WP query order by custom field.

• Elmzelji

• September 11, 2020 at 1:43 am

Hi guys I have a question I have an array of string

$animals = array("Dog", "Cat", "Fish");

And I have a custom post type called Zoo on WP that I’m Querying the posts like this

$Q_args = array(
            'posts_per_page'    => 9,
            'paged'         => $page,
            'post_type'     => 'Zoo',
            'meta_query'    => array(
            'relation'      => 'AND',
                    array(
                        'key'       => "status",
                        'value'     => 1,
                        'compare'   => "=",
                    ),
            ),
            'meta_key'         => 'animal',
            'orderby'          => $animals,
        );

I wanna order posts by the $animals array so posts where custom field animal equal to Dog are on the top then Cat then Fish…

• John Huebner

• September 11, 2020 at 1:50 am

You cannot. WP offers ASC and DESC orders. https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/293113/wp-query-custom-orderby-not-asc-nor-desc/293125