Title: Filter custom posts by views
Last modified: April 13, 2024

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# Filter custom posts by views

 *  [Peter023](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peter020/)
 * (@peter020)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filter-custom-posts-by-views/)
 * We want to filter by meta value ‘views’. The most popular posts first, so with
   the most views. This works perfectly with other filters.
 * The posts are custom posts (downloads). We can select this as Source.
 * We can then in query id select ‘post custom field’ and custom the key ‘views’,
   but unfortunately, nothing happens. Not even when we use Custom field options
   with field value ‘views’.
 * Is this setup even possible? So, selecting on meta value views and then posts
   with the most views at the top?
 * Thank you

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 * Last activity: [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filter-custom-posts-by-views/)
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