In a view of a repeatable field group, output the post URL of the "parent" post

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Problem: I have a View that shows a repeatable field group (RFG). In the View, I would like to display the URL of the parent post.

Solution: It's like displaying information from a related post. Use the "item" attribute and the .parent syntax to display information from the parent post. The slug of the relationship is identical to the slug of this RFG.

[wpv-post-url item="@your-rfg-slug.parent"]

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Last updated by Christian Cox 5 years, 4 months ago.

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September 7, 2019 at 2:43 pm #1334277

josephC-5

Hi there,

I have two custom post types named Artist and Artwork. There is a one-to-many relationship between them.

The Artwork post type has a repeatable field group (image, caption, year, medium, dimensions), allowing me to associate multiple images with a single Artwork.

On the Artist page, I have a visual grid of the first image of the repeatable field group of all Artwork posts connected to the Artist. To make this magic happen, I created a View (4-column grid of artwork) and inside it placed another View (first item in repeatable field group).

In the "nested" view (first item in repeatable field group), I want to be able to output the post URL of the Artwork post. Is there a way to do this?

Thank you!

Saul

September 8, 2019 at 3:38 pm #1334473

Christian Cox

Hi, yes you can display the URL of a related post inside a View. RFGs are technically implemented like child posts in a one-to-many relationship with their parent post. The syntax for the shortcode looks like this:

[wpv-post-url item="@your-rfg-slug.parent"]

You would replace your-rfg-slug with the slug of your RFG, and insert this shortcode in the Loop or Loop template of your RFG View. Let me know if you have questions about that.

September 9, 2019 at 9:07 pm #1335949

josephC-5

This worked perfectly! Thanks, Christian!

By the way, is there any documentation on the Toolset site about using the PHP API with repeatable field groups?

Thanks again!

Saul

September 9, 2019 at 9:15 pm #1335961

Christian Cox

Nothing specific to RFGs, but you can use the Post Relationships API to determine the parent post of a specific RFG or to get a list of RFGs attached to some specific parent post. The toolset_get_related_posts API is ideal for this: https://toolset.com/documentation/customizing-sites-using-php/post-relationships-api/
The post relationship slug for an RFG relationship is the same as the RFG slug. If you have questions about that API implementation, feel free to create a new ticket so we can discuss in detail.