I have created a custom post type for ‘Rentals’, in which my client can enter their apartment buildings. Each rental property (apartment building) post has a repeater field, in which individual apartments for rent can be listed. One of the subfields is a number, reflecting the monthly rent. A rental property may have 1 available apartment or it could have 3.
The client wants to list each available apartment by to the rent — not according to the property location. So the output might ultimately look like this:
Property A : Apartment 2 : 500
Property B : Apartment 1 : 650
Property A : Apartment 1 : 675
Property C : Apartment 3 : 700
etc.
I’ve tried meta queries, but it’s pretty easy to see why it’s not working; I’m sorting independent of the post itself, and that’s proving a problem. If I’d known they’d ask for it this way, I’d have done it differently — but it’s done now.
Can someone point me in the right direction to make this work?
I don’t mind adding in pre_get and filters if necessary, but I haven’t worked with them before — so some guidance would be very appreciated.
Hi @jeangoodwyn
For something like that, I’m afraid you need to use wpdb class instead. This page should give you more idea about it: https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/wpdb.
Keep in mind that repeater field has a unique naming system for the meta key. This page should give you more idea about it: http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/repeater/#faq.
Another approach is to create a custom post type too for the apartment too, so you can easily query it, and it’ll be flexible for further customization.
I hope this makes sense. Thanks!
