Refers to a mechanism built into the WP_Query class for querying the database for post data, including pages and CPTs, based upon post meta data.
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What is an efficient way to query based on post_meta?
The problem I am having is when I allow users to filter posts it overpowers the database and things run extremely slow. I am unsure what the best way to query posts using meta values is. My site has a ...
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filter search result with custom post type meta key
The default search returns all post types, which is what I want. But for one specific custom post type I want to limit the result to a specific meta key value (a custom date that must be greater than ...
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Search with meta_query and tax_query
I'm working on a little database for series based on wordpress. I've implemented a custom post type called "anime", some taxonomies (Genre, a_types..) and a lof of customfields. (based on acf). Now ...
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LIKE %…% Meta Query
I have a serialized array as a meta value and I'm trying to run WP Query where it finds a specific value in the serialized array.
Here's an example of the serialized array field:
...
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Perform query with meta_value date
I am trying to perform a query on a custom-type post using the value of a custom field.
This field contains a string date: dd.mm.yyyy.
The post type name is 'event'
The custom field name is ...
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Filtering a WP_Query meta_query by numeric values isn't working
That was a very dense title.
I have a custom post type "event" which has a Date/Time picker field "event_date" thanks to the Advanced Custom Fields plugin. This Date/Time picker saves a UNIX ...
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Mysql query and order meta value
I made a mysql query to WordPress like this:
$querystr = "
SELECT $wpdb->posts.*
FROM $wpdb->posts, $wpdb->postmeta
WHERE $wpdb->posts.ID = $wpdb->postmeta.post_id
AND ...
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WP_Query display next custom post from today's date
I have a calendar plugin that uses custom posts types to create events. There are several custom fields that allow me to create various and seemingly unlimited post queries. The one I'm currently ...
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Change order of posts
I made a post recently that did not explained myself right!
Come again, but with better explanations.
I need the "Select Option" change the order of query_posts.
My current code is:
<select>
...
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Display products from specific category in shop page
I know many people asked for this question but I didn't find a proper way to do it. How to add a simple meta_query (product_cat) before the execution of the shop page's query.
Maybe by using a filter ...
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Using OR in WP_Query negates the “NOT EXISTS” compare
I'm attempting to filter posts by a custom field that either are equal to 'new' or have not been set yet. I'm able to get either of those meta_queries to work on their own but when I use them in an ...
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How to query wp_postmeta table for any specific meta_value?
I am using following code in the theme files to get some output from the DB:
<?php $querystr = "SELECT DISTINCT meta_value FROM $wpdb->wp_postmeta WHERE 'meta_key' LIKE 'movie_name' ORDER BY ...
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Sort Posts by Multiple Meta Values
1) Custom Post Type named "Buying_Locations"
2) Each Post has three meta values of: State, City, Store Name
QUESTION:
How can you show a list of these posts sorted alphabetically by State, then ...
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search query within custom taxonomy term, post title and meta field
I want to create a search that does:
Search within my custom taxonomy - custom-tags
search the post title
search select meta field ?? dont know
search with custom post type - easy part
I looked ...
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Changing the meta_query of the main query based on custom query_vars and using pre_get_posts
I've registered custom rewrite rules and query_vars to use for displaying a list of events based on ISO date format. For example when a user requests the URL, http://site.com/by-date/2013-04-04/, my ...
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Meta_query compare operator explanation
I noticed that there are bunch of operator can be use for compare in meta_query.
However, I am not quite sure what operator I should use, it is somehow confusing like = and LIKE operator.
I would ...
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XOR functionality for meta_query
I'm trying to resolve the problem with event displaying.
An event has its start and end dates, written in meta. For example, event starts on (dmY) 03.04.2013 and ends up on 08.04.2013. Using WP_query ...
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Checking if field is set before comparing with meta_query in query_posts?
I have a query set up to compare the start and end dates for some custom fields. The start date is required for the post; however, the end date is not. This causes some issues with the following:
...
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Meta Query And/Or
My question is very similar to Meta Query with AND & OR? . This question was answered in 2011 by @Otto.
With the exception that my logic is different.
I want to query, for example, posts with ...
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Pre Get Posts / Multiple Meta Keys / Orderby Single Key
Tried more than a few variances to enable my pre_get_posts callback function to display posts that possess one, or both, of 2 separate meta_keys, upon display to then orderby a single meta_key.
Here ...
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WP_Query - How to show last post from each meta value
I have a custom post type where I have testimonials which are all grouped by 6 industries (meta value).
On the post type archive page I would need to show the last testimonial from each of the 6 ...
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Nested meta_query with multiple relation keys
I am curious whether Wordpress is able to run nested meta_query, with each having different relation keys? As of Wordpress 3.0, tax_query is able to perform this function; I'm wondering whether this ...
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Using database meta_values to calculate new post order using pre_get_posts or a 'request' hook
UPDATE: I have worked out my implementation of the selected answer at the bottom of this post.
I'm implementing a sorting algorithm based on Reddit's hotness algorithm, in addition to a time-decay ...
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wordpress get meta value by meta key
How to get the meta value by meta key
I want to get the value by the meta key.
This is what I have tried so far:
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'post',
'post_status' => 'publish',
...
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2answers
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Passing form inputs into multi-taxonomy query
I'm in the process of building out a search page to perform a query on a custom post type and its associated meta and taxonomy. Eventually, I would it to query multiple taxonomies as well as compare ...
