[Resolved] Check if child post by current user exists

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[timM-9]

Hi!

I'm trying to make a shortcode that displays the number of child posts of the currently displayed parent post made by the current logged in user. This to hide a Toolset Form after one submission by a user.

I saw this topic on the support forums that describes exactly what I would like to achieve: https://toolset.com/forums/topic/conditional-display-of-cred-form-on-post-depending-if-a-child-post-exists/

But unfortunately it's using the old way of quering Toolset Relationships. I read the "How to Migrate Your Site to New Post Relationships" article in the documentation, but can't get it to work.

Can you maybe give me a hint in the right direction how to update this code to be compatible with the new relationships?

Thanks! 🙂

[Luo Yang]

Hello,

In your case, it doesn't need custom codes within the latest version of Toolset plugins.

You can create a post view with classic editor:
- Query child posts
https://toolset.com/documentation/post-relationships/how-to-display-related-posts-with-toolset/#displaying-many-related-items
- Filter by:
a) Post type relationship filter
b) Select posts with the author the same as the current logged in user.
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/views/filtering-views-query-by-author/

- in section "Loop Editor":
a) within shortcode [wpv-items-found] ... [/wpv-items-found], display text: You have alread created a child post.
a) within shortcode [wpv-no-items-found] ... [/wpv-no-items-found], display the Form's shortcode for creating new child post.

[timM-9]

Hi Luo, thank you very much. This works great. 🙂