[Resolved] Inherit image from parent CPT

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[aitorS]

I have a CPT "Courses" that is the son of a CPT "Academies" the academies have a featured image that is their logo, I through parent-child relationship show the logo of the academy in the course template, but I need that when creating the This course, save the image that the parent academy has as an image. Is this possible? Thanks in advance

[Waqar Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Asia/Karachi (GMT+05:00)]

Hi,

Thank you for contacting us and I'd be happy to assist.

You can use the "item" attribute, in Toolset shortcodes to show the post data (including the featured image) from the parent related post:
https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/views/views-shortcodes/item-attribute/

For example, suppose that the post-relationship slug is "academies-courses", where the "academies" is the parent and the "courses" is the child post type.

In the content template for the "courses" post type, you can use the "wpv-post-featured-image" ( ref: https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/views/views-shortcodes/#wpv-post-featured-image ) with the "item" attribute, to show the featured image from the parent "academies" posts:

[wpv-post-featured-image size="medium" item="@academies-courses.parent"]

I hope this helps and please let me know if you need any further assistance around this.

regards,
Waqar

[aitorS]

Hello, thanks for the answer.
I understand that operation and I have it applied in my content template, but I need that when creating the child CPT it automatically saves its featured image using that of the parent CPT. Is this really possible?

[Waqar Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Asia/Karachi (GMT+05:00)]

Thanks for writing back.

I'm afraid, there is no built-in feature available to achieve this, so it will require a fair amount of custom code.

For example, you can use the "save_post" hook, to execute a custom PHP function, when a child post is created from the post edit screen in the admin area:
https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/save_post/

If you're creating the child posts using the Toolset front-end forms, you can alternatively, use the "cred_save_data" hook:
https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/cred-api/#cred_save_data

For more personalized assistance around custom code, you can also consider hiring a professional from our list of recommended contractors:
https://toolset.com/contractors/

Note: Even if you manage to copy the featured image from the parent to child when a child post is created, keeping the featured image in sync will remain a challenge. If a featured image is changed for 1 parent post, you'll have to make sure to update it for all the child posts too. For this reason, it would be better to call the featured image directly from the parent, instead of saving it with the individual child posts too.