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1. pshero
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Hey gang,
   I'm trying to make a custom query of related posts by category, which works fine, but I'd also like to only include posts that have a post image (featured image) set. My query is pasted below, can anyone see what I'm doing wrong?

   // get other (random) posts from this category only as related posts //
   	$backup = $post;  // backup the current object
   	$categories = get_the_category($post->ID);
   		if ($categories) {
   			$category_ids = array();
                           foreach($categories as $individual_category) $category_ids[] = $individual_category->term_id;
   
   	$args = array (
   		'category__in' => $category_ids,
   		'post__not_in' => array($post->ID),
   		showposts'=>10, // Number of related posts that will be shown.
   			'orderby'=>'rand',
   			'caller_get_posts'=>1,
   			'post_image'=>true
   			);
   
   	$my_query = new wp_query($args);
   	if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
   	while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();

2. Spike
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Probably a better way to do this, but inside the post, you could do something like this:

   <?php
   $thumbcheck = get_the_post_thumbnail();
   if ($thumbcheck == “”) {
   //do nothing
   } else {
   //post content
   }
   ?>

3. pshero
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Thanks rdlucas2, but this isn't for the post itself, this query pulls a list of related posts into a div at the end of the current post (on a single post page), which is why the filter needs to happen within the new query.

4. pshero
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   I was able to solve this problem by replacing the query item:

   'post_image'=>true

   with

   'meta_key' => '_thumbnail_id'

   Not sure if it's right, but it worked for me.

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