Relationship Field Posts – WP_Query Orderby Backend Order

• Mulegoat

• April 13, 2018 at 10:53 pm

Hi there

I have a relationship field which links multiple custom post types and pages in a feature content section on my site home page. In my WP_Query I’m trying to figure out how to order the posts so that they conform to the display order set in the page editor?

  $ids = get_field('feature_content', false, false);

  if($ids){
  $args = array(
      'post_type' => 'any',
      'posts_per_page' => 6,
      'post__in' => $ids,
      'post_status' => 'publish',
      'orderby' =>  'menu_order',
      'order' => 'ASC'
  );
  } else{
      $args = array();
  }

• Mulegoat

• April 13, 2018 at 11:45 pm

Ok, I figured this out. Needed to change orderby to ‘orderby’ => ‘post__in’

  if($ids){
  $args = array(
      'post_type' => 'any',
      'posts_per_page' => 6,
      'post__in' => $ids,
      'post_status' => 'publish',
      'orderby' =>  'post__in',
      'order' => 'ASC'
  );
  } else{
      $args = array();
  }