diff --git a/includes/admin/post-types/meta-boxes/class-sp-meta-box-equation.php b/includes/admin/post-types/meta-boxes/class-sp-meta-box-equation.php
index 857bbab8..383efb09 100644
--- a/includes/admin/post-types/meta-boxes/class-sp-meta-box-equation.php
+++ b/includes/admin/post-types/meta-boxes/class-sp-meta-box-equation.php
@@ -121,10 +121,16 @@ class SP_Meta_Box_Equation {
 			'orderby' => 'menu_order',
 			'order' => 'ASC',
 			'meta_query' => array(
+        		'relation' => 'OR',
 				array(
 					'key' => 'sp_format',
-					'value' => 'equation',
-					'compare' => '!=',
+					'value' => 'number',
+					'compare' => 'NOT EXISTS',
+				),
+				array(
+					'key' => 'sp_format',
+					'value' => array( 'equation', 'text' ),
+					'compare' => 'NOT IN',
 				),
 			),
 		);
diff --git a/includes/admin/post-types/meta-boxes/class-sp-meta-box-event-performance.php b/includes/admin/post-types/meta-boxes/class-sp-meta-box-event-performance.php
index ed4f4309..e0d7e9ba 100644
--- a/includes/admin/post-types/meta-boxes/class-sp-meta-box-event-performance.php
+++ b/includes/admin/post-types/meta-boxes/class-sp-meta-box-event-performance.php
@@ -158,6 +158,12 @@ class SP_Meta_Box_Event_Performance {
 						'orderby' => 'menu_order',
 						'order' => 'ASC',
 						'meta_query' => array(
+			        		'relation' => 'OR',
+							array(
+								'key' => 'sp_format',
+								'value' => 'number',
+								'compare' => 'NOT EXISTS',
+							),
 							array(
 								'key' => 'sp_format',
 								'value' => 'equation',
diff --git a/includes/class-sp-player-list.php b/includes/class-sp-player-list.php
index 24854c0b..a79692b8 100644
--- a/includes/class-sp-player-list.php
+++ b/includes/class-sp-player-list.php
@@ -436,7 +436,20 @@ class SP_Player_List extends SP_Custom_Post {
 			'numberposts' => -1,
 			'posts_per_page' => -1,
 	  		'orderby' => 'menu_order',
-	  		'order' => 'ASC'
+	  		'order' => 'ASC',
+			'meta_query' => array(
+        		'relation' => 'OR',
+				array(
+					'key' => 'sp_format',
+					'value' => 'number',
+					'compare' => 'NOT EXISTS',
+				),
+				array(
+					'key' => 'sp_format',
+					'value' => array( 'equation', 'text' ),
+					'compare' => 'NOT IN',
+				),
+			),
 		);
 		$stats = get_posts( $args );
 
diff --git a/includes/class-sp-player.php b/includes/class-sp-player.php
index fd2ea4c4..659698b6 100644
--- a/includes/class-sp-player.php
+++ b/includes/class-sp-player.php
@@ -125,6 +125,19 @@ class SP_Player extends SP_Custom_Post {
 			'posts_per_page' => 100,
 			'orderby' => 'menu_order',
 			'order' => 'ASC',
+			'meta_query' => array(
+        		'relation' => 'OR',
+				array(
+					'key' => 'sp_format',
+					'value' => 'number',
+					'compare' => 'NOT EXISTS',
+				),
+				array(
+					'key' => 'sp_format',
+					'value' => array( 'equation', 'text' ),
+					'compare' => 'NOT IN',
+				),
+			),
 		);
 
 		$posts = get_posts( $args );
diff --git a/includes/sp-core-functions.php b/includes/sp-core-functions.php
index 1e59f388..79124e62 100644
--- a/includes/sp-core-functions.php
+++ b/includes/sp-core-functions.php
@@ -936,7 +936,26 @@ if ( !function_exists( 'sp_column_checklist' ) ) {
 				<?php
 				$posts = get_pages( array( 'post_type' => $meta, 'number' => 0 ) );
 				if ( empty( $posts ) ):
-					$query = array( 'post_type' => $meta, 'numberposts' => -1, 'post_per_page' => -1, 'order' => 'ASC', 'orderby' => 'menu_order' );
+					$query = array(
+						'post_type' => $meta,
+						'numberposts' => -1,
+						'post_per_page' => -1,
+						'order' => 'ASC',
+						'orderby' => 'menu_order',
+						'meta_query' => array(
+			        		'relation' => 'OR',
+							array(
+								'key' => 'sp_format',
+								'value' => 'number',
+								'compare' => 'NOT EXISTS',
+							),
+							array(
+								'key' => 'sp_format',
+								'value' => array( 'equation', 'text' ),
+								'compare' => 'NOT IN',
+							),
+						),
+					);
 					$posts = get_posts( $query );
 				endif;
 				if ( sizeof( $posts ) ):