I followed the instructions to sort by a custom post. What I’m doing is almost identical to the example in the documentation.
I use the following arguments to display a list of properties sorted by a true/false field called “is_featured”:
$args = array (
'post_type' => 'properties',
'posts_per_page' => '-1',
'meta_key' => 'is_featured',
'orderby' => 'meta_value',
'order' => 'DESC',
'tax_query' => array(
array(
'taxonomy' => 'destination',
'field' => 'id',
'terms' => $destination,
)
)
)
However, in the front end only the properties with the “is_featured” field set as “true” are displayed. But what I want is the featured properties displayed first and then ALL the rest. What could be the problem?
Thank you.
Have you tried debugging this by removing the “tax_query” and then removing the “meta_key” and “orderby” to see if the query is returning all the properties you’re expecting?
I just found out what the problem was. All properties that had never been edited before the addition of the “is_featured” field had no value in that field (not even “false” value) that’s why they weren’t being displayed. To fix it I had tu run a process that added the “false” value to all properties that had no value set.
If you ask me, I think WordPress should still display at the end all posts that don’t have a value set in the custom field, but it looks like it just does not work that way.
