Retrieve Post by Custom Query String identified by meta_key and meta_value in WordPress

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Environment: IIS 6, PHP Version 5.3.28, WordPress 3.8

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I am trying to get single post via a Custom Query string. The query string is “storyid”.
example http://localhost.com/?storyid=1234

“Storyid” is the custom field(meta_key) that is tied to each post.

I have done httpd redirect, I have made wp functions, I have even tried to reset wp_query.

I have used wp_query, meta_query, query_vars.

It feels like I’m close but I just keep getting 404 page not found or blank pages.

Any help is appreciated.

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  1. I used the code below and also utilized a helicon rewritre regular expression.

        <?php
        $args1 = array(
        'posts_per_page'   => 1,
        'post_type'  => 'post',
        'meta_query' => array(      
         array(
            'key' => 'nameofqueryvar',
    
        'value' => $_GET["nameofqueryvar"],
            'compare' => '='
                )
            )
        );
    
        global $myposts;
    
        if (is_page('Story')){
    
        $myposts = get_posts($args1); }
        ?>
    
        <?php foreach ( $myposts as $post ) : setup_postdata( $post ); ?>
       the_content();
        ?>