Sorting not working about posttypes

[jjgrainger]

Hi @seldimi,

WordPress uses the values stored in the database to set the sort order. So for the client column, it won't use the $client[0]->post_title to order it.

I imagine you are using an ACF relationship field for the client_related field. If so, the value will be saved in the database as a serialized array, which cannot be sorted (as far as I'm aware).

I'll do some research myself, but if you come across a solutions I'll be interested to know.

As for the sort_order column, I've noticed WordPress will struggle to order items that don't have the meta field saved against the post. So if any of your posts do not have a sort_order meta associated with it, the ordering can look wrong.

I hope that helps,

Thanks :)

[seldimi]

Yes its a relation field... so you tell me that wordpress sees something like {3:5} so it cannot sort it correctly?

As for the sort_order, I did not get it.. I have set sort_order to every custom post type, but still doesn't work well. But it does read its value, isnt it ?

[jjgrainger]

Yes @seldimi, that is correct.

WordPress will see the serialized value like {"3":"123"} so it cannot be sorted correctly.

As for the sort_order I would have thought it would work. Could you provide me with the full code and let me know what type of field you are using for the sort_order meta. Then I'll take a look and see if I can work out what's happening.

Thanks :)

[jjgrainger]

Closing this issue out as it's now stale.