[Resolved] Parametric search to filter a view by post status

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[stewartE]

Hi I was wondering if it is possible to use parametric search to filter a view by post status.

So...

I create a view that shows posts that are Published, Draft and Pending. The user can then use a filter on the front end to filter down the list to for example show only Draft Posts.

Thanks!

[Minesh]

Hello. Thank you for contacting the Toolset support.

Well - By default, there is no native filter available to add the filter for post status. But you can work around a bit by following the next steps.

1)
Edit your view and add the following code at "Search and Pagination" section.

[wpml-string context="wpv-views"]Post Status:[/wpml-string] 
[wpv-control field="wpv-post-status" url_param="wpv-post-status" type="select" values="any,publish,draft" display_values="Any,Publish,Draft"]

[wpv-filter-submit output="bootstrap"]

Where:
- You can adjust your number of post status with "values" and "display_values" attributes. Feel free to adjust yourselt.

2)
Edit your current theme's functions.php file and add the following code. To filter the posts by post status we need to use view's filter wpv_filter_query :

add_filter( 'wpv_filter_query', 'filter_post_type_status_func', 10, 3 );
 
function filter_post_type_status_func( $query_args, $view_settings, $view_id ) {
    if ( $view_id == 9999 ) {
        if(isset($_GET['wpv-post-status'])){
            $query_args['post_status'] = $_GET['wpv-post-status'];
        }
    }
    return $query_args;
}

Where:
- Replace 9999 with your original view ID

More info:
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/views-filters/wpv_filter_query/

[stewartE]

My issue is resolved now. Thank you!