In front-page.php I want to show only pages/posts with a particular custom field

  • Resolved frobitz

    (@frobitz)


    10 years, 5 months ago

    Hi,

    I’m trying to set up my front-page.php template so that only content (posts or pages) with a custom field which matches “front_page_order” exists, and further it’s ordered by a a numeric value of the custom field.

    I’ve tried many examples I’ve found as well as the documentation for WP_Query and WP_Meta_Query and nothing works as expected. Too many results are returned so it feels like the query is not working

    Here’s one variation of the many attempts I’ve tried:

    <?php get_header(); ?>

    <h1>Home page</h1>

    <?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>

    <?php

              $args = array(
                'post_type' => 'any',
                'meta_key' => 'front_page_order',
                'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
                'order' => 'ASC'
              );

              $pages = new WP_Query( $args );

              foreach( $pages as $page ) {

    ?>

      <article>
        <h1><?php echo $page->ID; ?></h1>
      </article>

    <?php      } ?>

    <?php endif ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

    Any help would be appreciated, this has been stumping me for hours.

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  • Thread Starter frobitz

    (@frobitz)

    Solve it. My poor understanding of what was going on around the query was to blame. Here’s a solution:

    <?php get_header(); ?>

    <h1>Home page</h1>

    <?php

      $args = array(
        'post_type' => 'any',
        'meta_key' => 'front_page_order',
        'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
        'order' => 'ASC'
      );

      $boxes = new WP_Query( $args );

      if ( $boxes->have_posts() ) :

        while($boxes->have_posts()) :

          $boxes->the_post();

    ?>

      <article>
        <h1><?php echo the_title() ?></h1>
      </article>

    <?php

        endwhile;

      endif;

    ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>
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