Title: Multi-layer sort (nested loops)
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Multi-layer sort (nested loops)

 *  [billcolumbia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/billcolumbia/)
 * (@billcolumbia)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multi-layer-sort-nested-loops/)
 * I’ve got a custom post type with 3 meta fields.
 * It’s for displaying upcoming events on our site. I’ve got a: Day, Month and Year
   meta field. I want to first sort posts by year, then by month, then by day. That
   way anytime one of our team members can just add a new event, set the date and
   not have to manually get it in order on the back-end.
 * I tried Nested while loops like so…
 *     ```
       $yearSort = array( 'post_type' => 'events', 'posts_per_page' => -1, 'meta_key' => 'events_year', 'orderby' => 'meta_value');
       					$monthSort = array( 'post_type' => 'events', 'posts_per_page' => -1, 'meta_key' => 'events_month', 'orderby' => 'meta_value');
       					$daySort = array( 'post_type' => 'events', 'posts_per_page' => -1, 'meta_key' => 'events_day', 'orderby' => 'meta_value');
       					$loopHigh = new WP_Query( $yearSort );
       					$loopMid = new WP_Query( $monthSort );
       					$loopLow = new WP_Query( $daySort );
       ```
   
 *     ```
       while ( $loopLow->have_posts() ) : $loopLow->the_post();
       						while ( $loopMid->have_posts() ) : $loopMid->the_post();
       							while ( $loopHigh->have_posts() ) : $loopHigh->the_post();
   
       							endwhile;
       						endwhile;
       					endwhile;
       ```
   

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multi-layer-sort-nested-loops/)
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