[Resolved] I am not able to display custom field groups in order

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[XicoOfficial]

Hi Toolst support team,
When editing the grupo fields on a post there is a drag and drop option to order them(or that's what it seems to be that feature for). But on the page they are displayed in the order the post where created, not the order configured with that drag and drop feature. **see screenshot no.1 to see what i mean by the drop down feature.

My code looks like this:

<?php $child_post = types_child_posts('n-h-section');
        if(!empty($n_h_sections)) :
          foreach ($n_h_sections as $n_h_section) { ?>
            <h2><?php echo get_the_title($n_h_section->ID); ?></h2> 
<?php } ?>  

'n-h-section' is the slug I asigned to the repeatable group fields.

Do I have to send types_child_posts function a specific argument to display the posts in the right order?

I am trying to:
Change the order the custom fields are displayed on the front end.

I expected to see:
The post in the right order. The right order being the one I configure when edditing the post custom fields using the drag and drop feature.

Instead, I got:
The custom fields in the order they are created.

I know you may request ftp access, My website is on Flywheel so please share with me an email that I can use to give you access.

Thanks in advance for your help.

[Christian Cox]

Hi, the types_child_posts function is deprecated and we don't recommend using it. Instead, it's best to use the new post relationships APIs. Repeatable Field Groups (RFGs) are essentially child posts in a one-to-many relationship with their parent post. The relationship slug is identical to the RFG slug. The toolset_get_related_posts API is recommended for querying related posts, including RFGs:
https://toolset.com/documentation/customizing-sites-using-php/post-relationships-api/#toolset_get_related_posts

$post_id = 12345; // parent post ID
$child_posts = toolset_get_related_posts(
    $post_id, // get posts related to this one
     'rfg-slug', // relationship slug is identical to repeatable field group slug
    'parent', // get posts where $post_id is the parent in given relationship
    1000000, 0, // pagination
    array(), // no extra query criteria
    'post_id', // return an array of post IDs
    'child', // return the child post, which is the RFG in this relationship
);

We also have an example showing how to add post relationship criteria to a standard WP_Query: https://toolset.com/documentation/customizing-sites-using-php/post-relationships-api/how-to-migrate-your-site-to-new-post-relationships/

In code-based queries, you should sort on the postmeta key "toolset_post_sortorder". Or you can use Views to display the RFGs. Add a post relationship filter. Choose the Order option Field: toolset_post_sortorder as shown in the attached image. Then you can insert the View using the render_view API: https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/views-api/#render_view