wp_query with category and custom post type

[sixrfan]

I want to create a wp_query to list the post titles of posts from category X, in ascending order based on a custom field I inputted in each post called "eventdate".

<?php
      $loop = new WP_Query( array(
            'showposts' => 5,
            'post_type' => array('eventdate'),
            'category_name' => X,
            )
            );
      while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post(); ?>
       <div>
              <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
        </div>
  <?php endwhile; ?>

I tried the following code but it didnt work. any idea how to fix? please advise. thanks in advance!

[Pullo]

Hi,

There are a couple of things wrong with your code.
In the WP_Query, 'post_type' refers to a custom post type, yet if I understand you correctly, you are trying to fetch posts by category instead.
Also, the parameter 'category_name' expects a string.
My suggestion would be to fetch the posts by category, then to order them using 'meta_key' and ASC or DESC as appropriate.
This should do what you want:

<?php 
  $loop = new WP_Query( array( 
    'showposts' => 5, 
    'category_name' => 'X',
    'orderby' => 'meta_value',
    'meta_key' => 'eventdate',
    'order' => ASC) 
  ); 
  while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post(); ?> 
  <div> 
    <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2> 
  </div> 
<?php endwhile; ?>

[sixrfan]

bingo! thank you.