Duplicate wp_postmeta join breaks admin filters
Product filters and other queries throw a duplicate wp_postmeta table error and lose orders.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 30 September 2024 · last reported 30 July 2025
What's going wrong
Several store owners report that filtering products by stock status returns no results, and in one case the admin query fails with a database error.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 3 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.