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  • Hi,

    I would like to display a few (related) posts from a custom post type by matching a custom field from the currently viewed ingle post.

    So I have a Group field setup for Location Details (listing_location_details).
    Within this group I have a select dropdown with predefined options for counties/states (listing_location_county).

    I would like to display 4 posts that have the same county as the currently viewed post. I am using a custom single post template.

    Here is my code at the moment which doesn’t display anything.

    <?php
    	add_action( 'astra_entry_content_after', 'add_related_listings' );
    	function add_related_listings() {
    		
    		echo '<h1>Related Listings</h1>';
    
    		global $post; 
    
    		// get the value without the formatting so we can search it in the database
    		$location_county = get_sub_field('listing_location_county', $post->ID, false);
    				
    		$args = array(
    			'numberposts' => 4,
    			'post_type'   => 'post_type_listings',
    			'meta_key'    => 'listing_location_details_listing_location_county',
    			'meta_value'  => $location_county,
    		);
    
    		$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
    		?>
    		
    		<?php if( $the_query->have_posts() ): ?>
    			<ul>
    			<?php while( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>
    				<li>
    					<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
    						<?php the_title(); ?>
    					</a>
    				</li>
    			<?php endwhile; ?>
    			</ul>
    		<?php endif; ?>			
    		
    		<?php wp_reset_query();	 // Restore global post data stomped by the_post().
    		
    	};
    ?>

    I have tried hard coding the meta_value to a county that I know has posts, but do not get any results either.

    Any help would be appreciated, thank you.

  • This solved my issue: https://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/show-wordpress-related-posts-with-taxonomy-and-a-custom-post-type–cms-32303

    $productterms = get_the_terms( get_the_ID(), 'listing_location'  );
    
    	if( $productterms ) {	             
    	    $producttermnames[] = 0;	                     
    	    foreach( $productterms as $productterm ) {  	                 
    	        $producttermnames[] = $productterm->name;	             
    	    }	     
    	}
    
    	$args = array (
    	    'post_type' => 'post_type_listings',
    	    'tax_query' => array(
    	        array(
    	            'taxonomy' => 'listing_location',
    	            'field'    => 'slug',
    	            'terms'    => $producttermnames,
    	        ),
    	    ),
    	);
    
    	$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
    	if( $the_query->have_posts() ): ?>
    	     
    	    <section class="product-related-posts">
    	 
    	    <?php echo '<h2>' . __( 'Related Posts', 'tutsplus' ) . '</h2>'; ?>
    	 
    	        <ul class="product-posts">
    	 
    	        <?php while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>
    	         
    	            <li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
    	                 
    	            <?php endwhile; ?>
    	             
    	            <?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
    	         
    	        </ul>
    	         
    	    </section>
    	     
    	<?php endif;
    	
    };	
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