Hi,
I have a template page where ACF is applied to.
On that page I would like to visualise all Custom Posts of a certain Custom Posts Type “Vacancies”. This is how i accomplish that:
<?php
$args = array( 'post_type' => 'Vacancies');
$loop = new WP_Query( $args );
while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();
get_template_part( 'template-parts/vacancies', get_post_format() );
endwhile;
?>
Now underneath this code I would like to visualise some extra text so I’ve made some extra Custom Fields. Then I insert this code underneath above Custom Post Type code block:
<?php if(the_field('vacancy-section-2-title')){
echo the_field('vacancy-section-2-title');
} ?>
But the extra text is not showing on my page. I’m sure it has something to do with the Custom Post Type code block because when I remove it or I move the extra Custom Fields to the top it works.
Why is this happening? Does new WP_Query change something so Custom Fields isn’t working anymore underneath it?
I was 5 minutes to early to post the question above as I’ve found the solutions after looking into WordPress Manual.
Seems that if you call another post_type (in my case vacancies) with new WP_Query, WordPress is opening that (lexical) post_type environment. This means that most functions like ACF’s the_field() will try to look inside the custom post type “Vacancies” if the custom field “vacancy-section-2-title” exists. Obvious it’s not so i need to “Reset the Query” back to the original one.
The solution is putting this function wp_reset_query() at the end of the custom posts loop.
<?php
$args = array( 'post_type' => 'Vacancies');
$loop = new WP_Query( $args );
while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();
get_template_part( 'template-parts/vacancies', get_post_format() );
endwhile;
wp_reset_query()
?>
Hope it helps other people in the future!
