I have the following wp_query: $args = array( ‘post_type’ => ‘news’, ‘orderby’ => ‘meta_key’, ‘order’ => ‘ASC’, ‘meta_key’=>’custom_author_name’, ‘post_per_page’=>-1 ); $query = new WP_Query($args); echo $query->found_posts; echo = 10 results because there are only 10 news posts with a meta_key = custom_author_name. But there are hundreds of news posts that don’t have a post_meta row … Read more
How can I change the order of posts in the admin dashboard, so they display alphabetically according to title, rather than latest first? 2 s 2 If you don’t wish to always click the “Title” column to sort your posts by title, you can place this code in either your currently active WordPress theme’s functions.php … Read more
Is it possible to sort pages in the loop using the admin’s order field (under page attributes)? 1 1 Yes, use the orderby and order clause in your query posts. query_posts( array(‘orderby’=>’menu_order’, ‘order’ => ‘ASC’ ) ); See: WP_Query#Order for reference
I have a added custom column to a custom post type, and it works fine. I just want it to sort the names by title, so I tried this, function sortable_custom_columns( $columns ) { $columns[‘custom_column’] = ‘title’; return $columns; } add_filter( ‘manage_edit-custom_sortable_columns’, ‘sortable_custom_columns’ ); However, that is returning very random sorting. I think it may … Read more
I’m currently trying to output a list of music titles and would like to have the sorting ignore (but still display) the initial article of the title. For example if I had a list of bands it will be displayed alphabetically in WordPress like this: Black Sabbath Led Zeppelin Pink Floyd The Beatles The Kinks … Read more
SOLUTION AVAILABLE HERE I’ve set up a custom post type called clientarea, and set up several custom columns for it in the admin area – the custom columns are all custom meta fields, as you can see from my code. I’d like to sort by ‘Appointment Date’ descending by default. All of the columns work … Read more
I currently use the following code to list posts in Archive.php but I want the results to be ordered by name in ascending order, I have checked the codex but the answer isn’t clear to me, how can I get this working? <?php $post = $posts[0]; // ?> Thanks in advance. 3 The easiest way … Read more
I’m working on a custom taxonomy term page template where we want the items that are connected to the term sorted by a publication date (custom date field) – and if there are multiple items on the same day (formatted like YYYY-MM-DD) to then sort those by title, and finally sort by title if the … Read more
I have a series of posts that are ordered by a meta_key value. They could also be arranged by menu order, if necessary. The next/prev post links (generated by next_post_link, previous_post_link, or posts_nav_link all navigate by chronology. While I understand this default behaviour, I don’t understand how to change it. I found that it maps … Read more
