Relationship Fields

• tannerwest

• April 4, 2017 at 12:20 am

I want to start out by saying I’m not an expert with php, but I’m slowing learning. With that said, I am using the Genesis Framework to build a website, and with Genesis is a widget to display posts. This widget allows me to exclude any previously displayed posts on the same page.

I’m using 2 Relationship fields to allow the user to select posts to be featured on the top of the homepage, and the widget should show a select number of posts excluding any posts listed on the page. My posts show up like I want them too, but the Genesis widget isn’t excluding the posts I’ve selected to be featured. Here is my code:

function magazine_featured_articles() { ?>
	<div class="fa_grid ">
		<div class="fa_wrapper wrap grid-4">
		<?php
		$main_post = get_field('main_featured_article', 'option');

		if( $main_post ): ?>

			<div class="fa_module fa-big-thumb">
				<?php
				// get the current post in the loop
				global $post;
				foreach( $main_post as $post): ?>
				<?php setup_postdata($main_post); ?>
					<div class="fa-module-thumb">
						<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
							<?php the_post_thumbnail( 'featured-image' ); ?>
						</a>
					</div>
					<div class="fa-meta-info">
						<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
						<div class="big-grid-title"><h3><?php the_title(); ?></h3></div>
						</a>
					</div>
				<?php endforeach; ?>
			</div>
		<?php wp_reset_postdata();
	endif; ?>

	<? $featured_post = get_field('featured_articles', 'option');

	if( $featured_post ): ?>

			<div class="fa-grid-scroll">
				<?php foreach( $featured_post as $post): ?>
					<?php setup_postdata($featured_post); ?>
					<div class="fa_module fa-small-thumb">
						<div class="fa-module-thumb">
							<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
								<?php the_post_thumbnail( 'featured-image' ); ?>
							</a>
						</div>
						<div class="fa-meta-info">
							<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
							<div class="big-grid-title"><h3><?php the_title(); ?></h3></div>
							</a>
						</div>
					</div>
				<?php endforeach; ?>
			</div>
			<?php wp_reset_postdata();
			endif; ?>
		</div>
	</div>
<?php }

I’m assuming that I need to run the above through the WP_Query but I’m not sure how to, or maybe there is a better way of doing this all together. I’m open to suggestions. Thank you in advance!