Multiple Post Object in Group

• aryanraj

• October 20, 2022 at 11:08 am

Hi, I have created a post selector group post_grid with 5 post objects each will output single post. Post object fields are:

ep_review
ranking
news
games
manga

However, the following code not seems to work and output the current page.

// Shortcode  [post_grid]
if ( ! function_exists('post_grid_shortcode') ) {
    function post_grid_shortcode( $atts ){

	global $post;

if( have_rows('post_grid') ):
   while( have_rows('post_grid') ): the_row(); 

$featured_posts = get_sub_field('news');
if( $featured_posts ):
  
   // foreach( $featured_posts as $featured_post ): 
        $permalink = get_permalink( $featured_post->ID );
        $title = get_the_title( $featured_post->ID );
		?>
       
            <a href="<?php echo esc_url( $permalink ); ?>"><?php echo esc_html( $title ); ?></a>
			<?php
	//endforeach;
	endif;

endwhile;
endif;

	}
	
}
add_shortcode('post_grid', 'post_grid_shortcode');

I am taking help from https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/group/ to create the group and https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/post-object/ to output post object with get_sub_field()

I have tried both setup_postdata and without setup_postdata code for post object. ANy help would be really appreciated.

• aryanraj

• October 20, 2022 at 11:10 am

Here is the current setup in screenshot:

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• aryanraj

• October 20, 2022 at 12:11 pm

This code seems to work but output sample-page and few blank HTML. It seems like i am missing something simple.

// Shortcode  [post_grid]
if ( ! function_exists('post_grid_shortcode') ) {
    function post_grid_shortcode( $atts ){

	global $post;

if( have_rows('post_grid') ):
  while( have_rows('post_grid') ): the_row(); 

// 2
$featured_posts = get_sub_field('ranking');
if( $featured_posts ): 
    
	//
	foreach( $featured_posts as $post ): 
	setup_postdata($post);

	//foreach( $featured_posts as $featured_post ): 
		$permalink = get_permalink( $featured_post->ID );
        $title = get_the_title( $featured_post->ID );

		?>
		<a href="<?php echo esc_url( $permalink ); ?>" class="10"><?php echo esc_html( $title ); ?></a>
		<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" class="11"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
    <?php 
    
	//endforeach;

endforeach;
wp_reset_postdata();
	//

 endif;

//2
endwhile;
endif;

	}
	
}
add_shortcode('post_grid', 'post_grid_shortcode');

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• John Huebner

• October 20, 2022 at 1:02 pm

Is you post object field set to allow multiple selections?

If not then the field will return a single post object, not an array of posts, so you do not need to loop over what is returned.

• aryanraj

• October 20, 2022 at 1:11 pm

Hi, it not allow multiple selections, single selection for each post object (shared in 2nd reply).

Here what i have tried, seems to work now:

// Shortcode  [post_grid]
if ( ! function_exists('post_grid_shortcode') ) {
    function post_grid_shortcode( $atts ){

	global $post;

if( have_rows('post_grid') ):
  while( have_rows('post_grid') ): the_row(); 

// 2
$featured_posts = get_sub_field('ranking');
if( $featured_posts ): 
    
        $permalinkx = get_permalink( $featured_posts->ID );
        $titlex = get_the_title( $featured_posts->ID );

		$permalink = get_the_permalink();
		$title = get_the_title();
		
		echo '<a href="'.$permalink.'" class="11">'.$title.'</a>';
        echo '<a href="'.$permalinkx.'" class="11">'.$titlex.'</a>';
		

 endif;

//2
endwhile;
endif;

	}
	
}
add_shortcode('post_grid', 'post_grid_shortcode');