Custom post content to display in a normal post?

Question

Is it possible to display custom post content in a normal Wordpress post?

For example I have created a custom post type called Games Database, it is populated with game boxart, title, genre, platform, publisher, developer, review score and release date. Now when I create a new (normal) wordpress post I want to be able to select a game from a drop down menu that the post relates to, for instance if I'm writing a post about Mario Galaxy 2 I would want to select that game from my database and then when I view the post on the website I want to be able to see a widget display with all of the games details.

Is it possible to do this?

Answer 1

Solution #1 - home brew

You could

• add a metabox using add_meta_box() ^{Example on the bottom of that link}.
• In your MetaBox callback you could add a Query like this one, but for posts
• Then use the jQuery UI Autocomplete plugin that is shipped with WordPress like explained in that answer.

Solution #2 - from the super market

But you could as well use "Posts2Posts" which can be found

• in the official repo on wp.org
• or on GitHub where you'll find extensive tutorials in the Wiki and help in the questions/issues list.