How to create a query that set some elements at the end of the returned array

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do you mean that you want to fill any ‘loop’ with default (?) elements so that you always have a fixed number of ‘posts’ ?

and what is the default element supposed to be? another post? always the same? just html?

can you paste your existing the code into a https://pastebin.com/ and post the link to it here?

Try it with two (multiple) loops: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/The_Loop#Multiple_Loops

I explain it better:

I have a real estate agency. This agency has “property sold”, “unsold properties” and “property booked”. These elements are just meta fields of a custom post type. When an user search for some property, the result must show first “unsold properties” and “property booked” custom posts and in the end “property sold” custom posts. I forgot to tell you that i also use pagination, since there are a lots of property.

Understood now? ??

Maybe something like this: https://pastebin.com/m9xpfVB1
It first get’s the posts for “unsold” and “booked” and then get’s the posts for “sold” and then merges both.

Maybe something like this: https://pastebin.com/m9xpfVB1
It first get’s the posts for “unsold” and “booked” and then get’s the posts for “sold” and then merges both.

Will this works with pagination too?
Because i use this query ( for now ):

$args=array(
	'post_type' => $type,
	'paged' => $paged,
	'posts_per_page' => 5,
	'orderby'	=>	'meta_value',
	'meta_key'	=>	'Stato',
	'order'		=>	'ASC'
);

Thanks anyway ??

Try it with this.

$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
$args=array(
	'post_type' => $type,
        'post__in' => $unique_id,
	'paged' => $paged,
	'posts_per_page' => 5,
	'orderby'	=>	'meta_value',
	'meta_key'	=>	'Stato',
	'order'		=>	'ASC'
);

And maybe you need this plugin to have the posts in the correct order: https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/sort-query-by-post-in/

Thanks keesiemeijer, i’ll try it out ??

I tested this and you need the (very small) plugin:

Activate the plugin and test it with this:

$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
$args=array(
        'post__in' => $unique_id,
	'paged' => $paged,
	'posts_per_page' => 5,
	'orderby' => 'post__in',
	'order'	=> 'ASC'
);

So i did all, but it seems that nothing is working.

So i paste here my code https://pastebin.com/aBhHsT8T

and the site https://www.m2square.eu/immobili-pagina

I will test it with the meta “value” added.

I will test it with the meta “value” added.

Thanks ??

EDIT:

I activated that plugin also.

So i did all, but it seems that nothing is working.

Are no posts returned?

If I test it with this it works:

$args = array(
	'meta_query' => array(
	'relation' => 'OR',
		array('key' => 'state',
		      'value' => 'unsold'),
		array('key' => 'state',
		      'value' => 'booked'
		))
 );
$firstposts = get_posts($args);

$args =  array( 'meta_key' => 'state', 'meta_value' => 'sold' );
$lastposts = get_posts($args);
// rest of the code

I haven’t used all your code and have not tested it on a custom post type though.

Are all of the three “state” values (as in my example) used in posts?

Of course they are!

But the problem is not there. $firstposts is not empty and $lastposts too. Even $mergedposts and $unique_id are not empty. But when i do

$args=array(
	'post__in' => $unique_id,
	'paged' => $paged,
	'posts_per_page' => 5,
	'orderby' => 'post__in',
	'order'	=> 'ASC'
);

query_posts( $args );

i have no results ??

That’s strange. It just works on my test site. Try with this:

$args=array(
	'post__in' => $unique_id
);

query_posts( $args );

to see if it pulls all the correct posts. Try it also with all plugins deactivated.