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WordPress Plugin - Admin Post list table filter using post meta values
<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Admin Filter BY Custom Fields
Version: 1.0
Author: Mohammad Mursaleen
*/
add_action( 'restrict_manage_posts', 'obj_admin_posts_filter_restrict_manage_posts' );
/**
* First create the dropdown
* make sure to change POST_TYPE to the name of your custom post type
* @author Mohammad Mursaleen
* @return void
*/
function obj_admin_posts_filter_restrict_manage_posts(){
$type = 'POST_TYPE';
if (isset($_GET['post_type'])) {
$type = $_GET['post_type'];
}
//only add filter to post type you want
if ('POST_TYPE' == $type){
//change this to the list of values you want to show
//in 'label' => 'value' format
$values = array(
'archive' => 'Archive',
'active' => 'Active',
'inactive' => 'Inactive',
);
?>
<select name="ADMIN_FILTER_FIELD_VALUE">
<option value=""><?php _e('Filter By Status', 'Status'); ?></option>
<?php
$current_v = isset($_GET['ADMIN_FILTER_FIELD_VALUE'])? $_GET['ADMIN_FILTER_FIELD_VALUE']:'';
foreach ($values as $value=> $label ) {
printf
(
'<option value="%s"%s>%s</option>',
$value,
$value == $current_v? ' selected="selected"':'',
$label
);
}
?>
</select>
<?php
}
}
add_filter( 'parse_query', 'obj_posts_filter' );
/**
* if submitted filter by post meta
*
* make sure to change status to the actual meta key
* and POST_TYPE to the name of your custom post type
* @author Mohammad Mursaleen
* @param (wp_query object) $query
*
* @return Void
*/
function obj_posts_filter( $query ){
global $pagenow;
$type = 'POST_TYPE';
if (isset($_GET['post_type'])) {
$type = $_GET['post_type'];
}
if ( 'POST_TYPE' == $type && is_admin() && $pagenow=='edit.php' && isset($_GET['ADMIN_FILTER_FIELD_VALUE']) && $_GET['ADMIN_FILTER_FIELD_VALUE'] != '') {
$query->query_vars['meta_key'] = 'status';
$query->query_vars['meta_value'] = $_GET['ADMIN_FILTER_FIELD_VALUE'];
}
}
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