Reply To: user to sort and filter ACF list

• James

• May 4, 2016 at 2:51 pm

Hi @vince_m

You don’t have to follow the code on the page I gave you before. It’s only an example how to do it. I’m sorry I forgot to tell you that.

The following is a simple example to do it.

<?php if ( isset($_GET['searchkey']) ){ ?>

    <?php 
    // args
    $args = array(
        'numberposts'	=> -1,
        'post_type'	=> 'custom-post-type',
        'meta_query'	=> array(
            array(
                'key'		=> 'athlete',
                'value'		=> $_GET['searchathlete'],
                'compare'	=> 'LIKE'
            )
        )
    );

    // query
    $the_query = new WP_Query( $args );

    ?>
    <?php if( $the_query->have_posts() ): ?>
        <ul>
        <?php while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>
            <li>
                <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
                    <img src="<?php the_field('event_thumbnail'); ?>" />
                    <?php the_title(); ?>
                </a>
            </li>
        <?php endwhile; ?>
        </ul>
    <?php endif; ?>

    <?php wp_reset_query(); ?>

<?php } //endif isset searchkey?>

Then you can get the posts like this:

http://example.com/path-where-you-put-the-code/?searchathlete=searchkey

Where “searchkey” is the athlete you want to search. This page should give you more idea about it: https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/query-posts-custom-fields/.

I hope this makes sense 🙂