[Resolved] In Layout edit, using Visal Editor, buttons for Fields and Views are not present

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[zarrar sheikh]

I am trying to:
Add Post fields in the Layout edit screen using the Visual Editor. The buttons are not found. I am using the latest version of Divi.
I visited this URL:

I expected to see:

Instead, I got:

[Nigel Supporter Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Timezone: Europe/London (GMT+01:00)]

Hi Zarrar

Could I please get the debug info for your site? (https://toolset.com/faq/provide-debug-information-faster-support/)

And from your screenshot I see the username of Editor. What role does that user have?

[zarrar sheikh]

For your other question, the user name Editor is actually just the user name for the Administrator with full access. Thank you for your help.

[zarrar sheikh]

Perhaps I should tell you the backstory of what I am trying to achieve:

1- Recreate the Woocommerce Products layout template
2- Need to a add a Essentail Grid code that fetches related products.
a) I tried to put this code in a layout cell, but it does not work as it is PHP
b) The other option is to add the code in the actual template file.
3 This is the code:
----------------------------------------------- BEGIN ------
$ess_product_id = get_the_ID();
$ess_product_terms = get_the_terms( $ess_product_id, 'product_cat' );
foreach ($ess_product_terms as $ess_product_term) {
$ess_product_cat_id[] = $ess_product_term->term_id;
}
$ess_products_args = array(
'post_type' => 'product',
'post__not_in' => array($ess_product_id),
'tax_query' => array(
array(
'taxonomy' => 'product_cat',
'field' => 'term_id',
'terms' => $ess_product_cat_id,
'operator' => 'IN'
),
),
);

$ess_loop = new WP_Query( $ess_products_args );
while ( $ess_loop->have_posts() ) : $ess_loop->the_post();
$ess_list[] = get_the_id();
endwhile;
if(!empty($ess_list)){
echo do_shortcode('[ess_grid alias="related-prods" posts="' . implode(',', $ess_list) . '"]');
}

--------------------------------- END
4 - I know Views can create a related products slider as well. I have not delved into that so far because everything has been done with Essential Grid.

[Nigel Supporter Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Timezone: Europe/London (GMT+01:00)]

Hi Zarrar

Thanks for supplying the debug info.

It seems fairly clear that the reason you are not seeing the Fields and Views button in a Visual Editor cell in Layouts is because you are not using the Views plugin (and the Fields and Views button is a feature of Views).

Then you will be able to use Views shortcodes such as wpv-woo-related_products (https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/views-shortcodes/#wpv-woo-related_products).

If you want advice on customising the WooCommerce product pages (beyond what is provided in the documenation at https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/getting-started-woocommerce-views/) you'll need to open a new ticket, I'm afraid, support policy is to have one issue per thread.

Thanks for your cooperation.

[zarrar sheikh]

Thank you for the reply. Initially all the Toolset plugins were active. The following image shows an error that had persisted. I experimented to turn off all Toolset plugins and then turn them on one by one. Somehow that seems to have solved the issue and everything woks.