Only Display posts with specific custom field value within string or array

[Esquivelia]

Ok so I have everything displaying correctly but if there are terms other than the conditional term ‘Non-Marine’ within the field ‘value’ for the custom field “item_tags” it does not display those.

Basically I’m looking for posts with :
1. Custom post_type – ait-dir-item
2. Custom field location – annapolis
3. Custom field item_tags – Non-Marine (this value is within other terms seperated by commas)

I’m also not sure if these values are strings or arrays?

Here is the code I have so far:

<?php
$args = array( 'post_type' => 'ait-dir-item', 
               'meta_query' => array(
                    array(
                        'key' => 'location',
                        'value' => 'annapolis'
                    ),
                    array(
                        'key' => 'item_tags',
                        'value' => 'non-marine'
                    )
                ),
                'orderby' => 'title', 
                'order' => 'ASC',
               'posts_per_page' => 300 );
$loop = new WP_Query( $args );
while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();
    the_title('<h3 class="entry-title">', '</h3>');
    echo '<div class="entry-content">';
    the_content();
    echo '</div>';
endwhile;
?>

Thanks for any input!

Cory-

[Senff]

I think you’re doing it right so I’m not sure why it isn’t working.

You might want to add a “compare” in the meta_query array, who knows that might make a difference. See http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Meta_Query for details.

[Esquivelia]

Senff,

Thanks man! Working now!

    <?php
        $args = array( 'post_type' => 'ait-dir-item', 
                       'meta_query' => array(
                            array(
                                'key' => 'location',
                                'value' => 'annapolis'
                            ),
                            array(
                                'key' => 'item_tags',
                                'value' => 'Non-Marine',
                                'compare' => 'LIKE',
                            )
                        ),
                        'orderby' => 'title', 
                        'order' => 'ASC',
                       'posts_per_page' => 300 );
        $loop = new WP_Query( $args );
        while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();
            the_title('<h3 class="entry-title">', '</h3>');
            echo '<div class="entry-content">';
            the_content();
            echo '</div>';
        endwhile;
    ?>

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