I ended up using something like this: function filter_where( $where=”” ) { global $post, $prev_next; $the_ID = $post->ID; $where .= ” AND wp_posts.ID “; $where .= $prev_next==’next’ ? “< $the_ID” : “> $the_ID”; return $where; } add_filter( ‘posts_where’, ‘filter_where’ ); $nextProjQuery = new WP_Query( $filtered_query_args ); remove_filter( ‘posts_where’, ‘filter_where’ );
If the blog / portfolio items are grouped into categories, you can do this at the top of your template file: <?php $portfolio_query = new WP_Query(‘posts_per_page=3&category_name=portfolio’); // note ‘portfolio’ is the category slug $blog_query = new WP_Query(‘posts_per_page=3&category_name=blog’); // note ‘blog’ is the category slug ?> Then in your markup: <?php if ($portfolio_query->have_posts()) : ?> <div … Read more
I don’t think you’ll be able to do this in a single query – what you seem to need is multiple relationships between conditions, and as it works currently, meta_query doesn’t let you do that. I googled it a bit and found others saying it doesn’t, but I also went into the core code and … Read more
You could do that with a custom posts_orderby: add_filter( ‘posts_orderby’, ‘wpa58715_posts_orderby’ ); function wpa58715_posts_orderby( $orderby_statement ) { if ( is_post_type_archive( ‘article’ ) ) { global $wpdb; $orderby_statement = “FIELD($wpdb->posts.post_author, 42) DESC, $wpdb->posts.post_author”; return $orderby_statement; } } Swap in your author ID for 42.
According to the codex category_name only takes one string value. category_in accepts an array of category IDs: <?php $args = array( ‘category__in’ = array(1,4,6,8), // use IDs ‘post_type’=> array( $ptype, ‘post’, ‘test-btum’, ‘test-other’ ) ); $wp_query = new WP_Query($args); ?> It might be possible that the default category taxonomy is not registered to your custom … Read more
I think you’re way overcomplicating this. Use get_terms to get all taxonomy terms that are a child of a particular term via the child_of argument, then use that array with a WP_Query tax query, no custom SQL queries necessary.
Before continuing, please read this: http://www.slideshare.net/andrewnacin/you-dont-know-query-wordcamp-netherlands-2012 It’s by a core WordPress developer and you should consider it required reading. You should never use query_posts, and it’s important to understand how to use loops correctly. That presentation will demonstrate the best practices, how, and why to use them. I can see the approach you’ve taken, what … Read more
If it’s not timing out, you’re likely running out of memory.
Filter ‘img_caption_shortcode’. You get three arguments: an empty string, the attributes (including the attachment id), and the caption content. If you return anything but an empty string WordPress will print your return value instead of its own code. See wp-includes/media.php for details. Another option: hijack the caption handlers and create your own output or change … Read more
This is not a complete answer, but I hope this can help. It sounds like what you’re looking for is a “Faceted” navigation (or search or browsing) plugin. There are some plugins that do this already, like this one (from the FCC!). It’s possible that none of the existing plugins will match your needs, but … Read more