Returning only main site posts

[vguenichon]

Hi, I encounter a similar problem with other way like yours to query the network. Maybe you'll have an idea. I use your class in a shortcode built for Visual Composer. And it returns only posts from the main site. Here's the code:

function events_vc( $atts, $content = null ) {
    extract( shortcode_atts( array (
        'compare' => '>=',
        'posts_per_page' => '-1',
        'order' => 'ASC',
        'el_class' => '',
    ), $atts ));

    include_once(TEMPLATEPATH . 'inc/multisite-query.php');
    $all_events = new WP_Query( array(
        'multisite'         => '1',
        'post_type'         => 'events',
        'post_status'       => 'publish',
        'meta_key'          => 'date_debut',
        'orderby'           => 'meta_value',
        'order'             => $order,
        'posts_per_page'    => $posts_per_page,
        'meta_query'        => array(
            array(
                'key'       => 'date_debut',
                'value'     => date('Ymd'),
                'compare'   => $compare == '&lt;' ? '<' : $compare,
                'type'      => 'DATE',
            ),
        ),
    ));

    $output = '';
    if ( $all_events->have_posts() ) {
        $output .= '<div class="events-list '.$el_class.'">';
        $output .= '<h4>Test</h4>';
            while ( $all_events->have_posts() ) : $all_events->the_post();
                ob_start();
                get_template_part('components/modules/event');
                $output .= ob_get_clean();
            endwhile;
        $output .= '</div>';
        wp_reset_postdata();
    }
    return $output;
}
add_shortcode( 'events_vc_output', 'events_vc');

[miguelpeixe]

You should not include the class file inside a shortcode function, instead include it in the root of your functions.php file. The class implements several hooks that are not available if executd inside add_shortcode.

include_once(TEMPLATEPATH . 'inc/multisite-query.php');
function events_vc($atts, $contents = null) {
  // code here...
}
add_shortcode('events_vc_output', 'events_vc');

[vguenichon]

OK Done but not working too.

[miguelpeixe]

Is it working if you perform this query outside of the shortcode?

[vguenichon]

Good question. I didn't think about doing that because I need it inside obviously. And your guess is right : it works outside (some problems with the orderby but it works).

[vguenichon]

No no... I made the same mistake than another time. As I imported the posts from a site to the main, I thought it was working. But it returns only posts from the main website.

[miguelpeixe]

I must admit that I'm not completely sure that the class is working properly with the latest WP version, since it's been 2 years since my last commit. I'll have time to test it tomorrow and let you know. I can't tell by your code if there's something wrong on your end.

[vguenichon]

Thanks a lot Miguel for taking care of this issue.

[vguenichon]

Miguel, I'm using another way to achieve what I want. But still interested in this network query. Should be native within Wordpress ! For instance, I'm using switch_to_blog in a foreach loop. Then after that, I order the posts by date from the client side. And it does the trick.