Topic: How to terminate query_posts(v_sortby=views&v_orderby=desc) ?

[leongsam]

Hey Lester, when I used query_posts(v_sortby=views&v_orderby=desc) for a particular query, all queries after will follow this sortby views. How do we terminate this function after a query so it doesn't run beyond the loop?

Thanks you in advance. Your plugin rocks.

[GaMerZ]

You may want to try:

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wp_reset_query(); or better still use another loop

[leongsam]

You may want to try:

Code: [Select]

wp_reset_query(); or better still use another loop

It doesn't work. It runs all over from loops to loops, from tables to tables, even from templates to templates especially when i used it in my header template. Any other ways to control it?

[leongsam]

Hmm.. i read somewhere that generally query_posts('v_sortby=views&v_orderby=desc') would change the main query for the page and thus will change the results of whatever statements after. That is in my case.

What's funny is wp_reset_query() doesn't reset it to it's original state in my case.

That's really strange..

[GaMerZ]

In that case why not use a different variable for example $recent_posts:

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<?php 
$recent_posts = new WP_Query("showposts=10&what_to_show=posts&nopaging=0&post_status=publish");
while ($recent_posts->have_posts()): 
$recent_posts->the_post();
?>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a> - <?php the_time('jS F Y'); ?></li>
<?php 
endwhile; 
wp_reset_query();
?>

[leongsam]

In that case why not use a different variable for example $recent_posts:

Code: [Select]

<?php 
$recent_posts = new WP_Query("showposts=10&what_to_show=posts&nopaging=0&post_status=publish");
while ($recent_posts->have_posts()): 
$recent_posts->the_post();
?>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a> - <?php the_time('jS F Y'); ?></li>
<?php 
endwhile; 
wp_reset_query();
?>

Hmm but the above code doesn't produces sort by views. What does nopaging=0&post_status=publish means? Also I think it's the resetting of the values of conditional properties in the default query object ($wp_query) and nothing I do after could set it back to it's original state which is sort by date whenever query_posts('v_sortby=views&v_orderby=desc') is called.

Because I had listed recent posts in my footer.php So whenever a page loaded that has the v_sortby=views, then the list of recent posts will turned to sorted by views instead, otherwise the footer.php is fine by itself.

I wonder could we call v_sortby=views&v_orderby=desc using WP_Query ?

[GaMerZ]

That is just an example. You can can cal v_sortby=views&v_orderby=desc using WP_Query() as well.

[leongsam]

That is just an example. You can can cal v_sortby=views&v_orderby=desc using WP_Query() as well.

Nope. I tried to put in  v_sortby=views&v_orderby=desc in WP_query it returns something funny...oh well.

[GaMerZ]

I just tested it and apparently WP_Query() is not respecting the "v_sortby" and "v_orderby" arguments. Oh well, I guess if you may want to use the code which I posted a few posts up for the recent post code as that is what I am using on my website and then use query_posts() for sorting the views.

[leongsam]

I just tested it and apparently WP_Query() is not respecting the "v_sortby" and "v_orderby" arguments. Oh well, I guess if you may want to use the code which I posted a few posts up for the recent post code as that is what I am using on my website and then use query_posts() for sorting the views.

Nope, as long i execute v_sortby views, everything below that point will follow v_sortby views. It just doesn't terminate. Thanks for your help anyway.

[scorpio]

i have the same issue now.
if any resolved ? thanks.

[enfermatiko]

I have a link on my site to the most viewed posts using (?v_sortby=views&v_orderby=desc) on the url and it shows the most viewed on the first loop and then 4 random posts on a second loop. I was able to terminate the sorting by views by using this after the first loop:

<?php remove_filter('posts_orderby', 'views_orderby'); ?>
<?php query_posts(array('orderby' => 'rand', 'showposts' => 4)); if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

but this only works when the second loop is called using "query_posts" and having multiple loops with "query_posts" gives me pagination problems. I need to call the loop using "wp_query" but <?php remove_filter('posts_orderby', 'views_orderby'); ?> doesn't work when the loop is called using wp_query. Any suggestions??

[GaMerZ]

Don't use query_post(), create a new object of WP_Query instead. Refer to the 4th post in this thread.

[enfermatiko]

thanks, that's what I did and it worked!