Title: Exclude posts from loop based on custom field
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Exclude posts from loop based on custom field

 *  [kcomphlint](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kcomphlint/)
 * (@kcomphlint)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-posts-from-loop-based-on-custom-field/)
 * I have a custom post type that I am generating a query for. I am ordering the
   query using meta_value_num based on a date in a custom field (event_start_date).
   But I also want to filter out all posts from the loop where another custom field
   contains Yes (as opposed to No).
 * My current query:
 *     ```
       query_posts($query_string . '
       &post_type=events
       &order=ASC
       &orderby=meta_value_num&
       meta_key=event_start_date
       &posts_per_page=5');
       ```
   
 * So this is for an event listing, and I am displaying posts that only have a end
   date (end_date_e) that is + 86340 greater than the current time (which I think
   is about 2 months) and also if the event is not ongoing (ongoing_e != YES)
 *     ```
       <?php
       if (strtotime($end_date_e)+86340 > time() && ($ongoing_e != "Yes")) {
       $numDisplayed++;
       ?>
       ```
   
 * This works to a point, but the ongoing events are still part of the loop query
   and thus are counted against my posts_per_page count.
 * My question is how would I exclude (ongoing_e == Yes) from the loop query rather
   than just hiding it in the output? I looked at using meta_compare, but it seems
   to only compare to whatever the current meta_key value is.

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## Tags

 * [custom fields](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/custom-fields/)
 * [loop](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/loop/)
 * [query_posts](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/query_posts/)

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