A meta_value field is always text; the fieldtype in the database structure is longtext, so unless you’re explicitly typecasting when retrieving it (i.e. $price = (float)$custom[‘price’][0]; – which won’t help with ordering in the first place), you can’t ‘adjust’ the custom field data – it’s always stored as text. Having said that, you should simply … Read more
Use pre_get_posts instead.. function my_archive_query_override( $query ) { if ( $query->is_archive() && $query->is_main_query() ) { $query->set( ‘orderby’, ‘rand’ ); } } add_action( ‘pre_get_posts’, ‘my_archive_query_override’ ); For that user selectable part, you can use AJAX to accomplish that.
First of all, you should learn how to debug. If you’re getting a 500 internal error, then the error should show up in your error logs. I’ve made the following corrections to your code below: NEVER USE extract() instead get the values using their various keys from the array. Your class didn’t have a closing … Read more
I also added this here for someone else having same issue. If your meta values are numeric then you should use orderby meta_value_num instead of meta_value. As mentioned in codex. meta_value – Note that a meta_key=keyname must also be present in the query. Note also that the sorting will be alphabetical which is fine for … Read more
Just use the parameter category__in of WP_Query – if you do this, then there is no need for cat and category__not_in. category__in does give you back results from the categor(y/ies) specified, but does not include results for the children of the specified categor(y/ies).
Before I start, you should not use capital letters in your names, and also, don’t use hyphens, the correct way is to separate words with underscores What you are trying to do doesn’t work. Do a var_dump() to get the available query variables on your single page ?><pre><?php var_dump($wp_query->query_vars); ?></pre><?php You will see that the … Read more
category__and needs to be an array of category ID’s category__and (array) – use category id. You can modify your code to look like this $query = new WP_Query( array(‘category__and’ => array(12,32)));
The parameter is called: posts_per_page so you are missing the plural »s« – more information about WP_Query – Pagination Parameters at the codex.
Your $args array is incorrect. You used cat=-8 which is not correct here. You will have to specify/exclude category this way ‘cat’ => -8. So your $args array will be $args = array( ‘posts_per_page’ => 3, ‘orderby’ => DESC, ‘cat’ => -8 );
From the discussion in comments to your question, here is what I suggest and recommend Just to recap and to add everything in a constructive answer The tag parameter in WP_Query accepts the term slug, not the name Always reset your custom WP_Query, always. Make use of wp_reset_postdata() after your query is done, just before … Read more