@hube2
Hmm… There has to be something going on with my logic because even if I change the key to a non-existing one, it produces the same result (pulling in 5 posts that aren’t related).
If I change the post_type to story, it pulls in 3 stories, when there is no relation between stories and stories…
<?php
$args = [
'post_type' => 'post',
'ignore_sticky_posts' => 'true',
'meta_query' => [
'key' => 'the_related',
'value' => '"' . get_the_ID() . '"',
'compare' => 'LIKE',
]
];
$related_posts = get_posts($args);
?>
<ul>
<?php foreach($related_posts as $some_post):?>
<li>
<?php echo $some_post->post_title;?>
</li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>
@hube2 I get the same results with ignore_sticky_posts.
I also get the same thing by activating twentynineteen so I am starting to wonder if I screwed up the relationship in ACF, though I don’t know how that would be.
@hube2
What I mean by “random” is that it’s pulling in posts that shouldn’t even be there….
I created a new “Story” and NO posts are related to it, and it’s still pulling in posts… url.com/my-new-story should be completely blank, but those posts are still being echoed….
@hube2 I’m using the code in my comment, but the problem is that it’s simply pulling in 5 (seemingly) random posts.
For example, I just created brand new “Story” and my single-story.php (with the code in the comment) is pulling 5 posts, even though there are no posts related to that story…
I’ve tried the code below, and it pulls in my 5 most recents posts???
For this, I have a CPT of “Stories.” From “Posts” (standard WordPress posts) I select the Story I want to relate it to.
The code below is from my stories-single.php
<?php
$args = [
'post_type' => 'post',
'meta_query' => [
'key' => 'related_stories',
'value' => '"' . get_the_ID() . '"',
'compare' => 'LIKE',
]
];
$related_posts = get_posts($args);
?>
<ul>
<?php foreach($related_posts as $some_post):?>
<li>
<?php echo $some_post->post_title;?>
</li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>
