Profile: Anthony

Problem:

The customer wanted to display a Toolset YouTube block in vertical 9:16 aspect ratio, but the block settings only offered horizontal aspect ratios. A CSS workaround did not achieve the desired result.

Solution:

It was explained that Toolset does not provide a built-in 9:16 option and that this cannot be added to the block’s Aspect Ratio selector through supported settings. The workable alternative was to use a third-party video shortcode that supports vertical videos, store the YouTube URL in a Toolset custom field, register the shortcode under Toolset → Settings → Front-end Content → Third-party shortcode arguments, and render it in a Toolset context such as a Fields and Text block or a Content Template. The custom field value could then be passed into the shortcode attribute.

Relevant Documentation:

https://toolset.com/documentation/legacy-features/views-plugin/shortcodes-within-shortcodes/

Problem:

On a legacy Toolset site using Layouts + Views, several Views were ordered by a custom number field. Recently, posts stopped displaying in the expected numeric order. In the View editor, the “As a number” ordering option appeared greyed out. Disabling all non-Toolset plugins did not resolve the issue, indicating a Toolset-side regression or incompatibility.

Solution:

The numeric ordering was enforced programmatically using the wpv_filter_query hook. A custom PHP snippet was added via Toolset → Settings → Custom Code to explicitly set meta_key and meta_value_num ordering.
Because multiple Views were affected, the code was adapted to apply to a list of specific View IDs, restoring correct numeric sorting across all impacted Views.

Relevant Documentation:

https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/adding-custom-code/using-toolset-to-add-custom-code/

https://toolset.com/forums/topic/order-view-by-post-title-then-by-custom-toolset-field/

https://toolset.com/forums/topic/sorting-is-not-working-properly/