Using a Custom Field (date) to sort posts

[michigancreative]

Hey All,

I am using the most up to date version of XPro (everything is updated and validated). I created a custom post type “events” and I have added a custom field to this post type called “Start Date”, which I have used the “date selector” within Custom Fields. How am I able to sort the list of posts by this custom field? Is it possible?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

[michigancreative]

Just to let anyone know who is wondering, I have figured it out by using this code:

function customize_customtaxonomy_archive_display ( $query ) {
    if (($query->is_main_query()) && (is_tax('custom-taxonomy-name'))) {
      $query->set( 'post_type', 'custom-post-type-name' );                 
      $query->set( 'posts_per_page', '-1' );
      $query->set( 'meta_key', 'custom-field-name' );           
      $query->set( 'orderby', 'meta_key' );
      $query->set( 'order', 'ASC' );
    }
}
 add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'customize_customtaxonomy_archive_display' );

All you have to do is replace “custom-taxonomy-name”, “custom-post-type-name” and “custom-field-name” with your appropriate fields.

Thanks!

[marc_a]

Hi @michigancreative,

Thanks for reaching out.

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