Random Order within Portfolio Block
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Hello All – I’m currently using Aqua Page Builder to help to organize the portfolio on my website. Currently, the block provided for the portfolio content works great except for the fact that it displays portfolio content in chronological post order. I have been trying to figure out a way to get it to display in a random order that changes/updates with every refresh, and I’ve gotten to a point, but am currently stuck.
I’ve found the forum posts/articles about
<?php query_posts("orderby=rand"); ?>and know that this might be the way to go, but I’m not sure how to get this to interact correctly with the plugin.Below, I’ve included the code for the plugin block that creates the portfolio. I assume that the random order might go somewhere near/around the
<?php if ( $portfolio_query->have_posts() ) : while ( $portfolio_query->have_posts() ) : $portfolio_query->the_post(); ?>but I’m not 100% sure.My site can be found at: JoeSpinogatti.com
Thanks for any help and pointers!
<?php class AQ_Portfolio_Block extends AQ_Block { //set and create block function __construct() { $block_options = array( 'name' => 'Portfolio', 'size' => 'span12', //'resizable' => 0, ); //create the block parent::__construct('aq_portfolio_block', $block_options); } function form($instance) { $defaults = array( 'type' => 'grid', 'filters' => 0, 'isotope_filters' => 1, 'disable_ajax' => 0, 'disable_ajax_isotope' => 1, 'lightbox' => 0, 'filter' => 'all' ); $instance = wp_parse_args($instance, $defaults); extract($instance); $args = array( 'orderby' => 'name', 'hide_empty' => 0, 'hierarchical' => 1, 'taxonomy' => 'portfolio-category' ); $filter_options = get_categories( $args ); $type_options = array( 'grid' => 'Full Width Grid', 'isotope' => 'Portfolio w/Filters' ); ?> <p class="description note"> <?php _e('Use this block to add a portfolio to your page. Note: The "Full-Width Grid" option is best used in pages which support full width content.', 'marble') ?> </p> <p class="description half"> <label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('type') ?>"> Portfolio Display Type<br/> <?php echo aq_field_select('type', $block_id, $type_options, $type) ?> </label> </p> <div class="cf"></div> <p class="description"> <label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('filters') ?>"> <?php _e('Show Filters on Full Width Grid?', 'marble'); ?><br/> <?php echo aq_field_checkbox('filters', $block_id, $filters) ?> </label> </p> <p class="description"> <label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('isotope_filters') ?>"> <?php _e('Show Filters on Portfolio w/Filters?', 'marble'); ?><br/> <?php echo aq_field_checkbox('isotope_filters', $block_id, $isotope_filters) ?> </label> </p> <p class="description"> <label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('disable_ajax') ?>"> <?php _e('Disable AJAX Post Loading in Full With Grid (Showcase)?', 'marble'); ?><br/> <?php echo aq_field_checkbox('disable_ajax', $block_id, $disable_ajax) ?> </label> </p> <p class="description"> <label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('disable_ajax_isotope') ?>"> <?php _e('Disable AJAX Post Loading in Portfolio W/Filters?', 'marble'); ?><br/> <?php echo aq_field_checkbox('disable_ajax_isotope', $block_id, $disable_ajax_isotope) ?> </label> </p> <p class="description"> <label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('lightbox') ?>"> <?php _e('Use a lightbox for all posts? This option will load a larger, uncropped version of "The Featured Image" into a lightbox when clicking on the posts instead of loading the post itself. This option will also disable the "Load More" button and force load all portfolio posts.', 'marble'); ?><br/> <?php echo aq_field_checkbox('lightbox', $block_id, $lightbox) ?