Custom fields and excerpts
Dear experts,
Do you know how can I add custom fields to the post excerpts? I created a custom post type named places and wanted to add two custom fields named first_name and address. I would like to add to the excerpt those two custom fields instead of the usual short paragraph.
The way I am pulling my custom post type is as follows:
<?php
/*
* Template Name: Places to go
*/
// Replace the loop.
remove_action( 'genesis_loop', 'genesis_do_loop' );
add_action( 'genesis_loop', 'places_custom_loop' );
genesis();
function places_custom_loop() {
echo '<h1 class="entry-title">' . get_the_title() . '</h1>';
the_content();
//WP Query Start
$per_page = 3;
$places_args = array(
'post_type' => 'places',
'posts_per_page' => $per_page,
'paged' => get_query_var( 'paged' )
);
$places = genesis_custom_loop( $places_args );
}
?>
In the Advance Custom Fields plugin docs says that I have to echo out the custom fields like this : <?php the_field('first_name') ?>; But honestly I have no idea how to use it in the code above.
Could someone please help me?
Thanks,
Janeth
Do you know how can I add custom fields to the post excerpts? I created a custom post type named places and wanted to add two custom fields named first_name and address. I would like to add to the excerpt those two custom fields instead of the usual short paragraph.
The way I am pulling my custom post type is as follows:
<?php
/*
* Template Name: Places to go
*/
// Replace the loop.
remove_action( 'genesis_loop', 'genesis_do_loop' );
add_action( 'genesis_loop', 'places_custom_loop' );
genesis();
function places_custom_loop() {
echo '<h1 class="entry-title">' . get_the_title() . '</h1>';
the_content();
//WP Query Start
$per_page = 3;
$places_args = array(
'post_type' => 'places',
'posts_per_page' => $per_page,
'paged' => get_query_var( 'paged' )
);
$places = genesis_custom_loop( $places_args );
}
?>
In the Advance Custom Fields plugin docs says that I have to echo out the custom fields like this : <?php the_field('first_name') ?>; But honestly I have no idea how to use it in the code above.
Could someone please help me?
Thanks,
Janeth
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Hello Jason, thank you for your answer,
I did some reading and I ended up doing this:
function places_loop() {
$loop = new WP_Query( array( 'post_type' => 'places', 'posts_per_page' => 4, 'paged' => get_query_var( 'paged' ) ) ); ?>
<h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
<div id="specials">
<?php while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post(); ?>
<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<div id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" class="places-list">
<?php//use the genesis_get_custom_field template tag to display each custom field value ?>
<h3><?php echo the_field('phone_number');
</div><!--end #specials -->
<?php endwhile;?>
<?php
}
genesis();
The only thing that I see is not working is the pagination, I am not getting the pagination.. Could you please help me on this?
Thanks,
Winter
I did some reading and I ended up doing this:
function places_loop() {
$loop = new WP_Query( array( 'post_type' => 'places', 'posts_per_page' => 4, 'paged' => get_query_var( 'paged' ) ) ); ?>
<h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
<div id="specials">
<?php while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post(); ?>
<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<div id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" class="places-list">
<?php//use the genesis_get_custom_field template tag to display each custom field value ?>
<h3><?php echo the_field('phone_number');
</div><!--end #specials -->
<?php endwhile;?>
<?php
}
genesis();
The only thing that I see is not working is the pagination, I am not getting the pagination.. Could you please help me on this?
Thanks,
Winter
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Pagination is a different question. You should close this down and open a new question dealing with that.
The answer provided by the experts did not work but it gave me an idea how to place the code on my excerpt. So after a long reading I ended up adding the code to the excerpt as I posted on the answers and it did work. Thanks!!
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echo '<h1 class="entry-title">' . get_the_title() . the_field('first_name') . '</h1>';