I am trying to sort posts by custom taxonomy. I have a custom post type which is course-cpt and I have created custom taxonomies within it, I need to sort the courses by course-level (which is the taxonomy term) so that it displays like so:
- Course Name level 1
- Course Name level 2
- Course Name level 3 etc
I currently have the following in my functions.php:
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'reorderByCourseLevel' );
function reorderByCourseLevel( $query ) {
if ( $query->is_main_query() && !is_admin() ) {
if ( $query->is_tax() || $query->is_post_type_archive('subject') ) {
$taxquery = array(
'taxonomy' => 'course-level'
);
$query->set('tax_query', $taxquery);
$query->set('orderby', 'title');
$query->set('order', 'ASC');
}
}
}
Am I missing anything in my code..?
I am trying to sort posts by custom taxonomy. I have a custom post type which is course-cpt and I have created custom taxonomies within it, I need to sort the courses by course-level (which is the taxonomy term) so that it displays like so:
- Course Name level 1
- Course Name level 2
- Course Name level 3 etc
I currently have the following in my functions.php:
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'reorderByCourseLevel' );
function reorderByCourseLevel( $query ) {
if ( $query->is_main_query() && !is_admin() ) {
if ( $query->is_tax() || $query->is_post_type_archive('subject') ) {
$taxquery = array(
'taxonomy' => 'course-level'
);
$query->set('tax_query', $taxquery);
$query->set('orderby', 'title');
$query->set('order', 'ASC');
}
}
}
Am I missing anything in my code..?
Share Improve this question asked Jul 17, 2017 at 9:23 Neelam KhanNeelam Khan 3057 silver badges22 bronze badges 2- I think are trying to sort taxonomy terms, not posts by taxonomy. It can be confusing but they are very different concepts. I mean, you want to sort taxonomy terms by title, then group posts by taxonomy term (maybe with some specific order for posts within each group). – cybmeta Commented Jul 17, 2017 at 9:29
- 1 Possible duplicate of Using wp_query is it possible to orderby taxonomy? – Johansson Commented Jul 17, 2017 at 16:53
1 Answer
Reset to default -1If I understand your question correctly, I think I may have your answer in this blog post: https://evowebdev/2017/05/using-a-dropdown-menu-to-filter-a-custom-post-type-with-custom-taxonomy/
This solution specifically uses select form element auto-populated with taxonomy terms to sort CPT posts (ie, rather than presorting posts with pre_get_posts, it lets site visitors sort by the taxonomy term[s] they select). If it's really important to pre-sort, this may not be an answer for you.
I could see it being useful, however, to allow people to select to view all courses of one of the levels.
That said, wouldn't the following presentation occur with alpha order?
- Course Name level 1
- Course Name level 2
- Course Name level 3