How do I set an orderby on a custom taxonomy template?

  • Resolved Rose

    (@eos-rose)


    6 years, 11 months ago

    I have a custom taxonomy template called taxonomy-series.php.

    The loop in this template is:

      <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
    <div class="list-group mb-5">
      <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
        <?php get_template_part( 'includes/listgroup' ); ?>
      <?php endwhile; ?>
    </div>
  <?php endif; ?>

    I need to change the default loop so that the list of posts assigned to the taxonomy terms are ordered by the custom field called series_order_num.

    I tried this, but it completely ignored the taxonomy term and I don’t know how to include the term so that whatever term is assigned to the page is included:

    <?php $series_query = new WP_Query(array(
	'post_type'				=> 'post',
	'posts_per_page'	=> -1,
	'meta_key'				=> 'series_part_num',
	'orderby'					=> 'meta_value',
	'order'						=> 'DESC'
)); ?>
<?php if( $series_query->have_posts() ): ?>
	<div class="list-group mb-5">
	<?php while( $$series_query->have_posts() ) : $series_query->the_post(); ?>
		<?php get_template_part( 'includes/listgroup' ); ?>
	<?php endwhile; ?>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>

<?php wp_reset_query();	 // Restore global post data stomped by the_post(). ?>

    I’m clearly missing something somewhere and need another pair of eyes.

    • This topic was modified 6 years, 11 months ago by Rose.
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  • Thread Starter Rose

    (@eos-rose)

    This worked for me: 

    <?php $term = get_term_by( 'slug', get_query_var( 'term' ), get_query_var( 'taxonomy' ) ); ?>
<?php $args = array(
	'post_status' => 'publish',
	'post_type' 	=> 'post',
	'tax_query' 	=> array(
		array(
			'taxonomy' 	=> 'series',
			'field'    	=> 'slug',
			'terms'    	=> $term->slug,
		),
	),
	'meta_key'		=> 'series_part_num',
	'orderby'			=> 'meta_value_num',
	'order' 			=> 'ASC',
);
$query = new WP_Query( $args ); ?>

<?php if( $query->have_posts() ): ?>
	<div class="list-group mb-5">
	<?php while( $query->have_posts() ) : $query->the_post(); ?>
		<?php get_template_part( 'includes/listgroup' ); ?>
	<?php endwhile; ?>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>

<?php wp_reset_query();	 // Restore global post data stomped by the_post(). ?>
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