Custom Query Fields

THIS PLUGIN IS IN HEAVY DEVELOPMENT!

Extend your site’s querying and sorting functionality using custom field values.

The following function registers queryable fields. register_custom_queryable_field($fieldName, $options);

Simple Example: register_custom_queryable_field(‚city‘); (The above registers the custom field ‚city‘ to be searchable using query variables) http://www.yoursite.com/?city=Anahiem (displays posts which have a meta key ‚city‘ and a value of ‚Anahiem‘)

Advanced Example: register_custom_queryable_field(„price“, array(„dataType“=>“numeric“)); (The above registers the custom field „price“ to be searchable as a number using query variables) http://www.yoursite.com/?price=500 (displays posts which have a meta key ‚price‘ and a exact value of ‚500‘) http://www.yoursite.com/?price_min=200&price_max=800&order_by=price (displays posts, sorted by ‚price‘, which have a meta key ‚price‘ and a value between ‚200‘ and ‚800‘)

Available Options:

• dataType
  • text (default)
  • numeric (receive min/max query variables, see above example)
• order
  • If the user uses the „order_by“ query variable then this option determines the order. Available options are „ASC“ and „DESC“(default)
• compare
  • Compare method for text types. Defaults to ‚=‘. Recommend ‚LIKE‘

There is a „order_by“ query var made available. This is used by adding &order_by=price to the URL. In this instance, the query would sort based on the „price“ field only.

Note: This plugin does not alter any queries when in the backend.