From 681e2ed152feed10b9dd328d7466e67af3b4940e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cooper Dalrymple <dcooperdalrymple@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 17:11:33 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Prevent modifying query if term not found

---
 inc/class-sort.php | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/inc/class-sort.php b/inc/class-sort.php
index bfe27a0..ac3fad3 100644
--- a/inc/class-sort.php
+++ b/inc/class-sort.php
@@ -307,10 +307,10 @@ final class Sort {
                 } else if ($current_relationship['taxonomy'] === 'category' && isset($wp_query->query['category_name'])) {
                     $term_id = $wp_query->query['category_name'];
                 }
-                if (empty($term_id)) break;
+                if (empty($term_id)) return;
 
                 $term = get_term_by($term_by, $term_id, $current_relationship['taxonomy']);
-                if (!is_a($term, 'WP_Term')) break;
+                if (!is_a($term, 'WP_Term')) return;
 
                 $wp_query->set('meta_key', "ogre-sort_{$current_relationship['taxonomy']}_{$term->term_id}");
                 $wp_query->set('orderby', 'meta_value_num');