You’re right, RAND() is a performance killer which almost every time involves a full table scan, and if you have a large number of posts in WordPress, it’s going to be a nightmare. So instead of displaying random posts, it’s much more efficient to display what only seems like a random post, but in reality … Read more
It is not working because there is a custom query in the events plugin that adds the posts to be ignored (not returned) when you run WP_Query. See getHideFromUpcomingEvents() method in the-events-calendar/src/Tribe/Query.php. But there is however a filter hook that you can use there to do whatever. See the following sample code: function wpse283031_hide_ids( $ids … Read more
next_post_link will use the current query (which is the global $wp_query in your case). If you want to use them with other queries, pass them the maximum page number as the second argument. There’s an example in the codex. For previous_post_link it doesn’t matter, because it’ll only show a link if you’re on a page … Read more
Check the Codex. meta_query accepts an EXISTS comparison. $args = array( ‘post_type’ => ‘somepostype’, ‘meta_query’ => array( array( ‘key’ => ‘fname’.$userid, ‘compare’ => ‘EXISTS’, ), array( ‘key’ => ‘lname’.$userid, ‘compare’ => ‘EXISTS’, ) ) ); $query = new WP_Query( $args ); return $tempquery->found_posts; There is a note that… Note: Due to bug #23268, value is … Read more
Try using tax_query: $tax_query = array( ‘relation’ => ‘AND’, array( ‘taxonomy’ => ‘category’, ‘field’ => ‘id’, ‘terms’ => 1 ), array( ‘taxonomy’ => ‘category’, ‘field’ => ‘id’, ‘terms’ => 2 ), array( ‘taxonomy’ => ‘category’, ‘field’ => ‘id’, ‘terms’ => 3 ) ); $query->set( ‘tax_query’, $tax_query );
Put something along these lines in your functions.php: add_filter( ‘pre_get_posts’, ‘custom_get_posts’ ); function custom_get_posts( $query ) { if( is_category() || is_archive() ) { $query->query_vars[‘orderby’] = ‘name’; $query->query_vars[‘order’] = ‘ASC’; } return $query; } reference here (see the second answer)
OK, I figured it pour reading about Orderby Parameters in WP_Query more carefully. I needed to set votes to meta_key and orderby to meta_value_num: $args = array( ‘post_type’ => ‘entry’, ‘meta_key’ => ‘votes’, ‘orderby’ => ‘meta_value_num’, ‘order’ => ‘DESC’, ‘posts_per_page’ => 10, ‘post_status’ => ‘publish’ ); $loop = new WP_Query($args);
I have never seen a custom loop like that, you should try getting rid of <?php get_template_part( ‘loop’, ‘contents’ ); ?> and replace it with the_content();
Add the CSS to your child themes style.css file or load it using wp_enqueue_scripts add_action( ‘wp_enqueue_scripts’, ‘wpsites_load_custom_styles’ ); function wpsites_load_custom_styles() { wp_register_style( ‘custom-css’, get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . ‘/your-style.css’, false, ‘1.0.0’ ); wp_enqueue_style( ‘custom-css’ ); } Source
If in doubt, check the documentation first: https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/get_field/ Check if value exists This example shows how to check if a value exists for a field. $value = get_field( ‘text_field’ ); if ( $value ) { echo $value; } else { echo ’empty’; } So, in for your case you would need to use: <?php $short_testimonial … Read more