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How to display a number of posts based on a Advanced Custom Field (ACF)

Found an answer to my question using the ACF plugin get_field function (http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/functions/get_field/) to retrieve the value of the custom field, save it as a variable and then use it as part of the query_post parameters: <!– Modify query object –> <?php $num_news = get_field(“number_news”, 523); // number of news items to feature query_posts(‘showposts=”.$num_news.”&post_type=news’); ?> … Read more

Adding a custom field to do_shortcode [closed]

There’s a general convention in WordPress: functions prefixed with the_ will echo a value functions prefixed with get_ or get_the_ will return a value In your case you need to use get_sub_field() instead of the_sub_field() eg: echo do_shortcode( get_sub_field( ‘slideshare’ ) ); The documentation on the ACF site is very comprehensive: http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/functions/get_sub_field/ NOTE: In your … Read more

Query by radio button ACF

I tried with regular meta_key – meta_value pair and it works as it should… $name = get_the_title(get_the_ID()); $args = array( ‘post_type’ => ‘project’, ‘posts_per_page’ => -1, ‘meta_key’ => ‘program’, ‘meta_value’ => $name, ); $projects_q = new WP_Query($args);

Pulling in content from another page [closed]

Look into get_children() <?php $children = get_children( array( ‘post_parent’ => get_the_ID() ) ); if ( $children ) { foreach( $children as $child ) { ?> <li> <?php the_field( ‘content’, $child->ID ); ?> </li> <?php }

Using WP meta query to show custom post types by a start and finish date

The query will by default GROUP BY the post ID, meaning that a post will only appear once in the list. You can remove that GROUP BY pretty easily with a filter: add_filter(‘posts_groupby’,’__return_empty_string’); $events = new WP_Query($args); remove_filter(‘posts_groupby’,’__return_empty_string’); That might get you what you want. It is a bit hard to tell. Without the GROUP … Read more

Remove Post if Advanced Custom Field is checked to fix paging

Use WP_Query instead, and you can use the meta_key / meta_value parameters: <?php $paged = (get_query_var(‘paged’)) ? get_query_var(‘paged’) : 1; $args = array( ‘cat’ => 10, ‘paged’ => $paged, ‘posts_per_page’ => 12, ‘post_status’ => ‘any’, ‘order’ => ‘ASC’, ‘meta_key’ => ‘archived’, ‘meta_value’ => ‘true’ ); $posts = new WP_Query($args); ?> <?php while($posts->have_posts()): $posts->the_post(); ?> <?php … Read more

Get All In One SEO Pack to use custom field instead of Content

You can not specify which field, but you can use the filter *aioseop_description* to do whatever you want with the description before presenting. So technically, you can use your custom field as follows (untested) : add_filter(‘aioseop_description’,’my_custom_description’); global $post; function my_custom_description($text) { $mycustomseo = get_post_meta($post->ID, ‘my_custom_field’, true); return $mycustomseo; } Replace *my_custom_field* with your custom field. … Read more

Building large multi-section pages with Advanced Custom Fields

This is a pretty open-ended question. And I’m not sure I fully understand what you’re shooting for. You could go about this any number of ways. Whichever way you choose will ultimately depend on you weighing the pros and cons of each and how your client will want to be in control of the layouts. … Read more

Including Custom fields within the_content

I thought of creating a shortcode to insert into the content of the post, but while I can create one that includes just text, when I put the above code into the shortcode.php file, it breaks. Your code outputs data to the screen. You can’t do that with filters like the_content. You need to concatenate … Read more

Check for duplicate custom field value before running wp_insert_post

You can run a WP_query using meta_key and meta_value args Take a look here WP_User_Query If the result is non – empty – you know you have a duplicate!

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