Trying to order some posts I’m displaying on a single custom post type page with random, but they aren’t random at all. :/
<?php
// Grab the taxonomy term slug for the current post
$terms = get_the_terms( get_the_ID(), 'category-staff' );
if ( $terms && ! is_wp_error( $terms ) ) :
$draught_links = array();
foreach ( $terms as $term ) {
$draught_links[] = $term->slug;
}
$on_draught = join( ", ", $draught_links );
?>
<div class="container hidden-xs">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-sm-12">
<hr />
<h3 class="text-center">Other People At Our Great Resort</h3>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-sm-12 col-lg-10 col-lg-offset-1">
<div class="row staff-list">
<?php
// WP_Query arguments
$args2 = array (
'post_type' => 'staff',
'tax_query' => array(
array(
'taxonomy' => 'category-staff',
'field' => 'slug',
'terms' => $on_draught,
),
),
'nopaging' => false,
'posts_per_page' => '4',
'order' => 'DESC',
'orderby' => 'rand',
);
// The Query
$query2 = new WP_Query( $args2 );
// The Loop
if ( $query2->have_posts() ) {
while ( $query2->have_posts() ) {
$query2->the_post(); ?>
<div class="staff staff-other col-sm-3 text-center">
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>">
<?php echo get_the_post_thumbnail( $_post->ID, 'large', array( 'class' => 'img-responsive img-circle img-staff' ) ); ?>
<h4><?php the_title(); ?></h4>
<?php if (get_field('staff_job')) { ?>
<p><?php the_field('staff_job'); ?></p>
<?php } ?>
</a>
</div>
<?php }
} else { ?>
<?php }
// Restore original Post Data
wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<?php endif; // terms if statement ?>
Turns out it was something to do with WPEngine. They disable rand() from the server and it needs to be enabled manually.
Another solution may be to add this code before running the
new WP_Query($args)
function.https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/remove_all_filters/