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Rebecca Jensen
Rebecca Jensen
11,580 Points
Posted by Rebecca Jensen
Rebecca Jensen
11,580 Points

How to add additional parameters?

I am trying to add more parameters to my custom post type so that I can display my posts in a custom order, namely by the "event date" that I set and not the publish date. However, whenever I add parameters beneath the post_type parameter used in this example, it breaks the page. Any suggestions on how to add parameters to this?

Here is my code without added parameters:

<div>
    <table class="table table-striped">
        <tr id="column-titles">
           <th>DATE</th>
           <th>EVENT PAGE</th>
           <th class="hidden-xs">TERRAIN</th>
           <th class="hidden-xs">MAP</th>
           <th>DIRECTIONS</th>
           <th>HOST</th>
        </tr>

        <?php

        $args = array(
            'post_type' => 'event'


        );
        $query = new WP_Query( $args );

        ?>


        <?php if( $query->have_posts() ) : while( $query->have_posts() ) : $query->the_post(); ?>
                <tr class="event">

                    <td class="date"><?php $date = DateTime::createFromFormat('Ymd', get_field('event_date')); echo $date->format('D, M j');?></td>          <td class="event-name"><a href="<?php the_permalink();?>"><?php the_title();?></a></td>
                    <td class="terrain hidden-xs">Terrain</td>
                    <td class="map-name hidden-xs">Shoreview Community College</td>
                    <td class="event-location">Event location</td>
                    <td class="club-host-name">COC</td>

                </tr>
        <?php endwhile; endif; wp_reset_postdata(); ?>

    </table>
</div>

And this is with the parameters I've tried:

        <?php

        $args = array(
            'post_type' => 'event'
            'meta_key'      => 'event_date',
            'orderby'       => 'meta_value_num',
            'order'         => 'ASC',
            'meta_value'    => date('Ymd'),
            'meta_compare'  => '>=',
                'meta_query'    => array(
                    array(
                            'key' => 'date',
                            'value' => date('Ymd'),
                            'compare' => '>=', //Greater than
                            'type' => 'DATETIME'
                        )
                    ),
            ));
        $query = new WP_Query( $args );

        ?>

Thank you!

Rebecca Jensen
Rebecca Jensen
11,580 Points
Rebecca Jensen
Rebecca Jensen
11,580 Points

I changed meta_query to date_query and now it works!

        <?php


        $query = new WP_Query( array(

            'post_type' => 'event',
            'meta_key'   => 'event_date',
            'orderby'    => 'meta_value_num',
            'order'      => 'ASC',
            'meta_value'    => date('Ymd'),
            'meta_compare'  => '>=',
            'date_query'    => array(
                array(
                        'key' => 'date',
                        'value' => date('Ymd'),
                        'compare' => '>=', //Greater than
                        'type' => 'DATETIME'
                    )
                ),

            ) );

        ?>