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All in one event order by
Im using All in one event calendar. On my single event page I want to query some dates and sort them by start date. My query looks like this:
<?php $event = ...
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Filtering problem
I got the custom_post_type_data in which I store some variables when I make a new post. Variables likes Author, Price etc.
I implemented a filtering by author, so when you click on James (for ...
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meta_query fails to compare on values containing apostrophes
I have WP Query and I am simply comparing by the meta value by =
My value contains town names, and seems to work great for the majority of names.
However some names contain apostrophes... Madonna ...
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How to: get_user_meta - BuddyPress
What is the proper way to display User Meta in the BP Loop using this line from codex?
<?php get_user_meta($user_id, $key, $single); ?>
I added that line to the profile loop and switched ...
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1answer
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How to add a new meta key and assign timestamp to posts
I've been trying to look for a way to create a loop in my website and show posts being read/watched but have not found anything.
The only way I can accomplish this would be to create a new meta key ...
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Excluding posts by meta, and also keeping posts without the meta
edit: Think I managed to figure it out, check the answer right under here, or click the following link:
http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/a/51175/15809
I've been trying to find a way to exclude ...
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order by meta_value serialized array
Hi I'm trying to pull posts using the wp query. Just one problem--I am trying to sort the posts alphabetically by a certain meta_value. Thing is that this meta_value is a serialized array. Is there an ...
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meta_query for keys that aren't yet set
I'm trying to query for a custom post type for a gallery system. I have a checkbox to set a gallery as a "featured" gallery (set up through More Fields plugin) - if this is checked then the meta value ...
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meta_query and strange orderby behaviour
this is my problem query, which picks all future or pending events.
Note that some posts only have _startdate without _enddate (1-day events).
$args = array(
'post_type'=> 'events',
'meta_query' ...
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Wp_query order by multiple custom fields?
I am learning WP_query and recently ran into a problem.
I need to do a query where i first filter trough one or more custom fields, which works great thanks to meta_query.
However, i also need it to ...
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Search by meta_query
I am building a Wordpress site with an events feature. The events page was made with custom post types.
I want to make it possible for people to search/ filter events by dates. For example, they can ...
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1answer
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Meta query - How to display a null meta key
At the base I have this query wich displays 9 randoms custom post type :
$args= array(
'post_type' => 'adverts',
'orderby' => 'rand',
'posts_per_page' => 9,
'tax_query' => ...
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Complicated Custom Post Type Query drill down, using meta query
I currently have defined a few custom post types.
a product category size
a product category
a product.
Inside my product, I hold and save meta data on a dropdown list of product categories. So ...
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WP_Query arguments: Loop through custom post type - get all entries except excluded meta_key?
Can't seem to find out what I'm doing wrong.
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'wr_event', // my custom post type
'posts_per_page' => -1, // show all posts
'meta_query' => array(
...
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2answers
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Multiple Values stored as array in Meta Query
I'm a little confused as to best practise for saving multi-select values in meta fields.
Assuming
<select multiple name="_casestudypost[]">
is my form field
if I store ...
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1answer
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Order by meta_key with two meta_queries
This should be simple, but I just can't pinned down a good example of the correct syntax to do this.
I want to order by the specified meta_key with two meta_queries. The problem is query_posts ...
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datetime picker, timestamps and meta queries
I have a custom meta box with a datepicker. The datepicker outputs 2013-01-17 10:00 in my database for an event that is 01-17-2013 at 10pm PST.
$eventlist = new WP_Query(array(
'post_type' => ...
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Is it possible to orderby multiple meta_keys when using meta_value_num?
Reading through the order & orderby documentation, it's not clear to me whether there is any support to order based on multiple meta_key values.
Obviously, using meta_query I can return posts ...
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4answers
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Using meta query ('meta_query') with a search query ('s')
Trying to build a search that not only searches the defaults (title, content etc) but also a specific custom field.
My current query:
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'post',
's' => $query,
...
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1answer
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get_users meta_query
I can't get meta_queries working correctly on get_users(). For the life of me can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.
$args = array(
'meta_query' =>
array(
...
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1answer
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How to exlude posts that have certain meta_value?
I want to exclude some posts from the home page. So I want to use meta data, and filter all posts that are signed by meta_value=0.
Like this:
$args = array(
'posts_per_page'=>28,
'meta_query' ...
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How to query posts with featured images
I basically want to use WP_Query to select 3 latest posts which have featured images and this is the only way I can think of.
regards
edit
tried
$query = new WP_Query( array( "post_type" => ...
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Best way to sort estates and query them (for rent? yes/no. contains office space? yes/no)?
I´m building a real estate site where Estates is a custom post type. I want to be able to tick a checkbox or something similare on the edit page, where I can choose if the estate is for rent, if it ...
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loop through custom post-type with two meta_keys
I have a custom-post-type named my_project.
This post-type has two meta-boxes:
is_featured
is_featured_position
So essentially in my backend of the post-type I can set a checkbox for is_featured ...
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Custom query (author is post_author or meta co_author) with Pagenavi pagination
I need to create a custom query for the author archive (where the author is post_author OR is a meta co_author), and it have to work with WP Pagenavi.
The query is something like this (omitting $wpdb ...
