I see many people prefer to use pre_get_posts hook instead of query_posts Yay! So pre_get_posts filters a WP_Query object which means anything you could do via query_posts() you can do via $query->set() and $query->get(). In particular we can make use of the meta_query attribute (see Codex): $meta_query = array( array( ‘key’=>’featured’, ‘value’=>’yes’, ‘compare’=>’!=’, ), ); … Read more
I have been searching for hours for a solution to this problem. Array merging is not the way to go, especially when the queries are complex and you must be able to add to meta queries in the future. The solution which is simplistically beautiful is to change ‘s’ to one which allows both searching … Read more
I coded a plugin just for that and never got around to publish it : Usage: In the dropdown you have a list of all custom fields, so just select the field you want to filter by and click filter. if you want to filter to a specific value of a custom field then select … Read more
You can define the meta key for orderby parameter using the old method (I tested on WP 3.1.1)… query_posts( array( ‘post_type’ => ‘services’, ‘order’ => ‘ASC’, ‘meta_key’ => ‘some_key’, ‘orderby’ => ‘meta_value’, //or ‘meta_value_num’ ‘meta_query’ => array( array(‘key’ => ‘order_in_archive’, ‘value’ => ‘some_value’ ) ) ) );
This will add a custom field to the menu item edit. However, you will not see the custom field until you have saved the menu for the newly added menu item. When you first add an item, you will only see the standard fields. After save, the new field will be available also for edit. … Read more
One possible approach would be to use one of the helper methods in the WPDB class to do a more refined meta based query. The caveat to using some of these functions however, is that you don’t usually get back a simple array of data and usually have to make needless references to object properties, … Read more
Simple to do, first create the dropdown with just the meta values you want and then catch the submit of the filter, just change POST_TYPE to the name of your post type and META_KEY to the name of your meta key: <?php /* Plugin Name: Admin Filter BY Custom Fields Plugin URI: http://en.bainternet.info Description: answer … Read more
orderby should be meta_value_num, or meta_value, not the name of the key. See WP_Query orderby parameters.
You can see in the docs that you get the values by get_field(), so do something like this: $values = get_field( ‘field_name’ ); if ( $values ) { echo ‘A value is set’; } else { echo ‘A value is not set’; } Change field_name to your wanted field.