Hello
I am aiming to create a list of projects by year, like so
2018
project title 1
project title 2
2017
project title 1
project title 2
etc
I have a number field for the year (ex_year) and a title field (ex_title), I would like to show the year, and all projects that fall under that year.
this is how I list my projects so far, with no year sorting:
<?php
// args
$args = array(
'numberposts' => -1,
'post_type' => 'exhibition',
'meta_key' => 'ex_title',
'meta_value' => ''
);
// 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>
<div class="exie">
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
<?php the_field('ex_title'); ?> </>
</div>
</a>
</li>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</ul>
<?php endif; ?>
<br>
<?php wp_reset_query(); // Restore global post data stomped by the_post(). ?>
I have a solution now
this is the code if anyone needs it:
<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
<?php
$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
$today = date('Ymd');
$past_args = array(
'paged' => $paged,
'posts_per_page' => -1,
'post_type' => 'exhibition',
'meta_query' => array (
array (
'key' => 'ex_start',
'value' => $today,
'compare' => '<',
'type' => 'DATE'
)
),
'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
'order' => 'DESC'
);
query_posts( $past_args );
?>
<!-- PAST EXHIBITIONS -->
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<?php
$date = get_field('ex_start');
$past_year = DateTime::createFromFormat('Ymd', $date);
$year = $past_year->format('Y');
if ($year !== $today) { ?>
<h2><?php echo $year; ?></h2>
<?php } ?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
<?php $today = $year; ?>
<?php
echo "<p><br /></p>";
?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
