Sort Order By Meta Key not working

  • Resolved maumex

    (@maumex)


    2 weeks, 3 days ago

    Hi, I am testing Filter Everything to see if purchasing the PRO version is what I need, but I am encountering with some problems.

    I managed to make the filters work based on my custom taxonomies, that’s cool, but I am having problem with the SORT BY

    I want to be able to SORT BY a custom taxonomy or the CABIN SIZE one for example. On the cabin size which meta key is “aircraft_cabin_size” and which inner categories are “Heavy, Medium, Small” it’s not working, I can see SMALL cabin sizes mixed with the heavy and medium ones.

    So I tried creating a new taxonomy just for sorting purpose which meta key is “ordenanza” and I put 3 inner categories being AAA, BBB, CCC so that it’s easier to se if it works, but on that case I get a blank page result: https://wordpress-259574-5283223.cloudwaysapps.com/aircraft/?ordr=mordenanza

    The Aircraft posts have the AAA, BBB , CCC added to them… what am I doing wrong and how would I have to apporach it to accomplish the simple thing I am trying to accomplish?

    And on the other hand I wanted to know if it’s possible to have a custom default sort order based on 3 combinations being “aircraft type, cabin size, year”. So that the default items come arranged first the Jets, and those jets first the heavy, then medium then small; after that the turboprops, heavy, medium, etc… is that possible with filter everything or should I have a custom code snippet for that?

    Thanks in advance!

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  • Plugin Support fesupportteam

    (@fesupportteam)

    @maumex

    If you’re a technical person who knows how to code, you can simply write a database query to apply all the necessary values to your custom field for each post, rather than doing it manually. After all, the data ends up in the database.

    Mixing multiple plugins – such as one for sorting and another for filtering can sometimes lead to conflicts. While it’s not impossible to combine them, compatibility depends on how each plugin modifies the query on the page and priority. We’re not familiar with specific plugins that are guaranteed to work together or not, as sorting is typically best kept simple. Complex sorting can demand significantly more resources.

    The Free version of the plugin works with the main query only on the archive pages. So technically you can write your own template that uses the main query for the archive pages. The PRO version works with custom queries as well.

    Best Regards – Victor

    Thread Starter maumex

    (@maumex)

    Thanks for the help! So I should stick to the archives from the theme or the RECENT POST module from avada theme to pre-filter them.

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