WP_Query - filter by multiple meta values and order by other meta values

forkie picture forkie · Oct 3, 2012 · Viewed 18.7k times · Source

I'm trying to query posts using WP_Query and meta_query parameters:

$args = array(
    'post_type' => 'produkty',
    'meta_query' => array(
            'relation' => 'AND',
            array(
                    'key' => 'produkt_aktywny',
                    'value' => '1',
                    'compare' => '='),
            array(
                    'key' => 'produkt_dostepnosc',
                    'value' => '1',
                    'compare' => '=')
            )
);
$query = new WP_Query( $args );

What should I add to order the results by two other keys ('produkt_kategoria' and 'produkt_cena')? There's nothing about it in WP Codex, but this:

"Do you know how to sort the query if the meta_value is an array? Write it here :)" 

According to this, I believe sorting by multiple meta values is possible.

Answer

Thomas D. picture Thomas D. · Jun 4, 2013

I wanted to show posts from a custom post type. Order it by a custom field, and add a parameter where an other custom field was a certain value to show only a selection of posts.

eg. select custom_posts where custom_field_a=xxxx and order by custom_field_b

It took me a while to figure it out and when searching for it, I kept on stumbling on this post. So for all people having the same issue, here is the (simplified) code that finally did it.

        $args = array(
            'post_type' => 'my_custom_post_type',
            'meta_key' => 'custom_field_b',
            'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
            'order' => 'DESC',
            'meta_query' => array(
                    array(
                        'key' => 'custom_field_a',
                        'value' => get_post_meta(get_the_ID(),'other_field',true),
                        'compare' => '='
                    )                   

                ),

        ); 
        $loop2 = new WP_Query($args);

You see that this is a loop in loop and therefor the value is dynamical. Of course, this could be hard coded too.

Hope it helps someone!