Custom Post Type Query by category and group WordPress
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HELP! I'm not even sure how to wrap my head around this and still learning wordpress. I need to be able to query against a custom post type (resources) and sort posts by categories with the corresponding heading. The list is sorted first by category, then in alphabetical order. I also want the category title to show up above the first post of that category. Similar to:
CATEGORY (EX: Hand Man)
Post 1 - Name (title) / Phone (phone) / Email (email)
Post 2 - Name (title) / Phone (phone) / Email (email)
Post 3 - Name (title) / Phone (phone) / Email (email)
CATEGORY (EX: Mortgage Broker)
Post 1 - Name (title) / Phone (phone) / Email (email)
Post 2 - Name (title) / Phone (phone) / Email (email)
Post 3 - Name (title) / Phone (phone) / Email (email)
CATEGORY (EX: Another Category)
Post 1 - Name (title) / Phone (phone) / Email (email)
Post 2 - Name (title) / Phone (phone) / Email (email)
Post 3 - Name (title) / Phone (phone) / Email (email)
Any help is much appreciated!!!! Thank you in advance.
Answers (5)
Hariprasad Vijayan answers:
Hi,
You can try this method
<?php $catargs = array(
'orderby' => 'name',
'order' => 'ASC',
);
$categories = get_categories( $catargs );
foreach ($categories as $category) {?>
<h3><?php echo $category->name;// Category title ?></h3>
<?php
// WP_Query arguments
$args = array (
'post_type' => 'resources',
'cat' => $category->cat_ID,
'posts_per_page' => '-1',
'order' => 'ASC',
'orderby' => 'title',
);
// The Query
$query = new WP_Query( $args );
// The Loop
if ( $query->have_posts() ) {
while ( $query->have_posts() ) {
$query->the_post();
?>
<h5><?php the_title(); // Post title ?></h5>
<?php
// You can all phone/ email here
}
} else {
// no posts found
}
// Restore original Post Data
wp_reset_postdata();
}
If you just need to display 3 posts, you can change 'posts_per_page' to 3.
If phone/ email are custom fields, you can call it using get_post_meta().
Let me know if you need any help from me.
phxbulldog comments:
Forgive me, but I'm still learning wordpress. I can't get your chunk of code to work properly.
<?php $catargs = array(
'orderby' => 'name',
'order' => 'ASC',
);
$categories = get_categories( $catargs );
foreach ($categories as $category) {?>
<h3><?php echo $category->resource_types; // Category title ?></h3>
<?php
// WP_Query arguments
$args = array (
'post_type' => 'resources',
'cat' => $category->cat_ID,
'posts_per_page' => '-1',
'order' => 'ASC',
'orderby' => 'title',
);
// The Query
$query = new WP_Query( $args );
// The Loop
if ( $query->have_posts() ) {
while ( $query->have_posts() ) {
$query->the_post();
?>
<h5><?php the_title(); // Post title ?></h5>
<?php get_post_meta( 'email' ); ?>
<?php get_post_meta( 'phone' ); ?>
<?php }
} else {
// no posts found
}
// Restore original Post Data
wp_reset_postdata();
} ?>
Hariprasad Vijayan comments:
Hi,
Are you getting anything from above code? or it completely wrong?
phxbulldog comments:
It's not returning anything at all.
Hariprasad Vijayan comments:
Oh. okay.
Please run following code and let me know what it displaying
<?php $catargs = array(
'orderby' => 'name',
'order' => 'ASC',
);
$categories = get_categories( $catargs );
foreach ($categories as $category) {?>
<h3><?php echo $category->name; // Category title ?></h3>
<?php } ?>
phxbulldog comments:
I get UNCATEGORIZED. Did you get the PM I sent to you?