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Problem: I am trying to display a list of related posts in a many-to-many (M2M) relationship, but it's not working as expected.
Solution: Be sure to use a Post Relationship filter, not a Post Parent filter. Post Parent filter is for a single hierarchical post type, Post Relationships filter is for posts in different post types.
Relevant Documentation:
https://toolset.com/documentation/post-relationships/how-to-display-related-posts-with-toolset/
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Last updated by 6 years, 5 months ago.
Assisted by: Christian Cox.
hi,
I have a CPT called "Persons". this CPT is related to 3 other CPTs called "Sermons, Articles and books" through many to many relationships.
I am trying to follow this documentation here:
https://toolset.com/documentation/post-relationships/how-to-display-related-posts-with-toolset/
to create a custom search view to show the books, articles and sermons that relates to a certain person.
I created a view called "Person Material". but all what I am getting is "No posts found".
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I simplified the view to just "sermons" to try to isolate the problem, but still no luck.
The sermon posts are definitely linked to the person cpt. please check screenshot 01.jpg
The person post is definitely linked to the sermon posts. please check screenshot 02.jpg
The sermon cpt is chosen in the view, and the filter is chosen as "the post where the view is shown", exactly as the documentation:
https://toolset.com/documentation/post-relationships/how-to-display-related-posts-with-toolset/#displaying-many-related-items
Please check screenshot 03.jpg.
I added the view shortcode in the Person CPT layout and directly to the content. both didn't work.
i changed the condition from "the opst whre the view is shown" to "the post in the loop", but it didnt work too.
so the view is not working even with 1 CPT.
can you please help?
thanks
Hi, please check now. I have made two changes:
1. Uncheck "Don't include current page in query result". Any time the View and the current page are different post types, I recommend unchecking this box because it can cause unexpected issues.
2. Change the Query Filter from "Post Parent" to "Post Relationship". This can be confusing because the terminology is similar. Post Parent is for hierarchical post types, like native WordPress Pages. Post Relationship is for relationships between different post types. See the documentation here: https://toolset.com/documentation/post-relationships/how-to-display-related-posts-with-toolset/#displaying-many-related-items
