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  • Anonymous
    (Private)  February 27, 2017 at 7:26 pm #93288

    Just wondering if the meta value sort ordering is working in the latest build? I’m trying to sort by an ACF date but have not had any luck, in fact have not been able to change the sort order at all no matter what settings I use or if I do it on the back end via sf_edit_query_args. I’ve been able to tweak the filtering in other ways, just not the order…

    Ross Moderator
    (Private)  February 27, 2017 at 8:11 pm #93336

    Hey Scott

    Is it possible you have a pre_get_posts somewhere in your theme, that may be jumping in / hijacking our sort order on the query?

    Have you tried sf_edit_query_args with a different priority so it runs later, like 2000?

    Thanks

    Anonymous
    (Private)  February 27, 2017 at 8:12 pm #93341

    That would not surprise me, it’s a really complex site with a ton of custom stuff going on. I’ll give that a go and let you know if anything changes. Thanks!

    Anonymous
    (Private)  February 27, 2017 at 9:10 pm #93355

    Might have made some progress. When I change the priority I now get no results instead of results in the wrong order. Here’s a code sample:

    function filter_sort_by_start_date( $query_args, $sfid ) {

if( $sfid==2298 ) {
    $query_args = array(
      'meta_key' => 'class_date',
      'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
      'order' => 'DESC'
    );
}

	return $query_args;
}
add_filter( 'sf_edit_query_args', 'filter_sort_by_start_date', 2000, 2 );

    I’m getting the “no result” result even if I comment out the other ‘pre_get_posts’ calls.

    Anonymous
    (Private)  February 27, 2017 at 9:19 pm #93357

    Got this working. Took another approach and used a pre_get_posts filter to set the order and it seems to be fine now.

    Ross Moderator
    (Private)  February 28, 2017 at 2:54 pm #93482

    Ah great stuff.

    Did you set it with really low priority to go after other pre_get_posts that were possibly conflicting in your setup?

    Anonymous
    (Private)  February 28, 2017 at 8:03 pm #93567

    Yup, that was exactly it. Took a bit of trial and error to get it right but seems to be good now. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

    Ross Moderator
    (Private)  February 28, 2017 at 9:57 pm #93572

    Good stuff and good to know 🙂

    Closing this thread

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