[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #11929: Query objects by metadata

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#11929: Query objects by metadata
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 Reporter:  wnorris      |       Owner:     
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  3.0
Component:  General      |     Version:     
 Severity:  normal       |    Keywords:     
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 The new metadata API makes it very easy to get metadata for a known
 object.  For example, operations like "Give me the last name for the user
 #12", or "show me all email addresses that are subscribed to comments on
 post #4".

 However, it does not provide an easy way to look up objects based on
 metadata keys or values.  For example, things like "show me all posts the
 email address 'foo at foo.com' is subscribed to receive comments for".  Or
 "show me all posts that have a 'mood' custom value set, regardless of
 value".  Or (my personal itch), "what user is associated with the OpenID
 'http://foo.com'?"

 This kind of querying ability would be immensely useful to plugin authors.

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