Order posts by date in a custom field?

  • HorrorUK

    (@horroruk)


    15 years, 11 months ago

    Is it possible to order posts in the order of a custom field?

    I want to create my own events listing, with members of my site adding events. They will be adding the date to a custom field (via Gravity Forms), so it would be good to order in this way, with the most recent coming first.

    Also, is there a way to automatically remove posts after that date?

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  • vtxyzzy

    (@vtxyzzy)

    15 years, 11 months ago

    It is possible, using the ‘meta_key=keyname’ and ‘orderby=meta_key’as explained in the Codex Orderby Parameters.

    The date will need to be in a ‘sortable’ format: yyyymmdd. If someone enters a date with an incorrect format, it will mess up the sort order.

    I don’t know about the automatic removal.

    Thread Starter HorrorUK

    (@horroruk)

    15 years, 11 months ago

    Thanks, it’s something to get working on.

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