Using meta_value with query_posts

• cutout

• October 16, 2013 at 10:30 am

I have a custom post type called Projects and I want to make a query depending on which radio button they’ve selected (“Architecture”, “Construction” or “Design”). In this case, let’s use Construction –

<?php query_posts(array(‘post_type’ => ‘project’, ‘key’ => ‘project_label’, ‘value’ => ‘Construction’)); while (have_posts()) { the_post(); ?>

But instead of just displaying Construction, it displays all Projects. Here’s how it looks in the admin –

http://d.pr/i/nOmG

Thanks! I love this plugin.

• Elliot

• October 16, 2013 at 4:47 pm

Hi @cutout

I think you have used the wrong ‘value’. Instead of ‘Construction’, shouldn’t it be ‘construction’?

• cutout

• October 17, 2013 at 2:56 am

Thanks Elliot. I changed to lowercase, but it’s still displaying all projects, instead of filtering for construction. Any ideas for writing the query differently?

• cutout

• October 17, 2013 at 5:21 am

Hmm, looks like meta_key worked, rather than key…

• Elliot

• October 17, 2013 at 4:55 pm

Hi @cutout

Yep, it’s always important to double check the docs!

Cheers
E