A Toolset View listing in-person workshop “event” posts needed conditional, multi-level sorting: if the user didn’t enter an origin address, results should sort by a custom “start date” field; if the user did enter an origin, results should sort by Toolset Maps distance and then by the same start-date field. The user attempted to do this via toolset_views_query_args, but it didn’t affect the View output.
Solution:
Toolset Views ordering must be adjusted via the wpv_filter_query hook (not toolset_views_query_args). Use wpv_filter_query to detect whether the distance search parameter is set; if not, force ordering by the start date meta field; if yes, apply a compound orderby with distance first and the start date second.
Hook: add_filter( 'wpv_filter_query', ... )
If toolset_maps_distance_radius is empty → orderby = meta_value_num, meta_key = wpcf-start-date, order = ASC
Public visitors could still view single “event” (and similar) posts even when the post author no longer had the required membership role. An initial attempt using a
user_has_cap
filter to block
read_post
didn’t work reliably with the site’s setup (YOOtheme + memberships changing roles between “Professional Member” and “Customer”).
Solution:
Moved the restriction logic to the front-end request flow using
template_redirect
. On single posts of the target CPTs (e.g.,
event
,
profile
), the code fetches the post author, checks if they hold the
professional_member
role, and—if not—forces a 404 response. This bypasses theme/layout nuances and consistently hides content by author role. The same pattern can be extended to additional CPTs (e.g.,
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