Reply To: WP_Query with user array field

• monacofrancisco

• March 6, 2018 at 9:19 am

Hi! I just found this and it is EXACTLY what I need. Let me explain the scenario:

I’m creating a shop where customers have access to a page where they can see some products that are assigned to them.

So, naturally, I created a “User” field for the “product” post type, with the possibility (this is required) to assign multiple users, and to filter them by the “client” role. I assigned my test user to some of my test products and proceeded to create my loop. Here it is:

<?php
    // The Query
    $args = array(
        'post_type'  => 'product',
        'meta_key'   => 'assign_client',
        'meta_value' => '2'
    );
    $the_query = new WP_Query( $args );

    // The Loop
    if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
        echo '<ul>';
        while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
            $the_query->the_post();
            echo '<li>' . get_the_title() . '</li>';
        }
        echo '</ul>';
    } else {
        // no posts found
    }
    /* Restore original Post Data */
    wp_reset_postdata();
?>

As you can see, the name of my field is “assign_client” and my user’s ID is 2 (I was planning on using get_current_user_id() so it would filter by the logged in user). Evidently, it failed.

That’s when I found this entry. Now, I understand (I think) the overall idea of the “Relationship” field, what I don’t get is how to assign a user to a post type through it. I changed my “assign_client” field to “Relationship”, but on the product page, all you can select through are post types, not users.

Can you give me a hint on this? Thank you in advance!
Francisco