ‘orderby’, ‘meta_value_num’ ); $query->set( ‘order’, ‘ASC’ ); //Get events after 24 hours ago $query->set( ‘meta_value’, $yesterday … Read more