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hussong on 04/12/09


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Wordpress: Sort Order by Custom Field for specific Category

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Put this before the loop in archive.php to have posts in the archive for category '26' sorted by custom field 'date'. Assign sortable values like '090501' or '2009-05-01' to those fields when editing posts and your Upcoming Events will be sorted by the future date at which they will take place.

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  1. <?php if (is_category('26')) { $posts = query_posts($query_string. '&orderby=meta_value&meta_key=date&order=DESC' ); } ?>

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Posted By: ninjamuk on October 8, 2009

You just saved the day :) Amazing snippet.

Posted By: ScottHack on October 28, 2009

Would this also work if I assigned a dollar value to a custom field? Say I wanted to sort the posts from highest to lowest for a site that had a site that sold screw drivers.

If I used a custom field of price and assigned a value of $7.00 , $8.00 , $10,000 , etc -- would the same principle work? Could someone assist me with that code?

Posted By: techjacker on August 24, 2010

You are the MAN!

Posted By: hussong on September 19, 2010

Thanks everyone and sorry for replying so late, I didn't expect anyone to view this little snippet, let alone comment on it...

Posted By: charlie2 on September 27, 2010

Hello! Is it any way to change this code so it will show the post even if date-field is empty? I would be happy if I could get them to appear last but i cant see them at all...

Posted By: hussong on January 28, 2011

To get a custom sort order for the on the previous/next post links, see: http://snipplr.com/view/48060/custom-sorting-for-previousnext-post-links/

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