Use custom field of category in WP query

• tischlr

• August 22, 2020 at 7:10 pm

Hey,

i have a custom colorfield in my categories, where i want to save a color and use it for background in a common wp_query.

<ul class="list-latest <?php echo $columns; ?>">
						
						<?php $the_query = new WP_Query( 'posts_per_page=5' ); ?>
						<?php while ($the_query -> have_posts()) : $the_query -> the_post(); ?>

						<li>
							<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">
								<div class="image">
									<?php the_post_thumbnail( 'thumb-normal-l', array( 'class' => 'responsive-img' ) ); ?>
								</div>
								<div class="content">
									<?php 
										$category = get_the_category();
									?>
									<span class="category-name" style="background: COLOR HERE ?>">
										<?php echo $category[0]->cat_name; ?>
									</span>
									<span class="post-title"><?php the_title(); ?></span>
								</div>
							</a>
						</li>				

						<?php endwhile;	wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
					</ul>

I have no ideas, how I can realize that. Anyone any suggestions?

• vipstephan

• August 26, 2020 at 5:18 am

Check out the documentation for get_field(), specifically the section titled “Get a value from different objects”. You should be able to get the value from a field assigned to a category by passing the category ID as second parameter:

$color = get_field( 'my_field', $category[0]->cat_id );
…
echo($color);