WordPress's wp_postmeta table has all the additional fields for a post but they are in rows so it's easy to add more.
However, now I want to query for all the fields of all the posts lets say, I obviously want those fields in a column and not a row.
This is my query that I am running
SELECT p.post_title,
m.meta_value,
m.meta_key
FROM wp_posts p
JOIN wp_postmeta m
ON p.id = m.post_id
WHERE p.id = 72697;
This will give me all the meta_values and their respective meta keys as columns. But I need the meta keys values as columns and meta values as rows
For example a meta_key could be additional_description and it's value could be What's up
So I need something like this
SELECT p.post_title, additional_description
FROM wp_posts p
JOIN wp_postmeta m
ON p.id = m.post_id
WHERE p.id = 72697;
I need it as a column. I also need all of the posts and not a specific one, but whenever I remove the where it just doesn't query (I have lots of posts, that could be an issue).
Here is some sample data and how I want the results to show up
wp_postmeta table
meta_key post_id meta_key meta_value
1 5 total_related 5
2 5 updated 0
3 5 cricket 1
4 8 total_related 8
5 8 updated 1
6 8 cricket 0
wp_post table
id post_title other things I dont care about
5 This is awesome
8 This is more awesome
wp_post id is related to post_id on wp_postmeta table
Result wanted
post_title total_related updated cricket
This is awesome 5 0 1
This is more awesome 8 1 0
What about something like this?
SELECT p.post_title, m1.meta_value as 'total_related', m2.meta_value as 'updated', m3.meta_value as 'cricket'
FROM wp_posts p
LEFT JOIN wp_postmeta m1
ON p.id = m1.post_id AND m1.meta_key = 'total_related'
LEFT JOIN wp_postmeta m2
ON p.id = m2.post_id AND m2.meta_key = 'updated'
LEFT JOIN wp_postmeta m3
ON p.id = m3.post_id AND m3.meta_key = 'cricket'
And since you aren't looking for a specific post you should be able to do this.
If you want to query specific post_types you can try something like this
SELECT p.post_title, m1.meta_value as 'total_related', m2.meta_value as 'updated', m3.meta_value as 'cricket'
FROM wp_posts p
LEFT JOIN wp_postmeta m1
ON p.id = m1.post_id AND m1.meta_key = 'total_related'
LEFT JOIN wp_postmeta m2
ON p.id = m2.post_id AND m2.meta_key = 'updated'
LEFT JOIN wp_postmeta m3
ON p.id = m3.post_id AND m3.meta_key = 'cricket'
WHERE p.post_type = 'my_custom_post_type';
Try that:
select post_title ,
MAX(CASE WHEN `meta_key`='total_related' THEN meta_value END)as 'total_related',
MAX(CASE WHEN `meta_key` = 'updated' THEN meta_value END) as 'updated' ,
MAX(CASE WHEN `meta_key` = 'cricket' THEN meta_value END) as 'cricket'
FROM wp_posts p
JOIN wp_postmeta m ON p.id = m.post_id
GROUP BY p.id
There are several approaches.
Here's an example of one way to get the specified result, using correlated subqueries in the SELECT list:
SELECT p.post_title
, ( SELECT m1.meta_value
FROM wp_post_metadata m1
WHERE m1.meta_key = 'total_related'
AND m1.post_id = p.id
ORDER BY m1.meta_key LIMIT 1
) AS `total_related`
, ( SELECT m2.meta_value
FROM wp_post_metadata m2
WHERE m2.meta_key = 'updated'
AND m2.post_id = p.id
ORDER BY m2.meta_key LIMIT 1
) AS `updated`
, ( SELECT m3.meta_value
FROM wp_post_metadata m3
WHERE m3.meta_key = 'cricket'
AND m3.post_id = p.id
ORDER BY m3.meta_key LIMIT 1
) AS `cricket`
FROM wp_posts p
WHERE p.id IN (5,8)
There are several other approaches, each with its own advantages and drawbacks.
There's a somewhat related question I referenced in a comment on the question. That question illustrates several approaches, but omits a correlated subquery approach.)
