Unanswered Questions
2,878 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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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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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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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 ...
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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 ...
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Correct processing of `$_POST`, following WordPress Coding Standards
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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 ...
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Exclude custom taxonomy from search results and archive pages
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I have the following code working. It excludes the taxonomy from the search results. However, I would like this only to happen if a user is not logged in. The code below is taking effect for ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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How do I get the total number of categories in a list of search results?
I want to display the total count of categories in a set of search results.
For example, "10 posts found in 3 categories." (Assuming that each post has only 1 category.)
Right now, my solution is to ...
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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?
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Should I hint table index for search query on wp_post
I'm currently inspecting a WordPress setup with multiple custom post types that should be included into search results.
The database query for a search after the word Search looks like this:
SELECT ...
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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 ...
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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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searching in custom meta field
I have multiples custom field in a post type. i can save data, update and display, all fine. now I'm doing the search engine. as it is a library, it must be possible to search in specific fields (...
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