WordPress.org

1. jundolor
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   I'm having problems trying to do a simple sorting task. I've entered the code below in category.php"

   $queryP = new WP_Query( array ( 'orderby' => 'title', 'order' => 'DESC' ) );
   #$queryP->query();
   
   while ( $queryP->have_posts() ) : $queryP->the_post();
   	echo '<li>';
   	the_title();
   	echo '</li>';
   endwhile;

   Titles are not sorted the way I had hoped it would. What did I miss out? I'm running WordPress 3.2

   Thanks

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Remove #$queryP->query();

3. Digital Raindrops
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   If it is the categories page then you do not need WP_Query() as query_posts($args); can re-sort the existing post set, if I am right without re-doing the query.
   

   <?php
   $query='orderby=title&order=DESC';
   query_posts($query);
   ?>
   
   <?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>

   HTH

   David

4. jundolor
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Thanks, but the sorting still does not work. I've rewritten the code as follows:
   

   <?php
   $query='cat=3&orderby=title&order=DESC';
   query_posts($query);
   ?>
   
   <?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

   The query gets to select the posts in the category, but still the sorting does not work.

5. Digital Raindrops
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Ok,
   I have modified one of my downloadable twenty eleven child themes which outputs a page of posts, it uses custom fields and there is a download in the link.

   Then grab this code from pastebin and replace all the code in the download file page-category.php

   The additional Custom Field is:
   ordered
   The options: (Default ID)
   'none',
   'ID',
   'author',
   'title' ,
   'date' ,
   'modified',
   'parent',
   'rand',
   'comment_count',
   'menu_order'

   I tested this with custom fields:

   category = blog (one of my categories)
   asc = true
   ordered = title

   category = blog (one of my categories)
   ordered = title

   category = blog (one of my categories)
   ordered = rand

   All worked as expected!

   HTH

   David

6. Digital Raindrops
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   I extended my page of posts to use meta data, you might find the code in the page template handy.

   Regards

   David

Reply

You must log in to post.