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Admin Area Custom Type Search By Meta Fields Without Title & Content

I have a custom post type that uses several meta fields. In the admin area I would like to be able to search by those meta fields. I have implemented this currently in my functions.php with this code: ...
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How to get_terms() only of terms matching an ACF meta value?

My custom taxonomy "company" has an Advanced Custom Fields field group with fields including a Checkbox, "tags". (This adds to each "company" term fields including "tags", which accepts multiple ...
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Order wp_query by calculated field

Hi I'm working on a store locator. I have a custom post "clinics" where I save clinic details (address,.., lat, lng). Each time I publish a new clinic I save post_id, lat and lng also in a custom ...
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1 answer
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wp_query->max_num_pages always returns 0 on custom post type

Hi there I am developing a theme where I have to load some posts with ajax, in my index page everything works properly, the problem is when I need to use it on custom post type, I pass the values for ...
5 votes
2 answers
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Extending WP_Query — Optimise SQL query

I'm storing posts, a user follows in a custom table that has the columns id, post_id and user_id. To fetch posts that a user follows I have extended the WP_Query as follows: class ...
4 votes
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Correct processing of `$_POST`, following WordPress Coding Standards

Background I'm building a project that according to the specifications need to follow the WordPress Coding Standards. I am using phpcs to scan my code. If I try to pass $_POST-data into a function ...
4 votes
1 answer
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get_post_meta returning empty string when data shows in the database

I'm absolutely stumped and I'm hoping this is something stupid that I just can't see because I'm too close to it. Working on an LMS using Sensei. Trying to get the course_id from a lesson. Pretty ...
4 votes
1 answer
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WP_Query min and max values

I'm building a houses class and I want to filter these houses with a query. But don't get any results: Example house: Min price: 10 Max price (field not required): empty I've a price filter ...
4 votes
1 answer
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publish_post action hook doesn't give post_meta_data

I write the following function to get the post data on publish post but i see that post_meta is not available, its always empty. How do i retrieve the post meta data of a post on publish_post hook? ...
4 votes
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How do I order pages and categories by ID or name in the same query?

I would like to query most of my pages and categories on the homepage. So far I am able to get the pages and category (posts), but I cannot order the list the way I want to. I want to be able to get a ...
4 votes
1 answer
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Get page content by category or tag

I'm trying to sort of emulate the Views behaviour in Drupal with WordPress, but doing it in theme templates. Now, I have pages that are assembled by using wp_query in the template to get posts ...
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How do I manage custom meta in post revisions in the Block Editor era?

Note to admins: I have been trawling every possible resource for this but cannot find a good answer for modern WordPress, so please don't mark this as a duplicate of ("insert some answer from ...
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ACF won't load from a custom JSON location

I’m trying to set up local json sync with ACF on a multisite installation. It worked with the default acf-json folder in the child theme, but I’d like to save and load everything from the parent theme....
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How to save a ToggleControl value in a meta field?

I registered a boolean meta field called _meta_restrict in a custom post type: PHP: function register_meta_fields() { register_post_meta( 'custom_post_type', '_meta_restrict', array( '...
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ACF Upload Image in repeater from front-end with custom form? - add_post_meta()

I want to upload images in the ACF repeater. That repeater means the gallery of page. Point is to create post in custom post type using add_post_meta() method. Here I have the form : <input type=...

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