Order posts by ranking

1. Why not use the shortcode on your custom post type pages? You can also use the do_shortcode function to add a shortcode to a page template.

To assign submitted review, use the “assign_to” option. If you are using the Site Reviews form on the page that the reviews must be assigned to, you can use the shortcode like this:

[site_reviews_form assign_to=post_id]

And to view the assigned reviews on your custom post type page:

[site_reviews assigned_to=post_id]

If your review form is not on the custom post type page and you want your users to choose what page the review is for, please see: https://pastebin.com/pXP9DtVD,

2. If you would like to use the “Posts in Sidebar” plugin widget to display (and sort by ranking) all of your pages (or custom post type) that have reviews assigned to them, please use the following widget settings:

Getting Posts
Post type: Page (change this as needed to your custom post type)
Order posts: Meta value number

Custom fields query
Relation between Column A and Column B: OR
Custom field key A1: _glsr_ranking
Operator: NOT EXISTS
Custom field key B1: _glsr_ranking
Operator: EXISTS

And then to display the rating of each page, please see: https://pastebin.com/gTqdNAyF

• This reply was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by Gemini Labs.
• This reply was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by Gemini Labs.

thanks for the fast reply.
I know those ways that you mentioned. but I didn’t use them because I want to use custom templates for showing my post type and with that plugin (JetEngine) I have full control of it. Check these videos to understand the power of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CagALXFu9vQ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dYpkh-zeMM
Do you have any suggestion?

• This reply was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by gptrading.

I have never used JetEngine so I cannot give any advise for it.

It sounds however that you are making more work for yourself than is really necessary, as without using the shortcodes you will have to add your own styling to make the reviews look as you want them to.

– The Site Reviews custom post type is site-review
– The title of the review is the post title
– The content of the review is the post content
– The rating of the review is the “rating” meta_key
– The author of the review is the “author” meta_key
etc.

Please also see the “Site Reviews > Documentation > Functions” page to learn about the different helper functions that Site Reviews provides which you can use if you need to do any custom PHP editing of your Templates.

would you please watch those video? maybe you can give me some advice after that.
with jetengine no coding need for custom templates.

I had a look at the videos, but there is still not much I can help you with other then provide you the meta_key details for the reviews. Once you have that, I suggest you contact the authors of the JetEngine plugin to provide you with further assistance.

The Site Reviews custom post_type used for reviews is site-review

The Site Reviews custom taxonomy used for review categories is site-review-category

You can get the title, content, and date of the reviews as you would from any post (i.e. get_the_title, get_the_content, get_the_date).

The Site Reviews meta_keys for the other fields are:
– assigned_to
– author
– avatar
– email
– rating
– response

Finally, Site Reviews provides two meta_keys for sorting pages and categories that have reviews assigned to them. Again, these meta_keys DO NOT exist on the reviews themselves so they cannot be used to sort reviews. They only exist on pages or review categories that have reviews assigned to them, and are intended to be used for sorting those pages or categories by their rating.

The meta_keys to use for sorting are:
– _glsr_average
– _glsr_ranking

No success…

how about post type order any advice to auto sort my custom post type ordered by ranking with this plugin? this plugin has this sample code: https://www.nsp-code.com/sample-code-on-how-to-apply-the-sort-for-post-types-order-plugin/
but as I mentioned I don’t know any coding. any advice?

• This reply was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by gptrading.

@gptrading so that I understand this correctly…

You have created a custom post type called “review” and you are specifically assigning the Site Reviews submissions to your custom post type. In other words, your “review” custom post types have multiple “site-review” reviews assigned to them.

Is this correct?

And if so, how are you assigning reviews to them?

yes thats true. but it’s work now.
the issue was in “custom post type” plugin. I should disable the auto sort option in it’s setting and it’s done. thanks for your help.

but another question:
is this any way to get the rank number of posts based on rating value? I want to show the ranking of the posts. like #1-x #2-y and …..
also how the ranking work? (formula)

If a post has any reviews assigned to it, then it will contain a meta_key called _glsr_ranking and the meta_value of this key will contained the weighted ranking number. This value is not intended to be viewed on your page, it should only be used for sorting the post query.

For example: https://pastebin.com/HCSsq4TP

If you would like to display the average rating (not the ranking number), then you can either use the _glsr_average meta_key which exists on a post that has assigned reviews, or use the [site_reviews_summary assigned_to=post_id] shortcode.

thanks, man. I also rate your plugin with 5 stars. wish you the best