I think the general suggestion is to use WP_Query instead of query_posts partly because query_posts used WP_query in a simplified way and can cause problems down the road. So for sure check out the WP_Query page, specifically the Multiple Loops example: http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Multiple_Loops So the code using WP_Query would look something like this: <?php $counter = … Read more
The answer to this question is here. The full credit of the answer to my question goes for the author of the answer birgire. All I had to do was slightly change is plugin “Support for post name like in WP_Query” turning it into a function like this: add_filter( ‘posts_where’, ‘title_like_posts_where’, 10, 2 ); function … Read more
Piter is right, don’t use query_posts. You could do something like: $paged = ( get_query_var(‘paged’) ) ? get_query_var(‘paged’) : 1; $args = array( ‘post_type’ => ‘properties’, ‘meta_key’ => ‘pd_city’, ‘orderby’ => ‘meta_value’, ‘order’ => ‘ASC’, ‘posts_per_page’ => 5, ‘paged’ => $paged ); $query = new WP_Query( $args ); Just make sure you have the values … Read more
The problem with orderby rand is that on most setups the database will load all posts into memory, then randomly order them, and return what you asked for. It’s that loading into memory that makes the query super slow/expensive Also yes, terms are individual categories and tags, where category is a taxonomy, and the ‘development’ … Read more
Regarding my comment to Steve’s answer, see also Override the default number of posts to show for a single loop? The “method” version of Steve’s answer would be: function limit_posts_per_archive_page( $query ) { if ( $query->is_post_type_archive( ‘zitate-sprueche’ ) || $query->is_tax(‘zitate-kats’) || $query->is_post_type_archive(‘daten’) || $query->is_tax(‘daten-kats’)) { $limit = 27; } else $limit = get_option(‘posts_per_page’); } $query->set( … Read more
The solution is to use: ‘taxonomy’ => ‘meal’, ‘field’ => ‘slug’, ‘terms’ => ‘breakfast’ The taxonomy and terms are obvious, but why does field have to be slug? When you add taxonomy parameters, you can specify what ‘breakfast’ is– via the field. It could be the term’s ID, the full name, or slug. See the … Read more
You forgot to start a new query. And if you dont use have post on your custom query, you will get the main current query, in your case is your single. $args = array( ‘post_type’ => ‘crew’, ‘posts_per_page’ => 10 ); $your_custom_query = new WP_Query( $args ); // is that you forgot // The Loop … Read more
First of all, just to clarify, in a normal situation without the specific order requirements, and assuming you are doing this on pre_get_posts hook, you would just do as follows: add_action(‘pre_get_posts’, function ($query) { // only perform for a given query // do your checks and return early if (! $query->is_main_query() || ! $query->is_home()) { … Read more
You just need to provide an array with two items — the column slug and the initial sorting order. $columns[‘my_column’] = array( ‘my-column’, ‘desc’ );
This is not currently possible with query arguments alone (realm of filtering raw SQL query and such). If your task is not time-critical then I suggest to wait for upcoming WP 3.1 release. It will feature much more flexible querying capabilities for custom fields. See Advanced Metadata Queries for post on upcoming improvements.