> </label> </p> <p class="description"> <label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('filter') ?>"> <?php _e('Show a specific portfolio category?', 'marble'); ?><br/> <?php echo ebor_portfolio_field_select('filter', $block_id, $filter_options, $filter) ?> </label> </p> <?php } function block($instance) { extract($instance); $paged = (get_query_var('page')) ? get_query_var('page') : 1; (isset($filter)) ? '' : $filter = 'all'; (isset($filters)) ? '' : $filters = 0; (isset($isotope_filters)) ? '' : $isotope_filters = 1; (isset($disable_ajax)) ? '' : $disable_ajax = 0; (isset($disable_ajax_isotope)) ? '' : $disable_ajax_isotope = 1; ($disable_ajax == 0) ? $ajax = 'content-slider' : $ajax = ''; ($disable_ajax_isotope == 0) ? $ajax_isotope = 'content-slider' : $ajax_isotope = ''; if(isset($lightbox) && $lightbox == 1){ $lightbox = 'lightbox'; $ajax = ''; $portfolio_query = new WP_Query('post_type=portfolio&posts_per_page=-1'); } else { $lightbox = ''; $portfolio_query = new WP_Query('post_type=portfolio&posts_per_page='.get_option('portfolio_posts_per_page','20').'&paged='.$paged); } if ( !($filter == 'all') ) { if( function_exists( 'icl_object_id' ) ){ $filter = (int)icl_object_id( $filter, 'portfolio-category', true); } $portfolio_query = ''; $portfolio_query = new WP_Query( array( 'post_type' => 'portfolio', 'posts_per_page' => -1, 'tax_query' => array( array( 'taxonomy' => 'portfolio-category', 'field' => 'id', 'terms' => $filter ) ) ) ); } switch($type) : case('grid'): if( $filters == 1 ) : ?> <div class="fix-portfolio ebor-showcase-filters"> <?php do_action('ebor_open_wrapper'); if($filter == 'all'){ do_action('ebor_portfolio_filters'); } else { $term = get_term( $filter, 'portfolio-category' ); echo '<ul class="filter"><li><a class="active" href="#" data-filter="*">'.__('All','marble').'</a></li>'; echo '<li><a href="#" data-filter=".'.$term->slug.'">'.$term->name.'</a></li>'; $categories = get_categories('taxonomy=portfolio-category&child_of='.$filter); foreach ($categories as $category){ echo '<li><a href="#" data-filter=".' . $category->slug . '">' . $category->name . '</a></li>'; } echo '</ul>'; } do_action('ebor_close_wrapper'); ?> </div> <?php endif; ?> <div class="full-portfolio"> <ul class="<?php echo $ajax; ?> items"> <?php if ( $portfolio_query->have_posts() ) : while ( $portfolio_query->have_posts() ) : $portfolio_query->the_post(); ?> <?php get_template_part('content/content','showcase' . $lightbox); ?> <?php endwhile; else: ?> <p><?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.','marble'); ?></p> <?php endif; ?> </ul> <?php ebor_load_more($portfolio_query->max_num_pages); wp_reset_query(); ?> </div> <?php break; case('isotope') : ?> <div class="fix-portfolio"> <?php if( $isotope_filters == 1 ){ if($filter == 'all'){ do_action('ebor_portfolio_filters'); } else { $term = get_term( $filter, 'portfolio-category' ); echo '<ul class="filter"><li><a class="active" href="#" data-filter="*">'.__('All','marble').'</a></li>'; echo '<li><a href="#" data-filter=".'.$term->slug.'">'.$term->name.'</a></li>'; $categories = get_categories('taxonomy=portfolio-category&child_of='.$filter); foreach ($categories as $category){ echo '<li><a href="#" data-filter=".' . $category->slug . '">' . $category->name . '</a></li>'; } echo '</ul>'; } } ?> <ul class="<?php echo $ajax_isotope; ?> items thumbs"> <?php if ( $portfolio_query->have_posts() ) : while ( $portfolio_query->have_posts() ) : $portfolio_query->the_post(); ?> <?php get_template_part('content/content','classic' . $lightbox); ?> <?php endwhile; else: ?> <p><?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.','marble'); ?></p> <?php endif; ?> </ul> <?php ebor_load_more($portfolio_query->max_num_pages); wp_reset_query(); ?> </div> <?php break; endswitch; } }
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