Display WordPress Custom post by Meta Data

Question

I am trying to display my custom posts by date order from my meta_key in wordpress.

It is a custom post for events happening and I need to display them in order of 'upcoming event'

My code so far is:

$today = date('d/m/y');
$args = array( 
                   'post' => 'ID', 
                   'post_type' => 'foodswaps', 
                   'posts_per_page' => 3, 
                   'meta_key' => '00.event-date',
                   'orderby' => 'meta_value_num', 
                   'order' => 'ASC',
                   'meta_value_num' => $today,
                   'meta_compare' => '>='
            );

The results do post in order but only of day. So they are appearing in this order of: 27/11/13

28/12/13

29/11/13

The order should post in: 27/11/13

29/11/13

28/12/13

Thanks in advance!

UPDATE: Explaining the Meta Key:

The meta_keys I have are:

Name of Field | Value

00.event-date | 28/11/13 ie d/m/y

01.app-key | 122334455669

02.user-key | xjsk284k38dj

etc.

They have 00, 01, 02, etc so they appear in alphanumeric order as there are a number of fields to display the the users needs to fill in. They list in a specific ored to make it more useable.

Answer 1

this is your solution

   $args = array(
         'showposts' => 5, // optional up to you
         'post_type' => 'foodswaps',
         'meta_key' => '00.event-date', // must use correctly, I am little confused why your meta key name like that start with 00, however.
         'orderby' => 'meta_value',
         'meta_query' => array(
               array(
                    'key' => '00.event-date',
                    'value' => date("Y-m-d"),                            
                    'compare' => '>='
                    )
                )
   );

Fill the meta key value Y-m-d i.e. 2013-11-27