Reply To: Sorting by Custom Fields, with Priority

• karks88

• January 26, 2015 at 9:41 am

ractoon, thanks for your help! That code led me in the right direction. I did end up having to use 2 queries.

First I checked for department heads:

<?php //Get the Department Head First ?>
<?php
$args = array(
	'numberposts' => -1,
	'post_type' => 'staff',
	'meta_key' => 'dir-department-head',
	'meta_value' => 'yes'

);
query_posts($args);
?>
	<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
 
<?php if (in_array("Administration", (array) get_field('dir-department')) AND ('yes' == get_field('dir-department-head'))): ?>

Formatting fields, etc.

<?php endif; ?> 
<?php endwhile; endif; ?>
<?php wp_reset_query(); ?>

Then, a separate query for the rest of the employees, excluding the “yes” answers in the department head field by pulling only those entries who left the field blank:

<?php // Get Other Deparment Employees ?>
<?php
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'staff',
'posts_per_page' => -1,
'meta_key'	=> 'dir-last-name',
'orderby' => 'meta_value',
'order' => 'ASC'
);
query_posts($args);
?>
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<?php if (in_array("Administration", (array) get_field('dir-department')) AND ('' == get_field('dir-department-head'))): ?>

Formatting fields, etc.

<?php endif; ?> 
<?php endwhile; endif; ?>
<?php wp_reset_query(); ?>

Thanks for leading me in the right direction!