Answer by Pat J for Multiple meta_key with get_pages

I'm not sure if you can do it with get_pages(), but you should be able to do something like this with get_posts():

$args = array('post_type'  => 'page','meta_query' => array('template_clause' => array('key'     => '_wp_page_template','value'   => 'unit.php','compare' => '=',         ),'status_clause' => array('key'     => 'status','compare' => 'EXISTS',        ),'relation' => 'AND',    ),'orderby' => 'status_clause','order'   => 'DESC',);$pages = get_posts( $args );// Better option, per Tom J Nowell's comment on the question$page_query = new WP_Query( $args );

I haven't tested this code, but I think it should do what you're looking for.

References

• WP_Query» Custom Field (ie, post meta) parameters ([get_posts()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_posts/) arguments follow the same plan as WP_Query)
• WP_Query
• WP_Query improvements (includes the information on naming your clauses)