advanced custom fields wordpress search query pre_get_posts code example

Example 1: acf meta field query

$posts = get_posts(array(
	'numberposts'	=> -1,
	'post_type'		=> 'post',
	'meta_query'	=> array(
		'relation'		=> 'AND',
		array(
			'key'	 	=> 'color',
			'value'	  	=> array('red', 'orange'),
			'compare' 	=> 'IN',
		),
		array(
			'key'	  	=> 'featured',
			'value'	  	=> '1',
			'compare' 	=> '=',
		),
	),
));

// args
$args = array(
	'numberposts'	=> -1,
	'post_type'		=> 'event',
	'meta_key'		=> 'location',
	'meta_value'	=> 'Melbourne'
);


// query
$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );

?>
<?php if( $the_query->have_posts() ): ?>
	<ul>
	<?php while( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>
		<li>
			<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
				<img src="<?php the_field('event_thumbnail'); ?>" />
				<?php the_title(); ?>
			</a>
		</li>
	<?php endwhile; ?>
	</ul>
<?php endif; ?>

<?php wp_reset_query();	 // Restore global post data stomped by the_post(). ?>

Example 2: acf wordpress loop through and display blog posts order by date and type

<?php 

$posts = get_posts(array(
	'posts_per_page'	=> -1,
	'post_type'			=> 'post'
));

if( $posts ): ?>
	
	<ul>
		
	<?php foreach( $posts as $post ): 
		
		setup_postdata( $post );
		
		?>
		<li>
			<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
		</li>
	
	<?php endforeach; ?>
	
	</ul>
	
	<?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>

<?php endif; ?>