[Resolved] Elements not showing up on archives pages

[C]

Hi,
I’m using a custom function to reorder posts on my category pages based on a custom field. However, this causes elements – both hooks and headers – to not show up on these pages. The green banner on the site is a header element set to be displayed on the entire site but does not show up on my category pages. I realize this isn’t exactly a GP issue but I’m wondering if there is any way for me to continue using the function and display elements on these pages:

function order_by_custom_field( $query ) {
    if ( is_category()) {
$query->set('meta_query', array(
    array(
    'meta_key' => 'custom_key',
    'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
    'order' => 'DESC'
    )
));
$query->set('meta_key', 'custom_key');
$query->set('orderby', 'meta_value_num');
    }
}
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'order_by_custom_field' );

[Leo]

Hi there,

Can’t see how the two are related.

How are you adding the function?

And what’s inside the page hero content?

[C]

The function was added to functions.php and the page hero content contains a styled div.

[Leo]

And the element shows up correctly as soon as you remove that function?

What’s inside the styled <div>?

[C]

At the time, I had an ad dynamically inserted inside the styled div. It shows up perfectly on all pages except the pages affected by my function. I’m not a wordpress developer but from what I’ve read, it seems to be related to pre_get_posts modifying the page.

The stack exchange question below was the closest thing I could find that best describes the problem from my basic understanding, but the solution is way over my head.

https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/214895/using-pre-get-posts-on-true-pages-and-static-front-pages

[C]

And yes, once the function is removed, everything shows up as it should.

[C]

Finally got it working. All I had to do was add “&& $query->is_main_query()” to the conditional.

[Leo]

Glad to hear!

[Author]

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