How to sort the result of wp_query
I am trying to sort the results of wp_query, I want to sort it by different parameters without making the query again. I have something like this:
$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
And I want to sort $ the_query, WP_Query returns structure like this:
$the_query->posts[0]->title;
So, I want, for example, to sort all items by name. I've tried this:
usort($the_query->posts, function($a, $b) {
return $a['title'] - $b['title'];
});
I want to sort after the request is done. This is because I want to sort many times and I don’t want to query every time I want to sort
DECISION
This returns a fatal error: You cannot use an object of type WP_Post as an array
usort($the_query->posts, function($a, $b) {
return $a['title'] - $b['title'];
});
This is because the structure of the array is like this:
$the_query->posts[0]->title;
so you need to change $a['title'] - $b['title']
for $a->title - $b->title
and using Peter Gusen's answer, the end result is:
usort($the_query->posts, function($a, $b) {
return strcasecmp(
$a->title,
$b->title
);
});
thanks for all
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Look at the parameters orderby
and order
in WP_Query
. If you need to sort by post title, you can add the following query parameters
'orderby' => 'title'
'order' => 'ASC'
EDIT
If you need to sort with usort
, you can do the following
usort($the_query->posts, function($a, $b) {
return strcasecmp(
$a->post_title,
$b->post_title
);
});
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WP_Query ('orderby = date & order = DESC')
Or try it if you want to sort based on custom meta value.
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'post',
'meta_key' => 'pb_issue_featured',
'orderby' => 'meta_value',
'order' => 'DESC',
'posts_per_page' => $posts,
'paged' => $paged,
'paged' => 1,
'meta_query' => array(
array(
'key' => 'headline',
'value' => 1,
'compare' => '!='
)
)
);
add_filter( 'posts_orderby', 'filter_query' );
$q = new WP_Query($args);
remove_filter( 'posts_orderby', 'filter_query' );
function filter_query( $query ) {
$query .= ', wp_posts.menu_order ASC';
return $query;
}
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