Using acf/fields/post_object/query with subfields/repeater

• benwakeford

• September 1, 2017 at 9:51 pm

Hi

I have the following filter which sorts a Page Link dropdown in date order and does a couple of other things too:

function relationship_options_filter($args, $field, $post_id) {
  $args['post_status']  = array('publish'); // Hide drafts
  $args['post__not_in'] = array($post_id); // Hide current post
  $args['order']        = 'DESC';
  $args['orderby']      = 'date';
  return $args;
}
add_filter('acf/fields/post_object/query/name=related_project', 'relationship_options_filter', 10, 3);

Works fine for regular fields, but I can’t get it to work for subfields on repeaters. My guess from this page:

https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/acf-fields-post_object-query/

was try using the field key (obtained looking at phpMyAdmin), but that would appear to be a reference to the repeater itself (and doesn’t work, neither does using the name, eg: homepage_news_news_items_0_link). I’m a bit hazy around what to try next.

Anyone have any pointers?

Thanks in advance!

Ben

• Keith Lock

• September 3, 2017 at 10:51 am

Hi Ben,

I was unable to duplicate the issue you are having. I was able to successfully use your filter verbatim when my field was and wasn’t a subfield in a repeater.

However, the filter: acf/fields/post_object/query is meant for the Post Object type, not the Page Link type. So… it shouldn’t have worked at all for you, subfield or not, if using a Page Link field, right?

Are you able to switch to a Post Object instead without having to change too much else around?

• benwakeford

• September 4, 2017 at 11:39 pm

I can’t believe I did that.

Of course it should be a Post Object; the original usage was a Post Object. I think that somehow because they behave the same in the editor I was blinded by the obviousness of it.

Thanks Keith!

For anyone else who has this issue, I did find that only the key of the subfield itself, not the name worked for me.