Refers to a hook in WordPress Core that can be used to alter the results returned by a WP_Query based database query.
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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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How to get my Custom Post Type to display in Recent Posts using “pre_get_posts”
I created a Custom Post Type (call it "my-post-type").
I created an archive-my-post-type.php page for displaying all the Custom Post Types.
Looking at the "Recent Posts" section of the Sidebar, I ...
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Pre Get Posts fails with more than 1 Post Type
Inside Functions.php
function custom_filings_archive( $query )
{
if(is_post_type_archive( 'filings' ))
$query->set('post_type',array('the-reports','press-release'));
return $query;
}
...
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Replace query_posts with pre_get_posts
I have a static front page that checks if the user is logged in, and if he/she is a number of x posts from a specific category is displayed. For that I was using this code:
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pre_get_posts : 'post__not_in' doesn't work with global variable
I'm trying to set a post__not_in which use a global $popular variable, defined in the index.php.
-index.php-
$popular[] = 1 //post id=1
$popular[] = 2 //post id=2
$popular[] = 3 //post id=3
...
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Insert/sticky specific post into Loop at specific location
I'm having a hard time determining the first direction to take with this. I'm trying to write a plugin that allows users to pick a location for a post to be inserted into the homepage. For example a ...
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Exclude page by title for non admins
I have this snippet built from a couple of sources, it works great and if the user is not an admin it hides the page with an id of 243 from being seen in the edit pages section....
add_action( ...
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Force is_search to always TRUE
I'm extending the search functionality by adding custom query vars to the search query object via pre_get_posts so that it'll be able to include tax_query and meta_query as search conditions. ...
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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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duplicate posts with pre_get_posts
I don't have a page.php file. I wanted it to default to index.php so I deleted the page.php file. I found my pages are not loading from index so I added the pre_get_posts to see if that would get them ...
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pre_get_posts for exclude category
This code works perfectly
function exclude_category( $query ) {
if ( $query->is_home() && $query->is_main_query() ) {
$query->set( 'cat', '-1' );
}
}
add_action( ...
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Avoiding page loop
I'm doing a custom page that has multiple wp query calls, the thing is that I don't need the main query that is I don't need anything from the page contents, so in order to save load time I was ...
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Why does this query not SELECT post IDs like a normal query would?
I have a page template, call it page-myblog.php, that I want to display an ordinary loop on.
I have created a page 'myblog' in the admin area and it crops up as normal on the front end.
I want to ...
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Include and Exclude Taxonomies From Archives & Feeds Using 'pre_get_posts'
What I am trying to do?
My blog uses a custom taxonomy called edition with terms like us-canada (6), eu (7) and india (8) -- term slug (ID).
I want to make sure that posts not assigned to any ...
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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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Custom post types loop on a page template
Hi I'm trying to make a page template that shows a list of a custom post type ordered by a meta key, I easily made it with query_posts but I am trying to do it via pre_get_posts so I made a function ...
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pre_get_posts and BBPress in Swagger Theme
In the theme I'm using there is a custom.php file where the following code issues a pre_get_post function which adds the custom post types to the original query object.
I've learned that you cannot ...
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Pre_get_posts Gives 404 on Custom Post Type
I'm trying to filter the query on a sub page called "Ask Question" to list all of the recent questions submitted by users, but I get a 404 when going to the page. Flushing the permalink structure did ...
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Filter multiple different main queries on custom pages
Ok so I have multiple different page templates with a main query that I want to filter the loop for. In my example I try to use a function to filter the main loop of my site and also the main loop for ...
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using pre_get_posts to exclude
I am trying to use pre_get_posts to exclude categories from posting to the homepage. If I do it like so it works just fine
$query->set( 'cat', '-13,-7,-19,-12,-24,-21,-14');
that is hard coded ...
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pre_get_posts returning unformatted page
I ran a custom loop the other day to get some twitter information. Since I was running the code in a template and that template was being called from another loop, I was able to get the template data ...
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Using is_main_query to select custom post type on certain page
I've been trying to implement some of the ideas discussed by Andrew Nacin http://wordpress.tv/2012/06/15/andrew-nacin-wp_query/ into my workflow, specifically trying to move away from using ...
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Recommended way to drop a pending query (in pre_get_posts)?
It looks like an e-commerce plugin's core query will be of no use to me in one particular template so I would like to discard it completely in favor of my own WP_Query loops in the template. It's not ...
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When querying a combination of posts and other meta fields, is there a better solution than directly modifying the WHERE value?
This question is a follow up to a question I recently asked.
I've implemented what seemed to be the only solution, and it seems to work (YAY!). I just need to verify that:
This is really the only ...
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What is “main query”? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to know which one is the main query?
I'm curious to know what is the so called "main query"?
What I have is two queries on front page.
if (have_posts()) : while ...
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Sticky Posts exceed posts per page limit
I'm using pre_get_posts to adjust the number of posts displayed on my homepage.
function lifelounge_query_adjust( $query ) {
if ( is_home() ) {
set_query_var( 'posts_per_page', 12 );
...
