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Hello,

I’ve created a new page template that shows groups with a specific meta value (I call this the group category).

This is how I call the groups loop in the page template :

<!-- Category specific groups loop -->
<?php get_template_part( 'category-specific-groups' ); ?>

And this is how I customize the groups loop:

// Get group tag of the page
$group_tag = get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), 'group-tag', true);
				
// Custom Group Query with specified Group Category (Meta query)
$query_args = array (
    'type' => 'popular',
    'per_page' => 2,	
);
				
$query_args['meta_query'] = array(
    array(
        'key'     => 'group-category',
	'value'   => $group_tag,
	'compare' => '='
    )
);
			
if ( bp_has_groups( $query_args ) ) :

   while ( bp_groups() ) : bp_the_group();
      // template
   endwhile;

endif;

This all works nicely.

Now I’ve added the Order By filters to the page template and I’d like those options to update the groups query.

I assume I need to pass the value from the selection to here:

$query_args = array (
    'type' => '<Order By value>',
    'per_page' => 2,	
);

This is how the selection form looks on my page template:

<select id="groups-order-by">
    <option value="active">Last Active</option>
    <option value="popular">Most Members</option>
    <option value="newest">Newly Created</option>
    <option value="alphabetical">Alphabetical</option>
    <?php do_action( 'bp_groups_directory_order_options' ); ?>
</select>  

Any suggestions how to best go about this?

Thanks!

Herman