Sorting by ACF field on get_pages

• LensDigital

• March 7, 2018 at 8:42 pm

I currently have the following code where I filter by the page template;

$pages = get_pages( array(
‘post_type’ => ‘page’,
‘meta_key’ => ‘_wp_page_template’,
‘meta_value’ => ‘unit.php’,
‘hierarchical’ => 0
) );

I would also like to sort by an ACF field so would need to add something like;

‘meta_key’ => ‘status’,
‘orderby’ => ‘meta_value’,
‘order’ => ‘DESC’

Is it possible to get both meta_key parts to work together?

• leanne.oleary

• April 4, 2022 at 11:45 am

I want to know if this possible also.

Could we get a response 🙂

• jarvis

• April 5, 2022 at 9:21 am

Hi @leanne-oleary

You could look to try something like:

$args = array(
    'post_type'  => 'page',
    'meta_query' => array(
        'relation' => 'AND',
        'template_clause' => array(
            'key'     => '_wp_page_template',
            'value' => 'unit.php',
        ),
        'status_clause' => array(
            'key'     => 'status',
            'compare' => 'EXISTS',
        ), 
    ),
    'orderby' => array(
        'status_clause' => 'DESC',
    ),
);

$loop = new WP_Query( $args );

As per the WP Docs