wp_get_recent_posts where ACF field is null

• Neil

• October 11, 2017 at 7:42 am

So I extended the blog to add an ACF repeater field. We have another page where we list the 3 latest posts. To get these posts, I am using:

	$args = array('numberposts' => '3',
								'post_status' => array('publish')
								);
								
	$posts = wp_get_recent_posts( $args );

How can I prevent posts that have the repeater field populated from being returned using this query?

• Keith Lock

• October 11, 2017 at 11:03 am

Hi @neil

Did you try looking for false?

'meta_key' => 'repeater_field',
'meta_value' => 'false',

Let me know!

• Neil

• October 12, 2017 at 12:11 am

@keithlock I was hopeful, but this does not work. I would expect the query to return null rather than false

• Keith Lock

• October 13, 2017 at 7:31 am

Hi Neil,

I received some feedback about my reply… and I stand corrected. Here’s the feedback which should be helpful to you:

The WP_Query docs feature heaps of ‘meta’ args examples including ’empty’ – https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query

I believe the meta_query value can be set to ‘NOT EXISTS’.
Also, a repeater field with 0 rows will be saved with a value of ‘0’, not ‘false’.

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My apologies for incorrect info in my original reply.