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1. Jeff Kamo
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi, I having a problem where I have a custom post type called webinars. I am trying to list all upcoming webinars, and have them ordered by the custom meta field called webinar_startDate.

   Using the following query, I was able to return the webinars succesfully excluding the old webinars. However, they still come out in the order they were published, and not by webinar_startDate.

   <?php $my_array =  array(
   	'meta_query' => array(
   			array(
   				'key' => 'webinar_startDate',
   				'value' => date("Y-m-d H:i:s"),
   				'compare' => '>=',
   				'type' => 'DATETIME'
   			)
   	),
   	'orderby' => 'meta_value',
   	'post_type' => 'webinars',
   	'posts_per_page' => 20,
   	'order' => 'ASC'
   ); ?>

   I suspect that due to the change from 3.0 to 3.1, the use of orderby => meta_value is probably different, but I can't find within the WordPress documentation what that change is.

   Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.

2. Jeff Kamo
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I received my answer.

   I was simply confused by the WordPress documentation which described 'meta_value' and 'meta_key' as being depreciated. But the fact is, I can (and must) use both in conjunction with meta_query to achieve my desired effect.

   Use meta_query to query and capture the desired posts. Then, use meta_value and meta_key to manipulate those posts as I please. See below...

   [Code moderated as per the Forum Rules. Please use the pastebin]

3. JsonB123
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi Jeff, would you mind posting what you did via a link to PasteBin? The forum has removed it permanently and I'm having a similar issue. I'd like to see how you achieved this functionality.

   Thanks!

4. Jeff Kamo
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Oh, I was not aware of that. Okay, this is my final code: http://pastebin.com/KE9P5efL

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