Sort posts by post views and consider meta key

Hi ironman,

Can you post your full code please?

At a quick glance I notice that the value of ‘meta_query’ => array( array( <values> ) ) – I’d say this should only be a single array rather than having it nested, one within another.

This would be the first attempt I’d make, but without seeing how $values is being used I can’t say for sure! ??

$values = array(
  'numberposts' => 10,
  'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
  'meta_key' => 'count_views',
  'meta_query' => array(
      'key'     => 'slider',
      'compare' => '!=',
      'value'   => ''
  )
);

Thank you i have overlooked the additional array. ??
But it still doesn’t work.

Here is the full code:

$values = array(
  'numberposts' => 10,
  'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
  'meta_key' => 'count_views',
  'meta_query' => array(
      'key'     => 'slider',
      'compare' => '!=',
      'value'   => ''
  )
);

$my_posts = get_posts( $values );
global $post;
foreach( $my_posts as $post ) : setup_postdata($post);

   the_title();

endforeach;
wp_reset_postdata();

The problem is that this code only shows posts with a slider image. But it ignores the sorting.

Sorry – just seen the last line of your post please ignore this post! ??

Try changing the line

'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',

to

'orderby' => 'meta_value meta_value_num',

This has worked for others?

Hmm doesn’t work for me.