[Resolved] Attachments to custom post type

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[jean-noelM]

I am trying to: display attachments of custom post type : native wordpress attachments

I created a custom post type (called "PDFa")
I import entries with WP All Import using "Download and import attachments" to link PDF files to entries

Those attachments are not visible when I edit the entries, where are they ?
How can I display link to those attachments on front-end ?

Please see attached screenshots

Thanks in advance for your help

[Noman Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Asia/Karachi (GMT+05:00)]

Hi Jean,

Thank you for contacting Toolset Support.

By default native WordPress Attachments do not display in the back-end.

METHOD 1: You can write custom shortcode to fetch attachments something like shown here and then you can adjust the code as per your needs:
https://toolset.com/forums/topic/display-file-name-of-uploaded-file/#post-349949

METHOD 2: Easier way to display your attachment files and for more control on displaying it easily without coding, I would suggest to add PDF files as custom field using Toolset Types >> Post Field so that it will be displayed on the backend and for front-end we can display it using View.

Follow the below steps to Add Custom field for Uploading PDF.

1. First create Custom Post Field:

- Go to: Toolset >> Post Fields >> Edit PDFa (your Post Field Group) >> Add New Field >> select File >> Fill required fields and SAVE.

2. Create or Edit a View for your PDFa and insert your New field in this View:
- Go To: Views >> Create / Edit PDFa View >> Templates for this View section >> Add field you have just created.

Here is doc for creating a View:
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/getting-started-views/part-2-view/
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/views/

3. Now go to your PDFa Post type >> Edit any Post >> You can there see the Upload file Field you have created.

Please let me know if this resolves the issue or you have further question in this regards.
Thank you

[jean-noelM]

Hello,

Thank you for your answer

Then I will change the format of the Excel that I import and separate the files name with 1 per column in order to use some "File" field type provided by Toolset instead if the global attachments