Changes between Initial Version and Version 11 of Ticket #19653

Timestamp:

01/20/2015 12:57:14 PM (9 years ago)

Author:

SergeyBiryukov

Comment:

When doing a sort on posts with a meta value, the way the SQL is currently generated in meta.php creates a condition where records that DO NOT have the queried meta value are excluded from the results.

A workaround (based on a ​Stack Exchange answer) that was helpful for me:

function sort_by_checkbox_value_19653( $query ) {
	if ( is_admin() || ! $query->is_main_query() ) {
		return;
	}

	$query->set( 'meta_key', 'my_custom_field_name' );
	$query->set( 'orderby', array( 'meta_value' => 'DESC', 'ID' => 'DESC' ) );

	add_filter( 'get_meta_sql', 'filter_get_meta_sql_19653' );
}
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'sort_by_checkbox_value_19653' );

function filter_get_meta_sql_19653( $clauses ) {
	remove_filter( 'get_meta_sql', 'filter_get_meta_sql_19653' );

	// Change the inner join to a left join,
	// and change the where so it is applied to the join, not the results of the query.
	$clauses['join']  = str_replace( 'INNER JOIN', 'LEFT JOIN', $clauses['join'] ) . $clauses['where'];
	$clauses['where'] = '';

	return $clauses;
}