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1. Yeowza
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   Hello guys, I am trying to query by post format. Here is my code,

   $args = array(
       'tax_query' => array(
           array(
               'taxonomy' => 'post-format',
               'field' => 'slug',
               'terms' => array('post-format-video'),
           )
       )
   );
   
   $query = new WP_Query($args);
   
   if ($query -> have_posts()) : while ($query -> have_posts()) : $query -> the_post();
   
   $out .= get_the_title();
   
   endwhile; endif;
   
   return $out;

   The query works fine when I do this,

   $query = new WP_Query('showposts=5');

   It just does not return anything when I try to use the 'tax_query' as shown above.

   Also, I am using the WooTumblog plugin which is registering the formats with this line, and I can see the post formats in my admin so there should not be a problem there.

   add_theme_support( 'post-formats', array( 'aside', 'image', 'audio', 'video', 'quote', 'link' ) );

2. Yeowza
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   Anyone use post formats? :)

3. GATEKeeper
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   There don't seem to be a lot of experts yet for any of this. I've been trying to find an answer to a question about querying post formats myself, but I'm in the same boat as you.

4. Yeowza
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   Thanks for the reply GATEKeeper.

   I've found a few topics on it, http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/10855/how-do-i-query-by-post-format-in-wordpress-3-1

   But it does not seem to work for anyone. Maybe we'll have a solution in the next update for this.

5. GATEKeeper
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   Interesting. The final code they posted does work for me - the key thing to note is that it's post_format, not post-format:

   $args = array(
     'tax_query' => array(
       array(
         'taxonomy' => 'post_format',
         'field' => 'slug',
         'terms' => 'post-format-quote'
       )
     )
   );
   query_posts( $args );

   But I still can't get that to work within the context of my query:

   <?php
   	query_posts( array( 'post__not_in' => $ids, 'showposts' => 10, 'cat' => '-4' ) ); ?>
       <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   <!-- Loop Stuff -->
       <?php endwhile; ?>

6. GATEKeeper
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   Wait, never mind. I solved it now that I had the right code.

   I still need to test it more, but this should work in my specific context:

   <?php
   $args = array(
     'post__not_in' => $ids,
     'showposts' => 10,
     'cat' => '-4,-1866,-27',
     'tax_query' => array(
       array(
         'taxonomy' => 'post_format',
         'field' => 'slug',
         'terms' => 'post-format-image'
       )
     )
   );
   	query_posts( $args ); ?>
   <!-- Look Stuff -->
       <?php endwhile; ?>

   My final, remaining question though is how I query for standard post formats? post-format-standard does not work.

7. GATEKeeper
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   Eureka, I found the final piece of this.

   The key for me is to add at the end:
   

   'operator' => 'NOT IN',

   so it looks for posts that aren't in the image post format. Or I have to add an array of terms to the terms line.

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