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Admin Area Custom Type Search By Meta Fields Without Title & Content
I have a custom post type that uses several meta fields. In the admin area I would like to be able to search by those meta fields. I have implemented this currently in my functions.php with this code:
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How to get_terms() only of terms matching an ACF meta value?
My custom taxonomy "company" has an Advanced Custom Fields field group with fields including a Checkbox, "tags". (This adds to each "company" term fields including "tags", which accepts multiple ...
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Order wp_query by calculated field
Hi I'm working on a store locator.
I have a custom post "clinics" where I save clinic details (address,.., lat, lng). Each time I publish a new clinic I save post_id, lat and lng also in a custom ...
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wp_query->max_num_pages always returns 0 on custom post type
Hi there I am developing a theme where I have to load some posts with ajax, in my index page everything works properly, the problem is when I need to use it on custom post type, I pass the values for ...
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Extending WP_Query — Optimise SQL query
I'm storing posts, a user follows in a custom table that has the columns id, post_id and user_id. To fetch posts that a user follows I have extended the WP_Query as follows:
class ...
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Correct processing of `$_POST`, following WordPress Coding Standards
Background
I'm building a project that according to the specifications need to follow the WordPress Coding Standards. I am using phpcs to scan my code.
If I try to pass $_POST-data into a function ...
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get_post_meta returning empty string when data shows in the database
I'm absolutely stumped and I'm hoping this is something stupid that I just can't see because I'm too close to it.
Working on an LMS using Sensei. Trying to get the course_id from a lesson. Pretty ...
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WP_Query min and max values
I'm building a houses class and I want to filter these houses with a query. But don't get any results:
Example house:
Min price: 10
Max price (field not required): empty
I've a price filter ...
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publish_post action hook doesn't give post_meta_data
I write the following function to get the post data on publish post but i see that post_meta is not available, its always empty. How do i retrieve the post meta data of a post on publish_post hook?
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How do I order pages and categories by ID or name in the same query?
I would like to query most of my pages and categories on the homepage. So far I am able to get the pages and category (posts), but I cannot order the list the way I want to. I want to be able to get a ...
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Get page content by category or tag
I'm trying to sort of emulate the Views behaviour in Drupal with WordPress, but doing it in theme templates.
Now, I have pages that are assembled by using wp_query in the template to get posts ...
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How do I manage custom meta in post revisions in the Block Editor era?
Note to admins: I have been trawling every possible resource for this but cannot find a good answer for modern WordPress, so please don't mark this as a duplicate of ("insert some answer from ...
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ACF won't load from a custom JSON location
I’m trying to set up local json sync with ACF on a multisite installation. It worked with the default acf-json folder in the child theme, but I’d like to save and load everything from the parent theme....
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How to save a ToggleControl value in a meta field?
I registered a boolean meta field called _meta_restrict in a custom post type:
PHP:
function register_meta_fields() {
register_post_meta( 'custom_post_type', '_meta_restrict', array(
'...
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ACF Upload Image in repeater from front-end with custom form? - add_post_meta()
I want to upload images in the ACF repeater. That repeater means the gallery of page.
Point is to create post in custom post type using add_post_meta() method.
Here I have the form :
<input type=...