Reply To: Auto Fill Related Post objects

• scheurta

• April 14, 2015 at 7:05 am

Untested but here’s something to get you started:

$post_objects = get_field( 'testimonials_related' );

if ( $post_objects ) {
	// your normal stuff here..
} else {
	// no post objects found, query the post type for 4 random posts
	// you should cache this query with either the object cache or transients api
	// http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/183698/way-to-cache-a-query-for-24-hrs
	$current_post_id = get_the_id();
	$testimonials = new WP_Query(
		'post_type' => 'testimonials',
		'post_status' => 'publish',
		'posts_per_page' => 4,
		'orderby' => 'rand',
		'post__not_in' => array( $current_post_id ) // exclude the current post
	);
	
	if ( $testimonials->have_posts() ) {
		while ( $testimonials->have_posts() ) {
			$testimonials->the_post();
			// display the posts...
		}
		wp_reset_postdata();
	}
}