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Should I use Pre Get Posts or WP_Query
I have the following query which I call in my taxonomy.php template via query_brands_geo('dealers', 'publish', '1', $taxtype, $geo, $brands);
This function works perfectly. However after reading ...
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Custom post type with tags
My understanding is, that custom post types can share tags with the posts also.
I have created tags and applied them to a blog post and a custom post type.
Yet when I click on a tag it only returns ...
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Ordering by meta_key
I'm trying to order the main query on the 'Jobs' post type archive page. I want to order them by a meta_key so the ones which have a value (i.e. are checked as Featured') are shown first. Here's what ...
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Custom Order in WP Query
I'm trying to implement my own query ordering, here is what I came up with...
$query = new WP_Query('post_type=contentboxes&include=' . $contentboxes . '&order=ASC&orderby=include' );
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pre_get_posts and set
I have some functions into my pre_get_posts filter. So, the problem is that when I set a meta_query, all the menus disappear from the page.
function propersearchfilter($query) {
$taxarray = ...
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Can I exclude a post by meta key using pre_get_posts function?
I see many people prefer to use pre_get_posts hook instead of query_posts. The code below works and shows all posts which have meta key "featured"
function featured_posts( $query ) {
if ( ...
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how to restrict posts_request filter to the main query only
I'm trying to run custom sql for search results, and I'm having trouble limiting the filter to the main query without running a redundant query.
I'm successfully getting results via the following:
...
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Single page theme that uses pages for the content
I'm making a one page site. On the page I want to run WP_Query three or four times to pull in those 3-4 pages.
The page looks a bit like this:
<div class="row">
<?php
$args = array( ...
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Multiple orderby parameters in pre_get_posts() action
Referencing @Otto's response to a question I also had about ordering by multiple fields, here is what he said:
Can't do it with a naive WP_Query. Use the posts_orderby filter to add
your own ...
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Order posts by (hierarchical custom) taxonomy terms and term children
The scenario
a custom post type wiki
a (hierarchical) custom taxonomy topics
a page template archive-wiki.php
The situation
Posts show up and get ordered by post_date (which is the default).
The ...
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Exclude category from main loop but display in sidebar [closed]
I successfully use pre_get_posts to exclude two categories from the main loop on the homepage, archive and author page. My problem is that I want to display those categories in the sidebar! Here is ...
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How to sort custom post type posts in default order by multiple fields?
I'm with a non-profit that paid for development of a custom post type plugin that will help us track endangered plants that we're keeping in cultivation, rescued from development. We're mostly happy ...
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How to apply pre_get_posts to a custom query?
How can I apply pre_get_posts to a custom query?
For example, if I have:
$custom_query = new WP_Query(...)
//code here
How can I apply the pre_get_posts for this $custom_query?
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pre_get_posts on a page
Is it possible to edit the main query on a page using the pre_get_posts filter?
I tried but it doesn't seem to work.
function pre_wp_queries( $query ) {
// only trigger on main qyery
if ( ...
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Splitting the main query in multiple loops with query_posts and/or pre_get_posts?
I have a custom post type 'events', to which I have associated a custom taxonomy 'calendar'. The calendar has 12 fixed terms, for each month of the year ( 'august', 'october', 'november, etc.).
I'm ...
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Search ONLY by meta key / meta values
I'm almost there on this one.
On functions.php i have this:
function base_home_product_post_type( $query ) {
if($query->is_search() && $_POST['box'] == 'sku') {
...
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How Do I Use WP_Query to Run This Database Query as Search Result?
I have created a search box with a drop down box of 4 options to customize the search:
A general default search, no filter
A custom search according to the post title for a custom post type only.
A ...
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pre_get_posts Remove posts based on meta value with 'post__not_in'
I am attempting to alter the query of pages where the post meta value of _members_access_role does not meet that of the currently logged-in user. Here is what I have so far:
// Get all posts with the ...
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Distinction on meta value on pre_get_posts
I've got a special "position" meta field for posts which can be between 0 and 37. 0 Is ignored, and everything else can have obviously any number between and including 1 and 37. But this of course ...
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Getting the different post statuses + count like in edit.php, in a custom submenu page
I'm trying to create a submenu page for reordering posts/pages.
Right now I'm trying to include the list that display the different post statuses, for example:
All (5) | Published (4) | Draft (1)
I ...
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$query->query_var['post_type'] not set for pages
Bulding off of this response from @kaiser about being able to filter by post types on a search page, I wanted to be able to automatically add-in all of the public post types available. So, after some ...
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Showing posts from different categories and from custom post type
On my main page, I want to show posts from 3 categories, and 1 custom post type.
Is there a way to get them together in one pre_get_posts function? Or do I need to query separately - once for the ...
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How to target the default Recent Posts and Recent Comments widgets with pre_get_posts?
I added the following to my functions.php:
add_action('pre_get_posts', 'keyl_get_emp_posts');
function keyl_get_emp_posts($query) {
if ($query->is_main_query())
...
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Query with pre_get_posts to get pagination
After pretty much getting everything working with query_posts, I noticed my pagination wasn't running. I was told pre_get_posts should be the solution.
My problems:
I don't know how to pass all my ...
