The WP_Query has a feature called meta_query. Using it allows you to either query by value or numeric value: $car = new WP_Query( array( ‘post_type’ => array( ‘cars’ ), ‘meta_key’ => ‘car_number’, ‘orderby’ => ‘meta_value_num’, ‘posts_per_page’ => 1, ‘order’ => ‘DESC’, ‘cache_results’ => true, ) ); $carNr = get_post_meta( $car->ID, ‘car_number’, true ); // Inspect … Read more
I just went through this whole process myself. There isn’t a hook or anything to make this easy, so instead we have to “hack” it into place in order for it to work. It’s not pretty, but it gets the job done. I’ve been using it for months now with 3 custom fields and it’s … Read more
You’re using a raw SQL query to do a post query, this is bad, because: There are already APIs that do this It is no longer inheriting the default parameters It doesn’t go through the caching system so it can be slower Intead, use WP_Query. The reason you’re getting trashed posts is because you’re not … Read more
You’re very likely running that outside of the loop. To confirm, try the following: $post_id = get_the_ID(); $current_rank = get_post_meta( $post_id, ‘current_rank’, true); echo ‘Post ID is: ‘ . $post_id; echo ‘<br> Current Rank is: ‘ . $current_rank; Are you getting post ID printed on the page? Is the current rank showing empty? Then the … Read more
As of WordPress 4.2, you can combine meta_query and orderby. The following example is taken from make.wordpress.org. Example of a simple meta_query: $q = new WP_Query( array( ‘meta_query’ => array( ‘relation’ => ‘AND’, ‘state_clause’ => array( ‘key’ => ‘state’, ‘value’ => ‘Wisconsin’, ), ‘city_clause’ => array( ‘key’ => ‘city’, ‘compare’ => ‘EXISTS’, ), ), ‘orderby’ … Read more
You need to pass $postid to your get_field function. <?php $value = get_field( “employee_category”, $postid ); if( $value ) { echo $value; } else { echo ’empty’; } ?> See docs: https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/get_field/
WordPress emulates magic_quotes_gpc and won’t be deprecating this for some time due to concerns over plugin security and backward compatibility. To work around this, you need to use stripslashes() or, if you need to strip slashes when data arrives via $_POST, $_GET, $_COOKIE, and $_REQUEST arrays, you can use the WordPress stripslashes_deep() function: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/stripslashes_deep
After trudging through the BP source code today, I believe that I have finally figured this out. The hook used to update Profile Fields in BuddyPress is “xprofile_data_before_save”. If anyone know of something better, please let me know!
You can use meta query in wp query to get required posts $args = array( ‘meta_query’ => array( ‘relation’ => ‘OR’, array( ‘key’ => ‘city’, ‘value’ => ‘Melbourne’, ‘compare’ => ‘NOT LIKE’ ), array( ‘key’ => ‘city’, ‘value’ => ‘Melbourne’, ‘compare’ => ‘NOT EXISTS’ ) ) ); $query = new WP_Query( $args );
Pods allows you to create meta-based or table-based content types. Meta-based work as normal WP post types do. You can also extend WP objects like Comments, Users, Media, and Taxonomies to add custom fields to those. If you choose to use table-based Pods, it creates a table with the ID field and only the custom … Read more