Ordering by highest rating with WP_Query

Note: I’m trying to accomplish this on a regular WP page template, not an geo directory template. I’ve even tried this:

$posts = new WP_Query(array(
	'post_type' 		=> 'gd_place',
	'posts_per_page' 	=> 5,
        'sort_by' 		=> 'overall_rating_desc',
));

Thanks Alex. Is there any way one of your developers can provide a simple solution for ordering by highest rating using a simple WP_Query? I checked widget code and it’s a little above my pay-grade. 🙂

Maybe a simple filter I can add to functions.php?

Awesome, thanks so much!

Thanks Kiran! I’ll check that out.

For now, I did end up finding a solution:

// Main args

	$post_type = 'gd_place';
	
	$args = array(
		'post_type' 		=> $post_type,
		'posts_per_page' 	=> 5
	);
	
// Sort by highest rated using GeoDirectory query args filter

	$temp_args = $args;
	
	$geodir_sort = 'high_rating'; // or 'overall_rating_asc'
	
	$test_instance = array (
		'post_limit' 	=> 5,
		'post_type' 	=> $post_type,
		'sort_by' 		=> $geodir_sort
	);
	
	$temp_args['is_geodir_loop'] = true;
	$temp_args['order_by'] 		= $geodir_sort;
	
	$temp_args = apply_filters( 'geodir_widget_listings_query_args', $temp_args, $test_instance );
	$widget_listings = geodir_get_widget_listings( $temp_args );
	
	$post_ids = array();
	foreach( $widget_listings as $listing ) {
		$post_ids[] = $listing->ID;
	}

	$args['post__in'] 	= $post_ids;
	$args['order'] 		= 'DESC';
	$args['orderby'] 	= 'post__in';
	
// The loop
	
	$places = new WP_Query($args);
	
	if ( $places->have_posts() ) :
		while ( $places->have_posts() ) : $places->the_post();
			echo '<div class="listing"><div class="the-title">'.get_the_title().'</div></div>';
		endwhile; wp_reset_postdata();
	endif;

Basically you build your query args, retrieve post ids using geodir widget query args filter, and then pull those into the main args using “post__in”.

Hope this helps someone else in the future!