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Asked: 2026-06-04T08:25:16+00:00

I am using magic fields and have defined a custom post type called collection

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I am using magic fields and have defined a custom post type called collection with a field called sort, where I input a number I would like to sort the custom posts by.

My WP_Query arguments is simply:

'post_type' => 'collection',
'meta_key' => 'sort',
'order_by' => 'meta_value',
'order' => 'ASC'

Which, upon using print_r on the $query result reveals the following mysql statement:

SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS  wp_posts.* FROM wp_posts  INNER JOIN wp_postmeta ON (wp_posts.ID = wp_postmeta.post_id) WHERE 1=1  AND wp_posts.post_type = 'collection' AND (wp_posts.post_status = 'publish' OR wp_posts.post_status = 'private') AND (wp_postmeta.meta_key = 'sort' ) GROUP BY wp_posts.ID ORDER BY wp_posts.post_date ASC LIMIT 0, 10

So I am confused why the generated mysql still contains ORDER BY wp_posts.post_date when I am explicitly stating it should sort by wp_postmeta.meta_key = 'sort' and its corresponding meta_value?

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  1. Editorial Team
    'post_type' => 'collection',
'meta_key' => 'sort',
'orderby' => 'meta_value',
'order' => 'ASC'

    order_by = orderby

    Also it’s not called magic fields but custom fields

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Order_.26_Orderby_Parameters

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