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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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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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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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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Query by meta_key and order by meta_value_num return orderby date
I'm trying to use the orderby and custom WP_Query features of wordpress.
It works nicely to select item by their meta and to order by date.
Unfortunately, it seems that I could not get the post ...
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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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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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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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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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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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Get all user with both meta_value
I was wondering if there were any efficient way of fetching all user comparing two different meta_key. I am currently fetching all user compared to the first meta, then loop trough the user_id to ...
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database query with more than a couple meta hangs and doesn't complete
I have a development website with about 70 checkboxes for custom fields. The idea is the user selects one or more checkboxes, it queries the database for all posts that have a meta_key for the ...
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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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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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Meta query with multiple custom fields for archives page ordering problem
I'm modifying the query for archives pages so that the posts showing up on year, month or day pages are queried by there custom field (start-date and end-date) and are sorted by custom star-date ...
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Trying to perform complex custom field query with order by set to field value
I've got two custom fields for event posts: event-start and event-end. When I'm querying for current events, I'd like to show any post where the event-start OR the event-end is greater than or equal ...
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filter custom field values $min $max
The user needs to query posts by entering a $minPrice, $maxPrice and a category value.
Here is my query which returns no results:
function result() {
$result = array(
'cat' => ...
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filter search custom field query
I'm looking for way to filter search results.
This is what I have so far
a custom post type of "doctors"
in each "doctor" post, there are numerous custom fields (male or female, location, ...
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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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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 ...
