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• Nino88

• January 6, 2016 at 1:32 pm

Hello there!

I am working on a website i have totally no problem using ACF. However i do have a question. When you create a custom post type in the functions.php of the theme directory you can create a simple WP_Query loop with the post_type the name of that custom post type and some arrays.

The problem is.. i have created a OPTIONS page instead of a custom post field.. inside that page i have created ACF repeater with a image, title and description.

Now i want to loop that content but it is not working with a default LOOP.. for the custom post type.

this is my page custom options page:

if( function_exists('acf_add_options_page') ) {
	$page = acf_add_options_page(array(
		'page_title' 	=> 'Course Settings',
		'menu_title' 	=> 'Courses',
		'menu_slug' 	=> 'course-settings',
		'capability' 	=> 'edit_posts',
		'icon_url'	 	=> 'dashicons-megaphone', 
		'position' 		=> 5,
		'redirect' 	=> false
	));
}

It works perfect.. but how can i LOOP a options page instead of a custom post type?

So.. how would would you loop.. a custom page instead of a custom post type?

Thanks in advance for the help!

Regards,
Nino

• James

• January 6, 2016 at 4:40 pm

Hi @nino88,

You need “option” as the second parameter of the have_rows() function. Please take a look at this page: http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/get-values-from-an-options-page/.

Hope this helps.

• Nino88

• January 6, 2016 at 11:15 pm

Hi!

Great thanks. So i have one more question, a WP_Query loop will not work with an options page but only with a custom post type?

So is there any huge difference between a loop and a repeater?

So there is no good and bad for both of it?

Regards,
Nino

• James

• January 7, 2016 at 4:06 pm

Hi @nino88,

Yes, WP_Query won’t work with options page because it isn’t a post. Please take a look at this page to learn more about WP_Query: https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query.

WP_Query is a way for WordPress to get your posts or custom posts. A repeater is a custom field that you can add inside posts, custom posts, options page, etc. So you can use WP_Query to get the posts you want and then get the repeater inside that posts using have_rows() function. This page should give you more idea about it: http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/repeater/

I hope this makes sense.