sia77

Ok. So the solution to my problem to handle the following shortcode was:
[ajax_load_more post_type="post, article, event, resource, service, team_member" order="ASC:DESC" meta_key="post_weight" orderby="meta_value_num:date" exclude="673"]

I added the following to ajax-load-more.php

if(!empty($orderby) && !empty($order) ){

            $orderbys = explode(":", $orderby);
            $orders = explode(":", $order);

            $args['orderby'] = alm_get_orderby_query($orderbys, $orders);

         }

and I added the following to function.php of ajax load more plugin:

function alm_get_orderby_query($orderbys, $orders){

	$temp_arr = array();

	for($i=0; $i<count($orderbys);$i++){
		$temp_arr[$orderbys[$i]]= $orders[$i];
	}

	return $temp_arr;

}

Obviously this can be expanded to address a more general concern.

So the answer is yes, as long orderby=”meta_value”, and the date follows the following format yyyy-mm-dd…

I just did this, and I think it worked:

[ajax_load_more post_type=”post, article, event, resource, service, team_member” order=”ASC,DESC” meta_key=”post_weight” orderby=”meta_value_num,date” exclude=”673″]

I still want to make sure this is not a happy coincident, so if you confirm, that would be appreciated.

Hi DCooney,

Here is what I have now, and it works fine, and sorts by meta_key.

[ajax_load_more post_type="post" order="ASC" meta_key="post_weight" orderby="meta_value_num" exclude="673"]

Here is the problem: I would like to be also able to sort by WP’s post/publish date at the same time as follows:

1. Sorting by meta_values for post_weight (meta_key) takes precedence
2. When the meta_values for post_weight are the same then sort by date in DESC order….

Example:

'meta_query' => array(
      array('key' =>'post_weight',
            'type' => 'numeric')
   ),array('meta_value_num'=>'ASC','date'=>'DESC'),

Could you confirm if the plugin can handle that? If yes, could you let me know how to set-up the shortcode…

Let me ask you a question. Is it possible to create a short code where you one can specify the following:

sort meta_value_num in ascending order
sort date in descending order

So basically, add the first code snippet, and set ignore_sticky_posts to true in the shortcode, so you don’t have to comment out the second code snippet.
In my case, I had to use two short code to get what I wanted….

I figured what my problem was. It’s working now.

Thank you.

data-order=”ASC” data-orderby=”meta_value_num” data-post-type=”post, article, event, resource, service, team_member”

So I did as above, and it works beautifully, but here is a question:
It appears that even though I’m sorting by “meta_value_num”, it also sorts by date in DEC order. If I’m correct about that, then I would like to know how is that possible. Please let me know.

Thanks,
Sia77

I just realized it won’t let me post code, trying again.

data-repeater=”default” data-category=”” data-post-type=”” data-posts-per-page=”8″ data-scroll=”true” data-button-label=”View More”

Not sure, if it does.

Here is what I have done:

It undoes the filtering, but post are not showing in the same order as the original list (When the page is loaded the first time).

On the back-end, I’m sorting by what we call the post_weight, and then by date. So the way, I understand it if I still want to end up with the same order after undoing the filtering, I would need a way of indicating the sorting criteria, and values, am I correct on this?

I figured it out. I was not using slug. It should be always lower case, and with a – in between words.

You are absolutely correct. This has something to do with how the_content() works Vs apply_filters(‘the_content’, $content), and how the latter doesn’t let WordPress do its magic.

Thanks for taking the time on this.

It’s an ajax call. And the response is generated by:

$content = $content_post->post_content;
$content = apply_filters(‘the_content’, $content);
$content = str_replace(‘]]>’, ‘]]>’, $content);

So I think I’m using the_content(). The thing is that I’m seeing the link to the video, but the link is not being rendered as a embeded video.
I took that third line out, just in case, and there was no difference.

No, we are not using any plugins. That’s strange.