Sort Posts by 'ACF' custom field – Date

This should work. (A modified version of Kriesi add orderby code http://kriesi.at/documentation/enfold/how-to-add-an-orderorderby-option-to-the-blogpost-sliderportfoliomasonry-grid-element/) Perhaps Kriesi can update their code, and or add a note about this to that post.

if(!function_exists('avia_custom_query_extension'))
{
    function avia_custom_query_extension($query, $params)
    {
        global $avia_config;
        if(!empty($avia_config['avia_custom_query_options']['order']))
        {
            $query['order'] = $avia_config['avia_custom_query_options']['order'];
        }

        if(!empty($avia_config['avia_custom_query_options']['orderby']))
        {
            $query['orderby'] = $avia_config['avia_custom_query_options']['orderby'];
        }

        if(!empty($avia_config['avia_custom_query_options']['meta_key']))
        {
            $query['meta_key'] = $avia_config['avia_custom_query_options']['meta_key'];
        }

        unset($avia_config['avia_custom_query_options']);

        return $query;
    }

    add_filter('avia_masonry_entries_query', 'avia_custom_query_extension', 10, 2);
    add_filter('avia_post_grid_query', 'avia_custom_query_extension', 10, 2);
    add_filter('avia_post_slide_query', 'avia_custom_query_extension', 10, 2);
    add_filter('avia_blog_post_query', 'avia_custom_query_extension', 10, 2);
    add_filter('avf_magazine_entries_query', 'avia_custom_query_extension', 10, 2);

    add_filter('avf_template_builder_shortcode_elements','avia_custom_query_options', 10, 1);
    function avia_custom_query_options($elements)
    {
        $allowed_elements = array('av_blog','av_masonry_entries','av_postslider','av_portfolio','av_magazine');

        if(isset($_POST['params']['allowed']) && in_array($_POST['params']['allowed'], $allowed_elements))
        {
            $elements[] = array(
                "name" => __("Custom Query Orderby",'avia_framework' ),
                "desc" => __("Set a custom query orderby value",'avia_framework' ),
                "id"   => "orderby",
                "type" 	=> "select",
                "std" 	=> "",
                "subtype" => array(
                    __('Default Order',  'avia_framework' ) =>'',
                    __('Title',  'avia_framework' ) =>'title',
                    __('Random',  'avia_framework' ) =>'rand',
                    __('Date',  'avia_framework' ) =>'date',
                    __('Author',  'avia_framework' ) =>'author',
                    __('Name (Post Slug)',  'avia_framework' ) =>'name',
                    __('Modified',  'avia_framework' ) =>'modified',
                    __('Comment Count',  'avia_framework' ) =>'comment_count',
                    __('Page Order',  'avia_framework' ) =>'menu_order',
                    __('Meta Value',  'avia_framework' ) =>'meta_value',
                    __('Meta Value Number',  'avia_framework' ) =>'meta_value_num'));
            );

            $elements[] = array(
                "name" => __("Custom Query Meta Key",'avia_framework' ),
                "desc" => __("Set custom meta keys to order by",'avia_framework' ),
                "id"   => "meta_key",
                "type" 	=> "select",
                "std" 	=> "",
                "subtype" => array(
                    __('None',  'avia_framework' ) =>'',
                    __('Page 1 Order',  'avia_framework' ) =>'your_meta_key_1',
                    __('Page 2 Order',  'avia_framework' ) =>'your_meta_key_2',
                    __('Page 3 Order',  'avia_framework' ) =>'your_meta_key_3'));

            $elements[] = array(
                "name" => __("Custom Query Order",'avia_framework' ),
                "desc" => __("Set a custom query order",'avia_framework' ),
                "id"   => "order",
                "type" 	=> "select",
                "std" 	=> "",
                "subtype" => array(
                    __('Default Order',  'avia_framework' ) =>'',
                    __('Ascending Order',  'avia_framework' ) =>'ASC',
                    __('Descending Order',  'avia_framework' ) =>'DESC'));
        }

        return $elements;
    }

    add_filter('avf_template_builder_shortcode_meta', 'avia_custom_query_add_query_params_to_config', 10, 4);
    function avia_custom_query_add_query_params_to_config($meta, $atts, $content, $shortcodename)
    {
        global $avia_config;
        if(empty($avia_config['avia_custom_query_options'])) $avia_config['avia_custom_query_options'] = array();

        if(!empty($atts['order']))
        {
            $avia_config['avia_custom_query_options']['order'] = $atts['order'];
        }

        if(!empty($atts['orderby']))
        {
            $avia_config['avia_custom_query_options']['orderby'] = $atts['orderby'];
        }

        if(!empty($atts['meta_key']))
        {
            $avia_config['avia_custom_query_options']['meta_key'] = $atts['meta_key'];
        }

        return $meta;
    }
}

Please note the addition of meta_key code in EACH function.
In the first $element[ ] notice the addition of

__('Meta Value',  'avia_framework' ) =>'meta_value',
__('Meta Value Number',  'avia_framework' ) =>'meta_value_num'));

In the second $elements[] code block, change

__('Page 1 Order',  'avia_framework' ) =>'your_meta_key_1',

To your specific page name, and your specific meta_key. In your case, it would look like htis:

__('Seminar Datum',  'avia_framework' ) =>'seminar_datum')

You can have as many meta_keys as you want.

Hope this helps!
elaine

• This reply was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by iHuman.

hello, what if i need to sort blog posts using two categories, ‘blog posts’ and ‘my featured blog posts’ ??

hi Basilis

i want to have a list of blogs where featured blogs show up first.

i have this situation:

blog posts category (primary)
ID = 114
slug = blog-posts

featured blog posts category
ID = 9093
slug = featured

the ‘featured’ category is a sub-category of ‘blog posts’, which is the primary category.

i am using Enfold 4.0.7

thank you

• This reply was modified 6 years ago by mm256. Reason: adding version of theme