WP_Query multiple custom post types and orderby "type"

  • Hi!
    I have three custom post types (about, news, event) and I want to group all those posts under each type on a custom author.php template.
    eg:

    About

    • About 1

    News

    • News 1
    • News 2
    • News 3

    Event

    • Event 1
    • Event 2

    Everything seems to work well, the only problem is that the order of the Groups changes for each user. I want to always have the following order: About, News, Event and not Event, News, About or News, About, Event etc.

    Is there a way to control that order?

    This is my author.php template

    <?php
/**
 * Custom template for displaying Author Archive pages.
 *
 */

get_header(); ?>

<div class="row collapse">
	<section id="primary" class="site-content small-12 medium-8 columns">
		<div role="main">

        <?php
            $curauth = (isset($_GET['author_name'])) ? get_user_by('slug', $author_name) : get_userdata(intval($author));
            $author_id = $curauth->ID;
            $post_types = array('about','news','classified');
            $groups = array();
        ?>

        <?php $posts_query = new WP_Query(array('post_type'=>array('post','about','news','event'),'orderby'=>'type','order'=>'ASC','author'=>$author_id));?>

		<?php if ($posts_query->have_posts()) : ?>   

			<?php while ($posts_query->have_posts()) : $posts_query->the_post(); ?>
                <?php $groups[$post->post_type][] = $post;?>
			<?php endwhile; ?>

            <?php foreach ($groups as $group => $posts) : ?>

                <div class="group">
                    <h2><?php echo $group; ?></h2>
                    <ul>
                        <?php foreach ($posts as $post) : setup_postdata($post); ?>
                            <li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title() ?></a></li>
                        <?php endforeach ?>
                    </ul>
                </div>
            <?php endforeach ?>

		<?php else : ?>
			<?php echo 'No posts!'; ?>
		<?php endif; ?>

		</div><!-- #content -->
	</section><!-- #primary -->

	<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
</div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
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  • Try replacing this:

    <?php foreach ($groups as $group => $posts) : ?>

    <div class="group">
       <h2><?php echo $group; ?></h2>
       <ul>
          <?php foreach ($posts as $post) : setup_postdata($post); ?>
             <li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title() ?></a></li>
          <?php endforeach ?>
       </ul>
    </div>
 <?php endforeach ?>

    with this:

    <?php foreach ($post_types as $post_type) : ?>
   <?php $posts = $groups[$post_type]; ?>

   <div class="group">
      <h2><?php echo $post_type; ?></h2>
      <ul>
         <?php foreach ($posts as $post) : setup_postdata($post); ?>
            <li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title() ?></a></li>
         <?php  endforeach; ?>
      </ul>
   </div>
<?php  endforeach; ?>

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