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1. jord_t
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   How would you go about setting the order of the posts using a decimal value in a custom field? I am aware that you would attach your own function to the posts_orderby filter, i have done this and found it easy to order using values in the wp_posts table. I am struggling to do this using a custom field from the wp_postmeta table, would i need to be using the posts_where and posts_join filters also?

   Cheers

2. musnake
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Jord, is there a special reason not to use one of the my_post_order plugins? There may even be some ajaxy goodness out there...
   Is this a special integration issue?

3. jord_t
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Have you got a link to a specific plugin by any chance? Did do a plugin search but couldn't find one that fitted the above problem.

   Cheers for reply btw

4. syncbox
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I'd love to check out a post order plugin... which is a good one for v2.6.+?

5. musnake
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/postmash/

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/pagemash/

6. jord_t
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Can't really find a decent plugin for my requirement, so gona probably end up writing my own. Gather inspiration from the above plugin.

7. Dgold
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   if you can make your plugin public, that would be cool, to have another option / another way :)

8. gabi83tm
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   I'm also looking for a way to use a meta_key with the posts_orderby filter.

   I know it's possible. I've checked it out in wp-includes/query.php

   I just don't know the syntax. There's no documentation for this filter :(

9. gabi83tm
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   See, no documentation:

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference/posts_orderby

   Can someone please write it... ?

10. boldhand
    Member
    Posted 2 months ago #

    Check this link
    http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/query_posts

    a way to use a custom field to sort and filter posts.

    for example:
    query_posts('meta_key=color&meta_value=blue');

    Returns posts with custom fields matching both a key of 'color' AND a value of 'blue'

    query_posts('meta_key=color');
    Returns posts with custom fields matching a key of 'color'

    query_posts('meta_key=YOURNAME&orderby=meta_value');

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