Custom sort of posts

Hi,

The “tag” is not a valid orderby parameter. You can use the “meta_value” as the orderby parameter but you need to add a custom field for each posts.

// https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Order_.26_Orderby_Parameters

Best regards,
Ismael

Hi,

Please try this filter.

add_filter('avia_masonry_entries_query', 'rr_sort_by_tag', 10, 2);
function rr_sort_by_tag($query, $params) {
  if( is_page( array( 724, 3661, 3662 ) ) ) {
    $include = array();
    $first = array();

    $tagged_args = array(
      'meta_key'     => 'tag_field',
    	'meta_compare' => '<='
    );

    $tagged = get_posts( $tagged_args );

    foreach($tagged as $tag) {
  		$first[] = $tag->ID;
  	}

    $args = array(
	  'taxonomy' => $params['taxonomy'],
  	);

  	$posts = get_posts( $args );

  	foreach($posts as $post) {
  		$include[] = $post->ID;
  	}

  	$include = array_merge($first, $include);

  	// convert values of the $include from string to int
  	function sti($n)
  	{
  		settype($n, 'int');
  		return $n ;
  	}

  	$include = array_map("sti", $include);

  	$query['post__in'] = $include;
  	$query['posts_per_page'] = 12;
  	$query['orderby'] = 'post__in'; // sort items based on the post__in value
  }

  return $query;
}

We query the posts with the custom field “tag_field” and then prepend them to rest of the posts.

Best regards,
Ismael

Hi,

Please provide a link to the actual page where you’re testing the filter. And provide the WP and FTP details in the private field. We would like to test the modification.

Best regards,
Ismael

Hi,

Thank you for the info.

I was testing the filter and the site goes down. I’m not sure why. I just modified the functions.php file.

What are the possible values in the “tag_field” custom field aside from “case”?

Best regards,
Ismael