Order the custom field by passing parameter

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Last updated by Jamal 3 years, 2 months ago.

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December 5, 2021 at 3:52 pm #2237515

kelvinL-2

Dear Sir/Madam

I have CPT Tasks with 3 custom fields, is it possible to make a View with sorting by one of the custom fields? I want to pass an URL parameter and select the field in order.

Best regards,

Kelvin

December 5, 2021 at 5:31 pm #2237587

Jamal

Hello Kelvin and thank you for contacting the Toolset support.

That's not possible out of the box. You will need custom code in order to achieve it. First, create the view without any ordering setting. Then, add a dropdown, in HTML, with the desired field labels. Then hook into the view's query filter and set the order based on the chosen field, according the WP_Query ordering arguments https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/#order-orderby-parameters

I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any questions.