Showing fields in page template and category.php

• mitohat

• January 25, 2020 at 5:25 am

Hi!

I have a page template called “Additions” and i have created “Additions” Field Group and fields show properly both in WP dashboard and on frontend page.
But, i would wish to show those same fields (values filled on Additions page) on blog category page (which is using category.php).

So, in field group options i have selected, beside Additions page template, all taxonomies (because i want to show those fields on all category pages) but they dont show up… I have also tried “Post Category”, “Post Taxonomy” but those fields just dont want to show up on category page…

• John Huebner

• January 26, 2020 at 2:15 am

Do you want to add values to the category or do you want to show the values from each post on the category page?

• mitohat

• January 27, 2020 at 5:06 am

Hi John,

thank you for getting back to me, it means a lot.
I would like whatever content i enter on “Additions” page to show up, not only on Additions page, but also on category.php and single.php page.

In additions page i am using this to echo the content:

    <?php
    $call_to_action = get_field('call_to_action');
    if( $call_to_action ): ?>
    <div class="cta" style="background-image:url('<?php echo $call_to_action['image']; ?>')">
        <div class="container">
            <div class="row">
                <div class="col-12">
                    <div class="card text-center">
                        <h1><?php echo $call_to_action['title']; ?></h1>
                        <h3><?php echo $call_to_action['subtitle']; ?></h3>
                        <a href="<?php echo esc_url( $call_to_action['link']['url'] ); ?>" class="btn btn-primary"><?php echo esc_html( $call_to_action['link']['title'] ); ?></a>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
    <?php endif; ?>

But since i am just starting with PHP i really dont know how to show it on those pages as well… I tried following this article https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/how-to-get-values-from-another-post/ but i really dont know how to implement this…

Any help would mean a lot…

Thanks!

• John Huebner

• January 27, 2020 at 5:34 am

As long as you’re in “The Loop” (https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/basics/the-loop/) that is showing posts you show fields on a category page the same way you show them on a single page.

// the category page should have a loop
while (have_posts()) {
  the_post();
  // as long as you show the field here it should work
  the_field('some-field-name');
}

• mitohat

• January 27, 2020 at 9:43 am

I understand, those fields will show up on “Additions” because field group is created for Additions template.

But if i paste this code into category.php, nothing shows up…
How can i tell ACF to display entered values from Addition page on category page as well?

English isnt my first language so i dont know am i explaining it properly 😀