I am trying to: Populate an Elementor gallery element in a template with a multiple-image Toolset custom field type. This used to work, probably until a recent update of Elementor and/or Toolset. I recently cleaned out lots of files in wp-content/uploads, so that could also be a factor, but I know at least some of the referenced image files are still there.
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I expected to see: Several sections of single-column image galleries sprinkled in among the text field contents
Instead, I got: Only the text fields but not the galleries of images
Hello, Elementor's dynamic content integration with Toolset is fairly limited in scope. It works best with simple field types (text-based and number-based fields are best) that only have one value. As far as I know the gallery element's dynamic content feature has not supported Types repeating image fields for quite a while now, and our supporters have been suggesting a Toolset Blocks-based solution instead. Even the legacy shortcode approach will be more effective, since the Gallery element seems to have stopped supporting Types fields that allow multiple values. I can show you how to use a Types field shortcode to display images from a repeating image field, if you'd like to explore that approach, but unfortunately there is no easy workaround with the gallery element.
Since you're using Elementor to design this content, I suspect that you are not interested in a Blocks-based solution but I'll mention it anyway. Toolset Blocks provides an image gallery block and and an image slider block that are designed to work with Types image fields that allow multiple values. You use a drag and drop interface to place the block in your post or template design, then configure its settings right in the block editor. Combining Elementor designs and Blocks designs is not advised.
Recent tickets discussing the problems with dynamic content integration of repeating fields in Elementor widgets, and some solutions:
https://toolset.com/forums/topic/elementor-gallery-module-not-showing-toolset-repeating-image-fields/
https://toolset.com/forums/topic/toolset-repeating-image-field-in-elementor-gallery-template/
https://toolset.com/forums/topic/split-elementor-dyanamic-gallery/
https://toolset.com/forums/topic/images-in-custom-posts-are-not-displaying/
I had already made a Toolset Blocks template as a workaround and I thought it wasn't working either, but I needed to disable the Elementor one and then it was fine. Thanks for the help!
