Trying to display posts related to other posts

• chrisdasie

• January 25, 2015 at 2:56 am

I’m trying to loop each individual client (custom post type) to the related content. I’m using the relationship as my custom post type to make the association. But now I’m looking to generate a page where I can see the client name and the associated other posts. This is the code so far. I can’t seem to figure out out to make a for each client loop that separates out the associated posts that relate to each client.

<?php 

// get only first 3 results
$clients = get_field('attach_to_client');

$query = new WP_Query(array(
	'post_type'      	=> 'any',
	'posts_per_page'	=> 10,
	'post__in'		=> $clients,
	'post_status'		=> 'any',
	'orderby'        	=> 'modified',
));

?>
<h3><?php get_field( 'clients' ) ?></h3>	
<?php
if ($query->have_posts()) :
	while($query->have_posts()) :
		$query->the_post();
?>

<ul>
	<li><?php the_title(); ?></li>
</ul>

<?php
      endwhile;
   else: 
?>

      Oops, there are no posts.

<?php
   endif;
?>

The format I’m looking for a loop that does this as a foreach client:

Client Name
Associated posts titles

• ractoon

• January 25, 2015 at 8:34 am

Couple things:

1. On get_field in this manner you may need to pass two additional parameters according to the docs at http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/relationship/
2. Sometimes post_type => 'any' fails, so might be worth a shot with a set array just to test

<?php 
$ids = get_field('attach_to_client', false, false);

$query = new WP_Query(array(
	'post_type'      	=> array('post','page'),
	'posts_per_page'	=> 10,
	'post__in'		=> $ids,
	'post_status'		=> 'any',
        'orderby'        	=> 'modified',
));
?>
<h3><?php get_field( 'clients' ) ?></h3>	
<?php if ($query->have_posts()) : ?>
<ul>
<?php
	while($query->have_posts()) :
		$query->the_post();
?>
	<li><?php the_title(); ?></li>

<?php endwhile; ?>
</ul>
<?php else: ?>

      <p>Oops, there are no posts.</p>

<?php
   endif;
?>

• chrisdasie

• January 25, 2015 at 9:41 am

Is there a way to add a foreach client loop around so that the posts separate out based on which custom post (clients) they are associated with?

• chrisdasie

• January 26, 2015 at 3:51 am

Here is what I have so far. I’m able to see all the clients from my custom post type and all the posts attached to clients. However, I want it to only show the posts relating to a particular client. I’m not sure what I’m missing.

The ‘attach_to_client’ is the relationship function to the custom post type of ‘clients’.

<?php 
   $loop = new WP_Query( array( 'post_type' => 'clients', 'posts_per_page' => 10 ) );
   $ids = get_field('attach_to_client', false, false);

   $query = new WP_Query(array(
	'post_type'      	=> array('research', 'project_brief','persona','task_models', 'user_stories', 'style_guide'),
	'posts_per_page'	=> -1,
	'post__in'		=> $ids,
	'post_status'		=> 'any',
    'orderby'        	=> 'modified',
));
 ?>
<?php if($loop->have_posts()) : ?>
<?php while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post(); ?>
<div class="postbox-container postbox">
<h3><?php the_title(); ?></h3>	
<?php if ($query->have_posts()) : ?>
<ul>
<?php
	while($query->have_posts()) :
		$query->the_post();
?>
	<li><?php the_title(); ?></li>

<?php endwhile; ?>
</ul>
<?php else: ?>

      <p>Oops, there are no posts.</p>

<?php endif; ?>
</div>
<?php endwhile; endif; wp_reset_query(); ?>

• ractoon

• January 26, 2015 at 3:20 pm

Oh, you’ll probably want to put the query for the attached posts inside the loop and pass the ID. Maybe something like:

<?php 
$loop = new WP_Query( array( 'post_type' => 'clients', 'posts_per_page' => 10 ) );
?>
<?php if($loop->have_posts()) : ?>
<?php while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post(); ?>
<div class="postbox-container postbox">
<h3><?php the_title(); ?></h3>	

<?php
$ids = get_field('attach_to_client', $loop->ID);

$query = new WP_Query(array(
	'post_type'      	=> array('research', 'project_brief','persona','task_models', 'user_stories', 'style_guide'),
	'posts_per_page'	=> -1,
	'post__in'				=> $ids,
	'post_status'			=> 'any',
  'orderby'       	=> 'modified',
));
?>

<?php if ($query->have_posts()) : ?>
<ul>
<?php
	while($query->have_posts()) :
		$query->the_post();
?>
	<li><?php the_title(); ?></li>

<?php endwhile; ?>
</ul>
<?php else: ?>

      <p>Oops, there are no posts.</p>

<?php endif; ?>
</div>
<?php endwhile; endif; wp_reset_query(); ?>