My recommendation would be to use query_posts() to modify your query such that orderby=title and order=ASC … this will return the same results as your first query, but with the posts ordered alphabetically by title.
Hi @janoChen: If you have a choice, go with WP_Query. Both of the other functions (query_posts() and get_posts()) call WP_Query indirectly. The former is designed to allow you to modify the main query after the standard query has already been run, for example when you want a second loop. But query_posts() affects global variables and … Read more
Try this: <ul class=”list-ensemble”> <?php query_posts(‘post_type=person&post_status=publish&meta_key=last_name&orderby=meta_value&order=ASC’); $current_letter=””; if ( have_posts() ) while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); $last_name = get_post_meta( $post->ID, ‘last_name’, true ); $letter = strtolower( substr( $last_name, 0, 1 ) ); if ( $letter != $current_letter ) { $current_letter = $letter; ?> <li class=”letter”> <img src=”https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/10561/<?php echo $letter; ?>.jpg” alt=”<?php echo $letter; ?>” … Read more
Just a quick update that a new method is_main_query() has been introduced in WP 3.3. Example: add_action( ‘pre_get_posts’, ‘foo_modify_query_exclude_category’ ); function foo_modify_query_exclude_category( $query ) { if ( $query->is_main_query() && ! $query->get( ‘cat’ ) ) $query->set( ‘cat’, ‘-5’ ); } Resources: WPDevel: New API in 3.3: is_main_query() Codex reference: is_main_query() Related Trac Ticket #18677
You’re getting all the posts because you set ‘meta_key’ => ‘event_date’. This is equivalent to adding another subquery into ‘meta_query’ that says “get me all posts which have an event_date custom field, with any value OR that have even_date to $today etc.”. PS: There are many event plugins out there that have already figured all … Read more
It’s better to use get_children than get_posts. Here is a quick example that will work. This is in the form of a function that is defined in your plugin or in functions.php then use the function as a template tag. /** * Gets all images attached to a post * @return string */ function wpse_get_images() … Read more
No, there is no way to do this with default WP Core. @heathenJesus talks about meta data not taxonomies. See http://scribu.net/wordpress/sortable-taxonomy-columns.html for a proper solution. And a more thorough explanation of why this is not something built into Core: Using wp_query is it possible to orderby taxonomy?
You can add code below to the beginning of loop.php add_action(‘pre_get_posts’, ‘wpse_change_post_order’); function wpse_change_post_order($query){ $query->set(‘order’,’ASC’); $query->set(‘orderby’,’date’); } the oldest posts will be in the home page.
The is the the_posts filter, which sounds like what you want. function filter_the_posts($posts) { var_dump($posts); } add_filter(‘the_posts’,’filter_the_posts’);
The issue is that WordPress are getting all posts that has a ‘startDate’ meta key, no matter the meta value. You can understand that form this part of the request: … AND ( wp_postmeta.meta_key = ‘startDate’ OR ( mt1.meta_key = ‘startDate’ AND CAST(mt1.meta_value AS CHAR) >= ‘20140305’ ) OR ( mt2.meta_key = ‘endDate’ AND CAST(mt2.meta_value … Read more