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1. beloutte
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   hi,

   I try to order some posts by ID but it doesn't seem to work...

   here is my code :

   <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
   <?php $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
   query_posts("category_name=concerts&orderby=ID&paged=$paged"); ?>
   <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   <div class="post-sum" id="post-<?php if ( get_post_meta($post->ID, 'date', true) ) { ?><?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "date", $single = true); ?><?php } ?>">

   I used a custom field to have specific IDs (reverse date) to order post by concert date and not post publication date...

   here is the page : http://mascarel.eu/agenda/

   what's wrong with orderby=ID ???
   until now it's been working but each new post appears on top, ignoring the ID...

   please help !

2. keesiemeijer
   moderator
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Why not order by the date in the custom field "date"? If you have it formatted to yyyy-mm-dd. Then you can sort by using something like this:
   

   $args = array(
      'meta_key' => 'date',
      'orderby' => 'meta_value',
   );
   query_posts($args);

3. beloutte
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   many thanks !
   but how can I used this with the other query_posts values ?

   like this maybe ? :

   <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
   <?php
       $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
       $args = array(
          'meta_key' => 'date',
          'orderby' => 'meta_value',
          'category_name'  => 'concerts',
          'paged' => '$paged'
       );
   query_posts($args); ?>

4. keesiemeijer
   moderator
   Posted 7 months ago #

   like this maybe?

   Yes exactly like that.

   New posts always get a higher ID than all the other posts so ordering it by "ID" is no option.

5. beloutte
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   ok I'll try this in a couple of minutes

   but with my custom field as post ID it should have worked ? no ?

   edit: It works ! thanks a lot !

6. keesiemeijer
   moderator
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Glad you got it resolved.

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