Question

i heve the following loop:

$argsvs = array( 
                'post_type' => 'imovel-para-venda', 
                'meta_key' => 'wpcf-imovel-preco',
                'posts_per_page' => 0,
                 'oderby' => 'meta_value',
                 'order' => 'DESC'
                 );

$loop = new WP_Query( $argsvs );
while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();
…..
well, the thing is that it isnt working! The meta_key ‘wpfc-imovel-preco’ is a custom field creating using the plugin Types. It is filled with numbers and text sometimes. Well, the code above simply doesnt sort anything 🙁 Any ideas?

Answer 1

The problem is that you have oderby instead of orderby – you missed the r in there.

I tested your code and it’s otherwise working. There is only one thing to keep in mind though – number meta values will be ordered separately from string meta values, here is an example:

I have 5 pages with the following values for their custom fields: abc, acb, dcb, 3, 5. When I order them in ascending fashion, they are ordered as follows:

1. 3
2. 5
3. abc
4. acb
5. dcb

If you switch back to descending, you get:

1. dcb
2. acb
3. abc
4. 5
5. 3