Display flexible content on category archive page

• rikardo85

• August 26, 2016 at 1:32 am

Hello,

I created some flexible content fields to use on pages and category archive pages.

I have no issues with displaying the fields on pages but I’m having issues displaying the fields on category archive pages.

The code I’m using is below:

<?php if( have_rows('page_modules', $here) ):
	while ( have_rows('page_modules', $here) ) : the_row();	
		// TOP SLIDER
			if( get_row_layout() == 'image_slider'):
				require 'modules/top-slider.php';
			endif;
						
		// IMAGE/VIDEO/TEXT 
			if( get_row_layout() == 'image_video_text' ): 
				require 'modules/image-video-text.php';
			endif;

	endwhile;
	endif; ?>

I’ve tried using the following code below on archive.php to display the category flexible content values. The results that are generated are from my home page….

<?php
	$categories = get_the_category();
	$category_id = $categories[0]->cat_ID;
			
          if( have_rows('page_modules', $category_id) ):
		while ( have_rows('page_modules', $category_id) ) : the_row();	
			// TOP SLIDER
			if( get_row_layout() == 'image_slider'):
				require 'modules/top-slider.php';
			endif;
						
			// IMAGE/VIDEO/TEXT 
			if( get_row_layout() == 'image_video_text' ): 
				require 'modules/image-video-text.php';
			endif;

		endwhile;
	endif; ?>

Any ideas on how I can display flexible content on category archive pages?

Any help much appreciated

Thanks

• John Huebner

• August 26, 2016 at 2:10 am

The post id for ACF is "{$taxonomy}_{$term_id}"

$object = get_queried_object();
$post_id = $object->taxonomy.'_'.$object->term_id;

• rikardo85

• August 26, 2016 at 6:09 pm

John,

Thanks for the reply. Works a treat!

Thanks again.

• revive

• April 16, 2021 at 6:53 am

I have a similar issue, though with multiple Flexible Content loops on the Category page.

My goal is to just get the first ‘paragraph’ content type for each post (these are custom post types with specific content defined for them, via ACF.

So, if I use:

<p class="lead">	
	<?php if (have_rows('flexible_content_types')): ?>

		<?php while (have_rows('flexible_content_types')): the_row(); ?>

			<?php if (get_row_layout() == 'paragraph_content'): ?>
				<?php echo truncate( get_sub_field('content' ), 120); ?>
     		<?php break; ?>
			<?php endif; ?>

		<?php endwhile; ?>

	<?php  else: ?>
		NO CONTENT
	<?php  endif; ?>
</p>

It works, for the FIRST ONE.. then I run another loop:

<?php
	$featured = get_posts( array(
		'post_type' 		=> 'post',
		'numberposts'		=> 2,
		'tag' 			=> 'featured',
		'cat'                 => 3,
		'ignore_sticky_posts' => 1,					
		'offset'			=> 0
	));
		if ( $featured ): ?>
			<?php foreach( $featured as $post ):  setup_postdata( $post ); ?>
... etc.. and run flex content loop here...

and use the same flexible content loop from above.. doesn’t work on the second, third, etc. loops.

Any ideas? What am I doing wrong here?

IF I use the recommended code from above:

$object = get_queried_object();
$post_id = $object->taxonomy.’_’.$object->term_id;

Then one of the flexible content loops works, the others do not…

any suggestions ?

• revive

• April 16, 2021 at 6:56 am

Interestingly, the 1st post, of the SECOND loop for the flexible content DOES show the paragraph.. it’s just any consecutive posts in that get_posts loop, that don’t show the paragraph.

• revive

• April 16, 2021 at 7:06 am

If I remove the <?php break; ?> from the flex content loop, they all work, BUT if there is more than one paragraph content type, they’ll all show

• revive

• April 16, 2021 at 7:10 am

Ok, solved it.
Changed:

<?php if (get_row_layout() == 'paragraph_content'): ?>

To:

<?php if (get_row_layout() == 'paragraph_content' && get_row_index() == 1): ?>

and removed the break… all works as it should. No need for putting post, or cat, IDs in the fields!