Get Taxonomy Name in loop

• ahateleybrowne

• May 24, 2021 at 12:58 pm

For some reason, I cannot get my taxonomy field to return anything within a nested WP_Query loop. I have a field-and-discipline taxonomy field on Staff custom post types. When I bring up a Staff in a WP_Query loop, I can recall any field I want from that post, except a taxonomy field.

     $args = array(
          'post__in' => $staffID,
          'posts_per_page' => -1,
          'post_type' => 'staff'
      );

      $staffProfiles = new WP_Query($args);

      if($staffProfiles->have_posts()):

          while ($staffProfiles->have_posts()) : $staffProfiles->the_post();

              $id = get_the_ID();
              $staffTitle = get_field('title', $id);
              $staffName = get_the_title();
              $discipline = get_field('teaching_disciplines', $id);

              print_r($discipline); // Returns nothing

          endwhile;

      endif;

      wp_reset_postdata(); 

Not sure what I’m overlooking here. It works perfectly fine in the loop.

• John Huebner

• May 28, 2021 at 5:08 am

I don’t see anything in the code your provided that looks like a problem.

Is the taxonomy field a sub field of some other field?

What is the return value set to for the taxonomy field?

Is it returning anyghing? try var_dump($discipline);