Link to Parent Relationship in the grid

This thread is resolved. Here is a description of the problem and solution.

Problem: I would like to display the title of a parent post in The Grid.

Solution: The standard post relationship shortcodes do not work well in The Grid. Try this custom shortcode instead:

add_shortcode( 'ts-get-parent-artist', 'ts_get_parent_artist_func');
function ts_get_parent_artist_func( $atts, $content ) {
  $a = shortcode_atts( array(
      'child' => '0',
      'type' => 'artist',
  ), $atts );
  $parent = toolset_get_related_post( $a['child'], 'artist-release' );
 
  return get_the_title($parent);
}

Then add this to The Grid:

[ts-get-parent-artist child="#post_ID#"]

Relevant Documentation:
https://toolset.com/documentation/customizing-sites-using-php/post-relationships-api/#toolset_get_related_post

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This topic contains 16 replies, has 2 voices.

Last updated by chrisC-25 6 years, 1 month ago.

Assisted by: Christian Cox.

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November 13, 2018 at 8:30 pm #1146055

chrisC-25

I want to be able to show the name of the parent of a post in a grid. Similar to this post
https://toolset.com/forums/topic/link-to-parent-relationship-not-working-in-grid/

But with a different plugin. The plugin I want to use was working in the old version of Toolset, see solution here:
https://toolset.com/forums/topic/i-want-to-pull-metadata-into-a-grid-plugin-pulling-from-parent-relationship-wa/

It now does not work with updated toolset.

Info on the plugin can be found here:
hidden link

Thanks

November 13, 2018 at 10:27 pm #1146095

Christian Cox

In the updated Toolset post relationships system, information about related posts is no longer stored in postmeta. So the approach used before isn't possible with new post relationships. We might be able to figure out a different approach.
1. What are the slugs of the two post types?
2. What is the post relationship slug? You can find this in Toolset > Relationships.
3. Which post type is the parent and which post type is the child?

November 14, 2018 at 3:24 pm #1146599

chrisC-25

Hi Christian,

The slugs are:
artist
release

Relationship slug is:
artist-release

It is a many to many relationship but I guess the artist is the parent.

Thanks

November 14, 2018 at 5:48 pm #1146665

Christian Cox

Try this alternate syntax, designed to work in the new post relationships system:

[wpv-post-title item="@artist-release.parent"]

November 14, 2018 at 10:01 pm #1146764

chrisC-25

Okay so in the skin editor of the grid when I add that shortcode in the preview in The Grid plugin it comes up with the same artist for every release, which is of course not right. But when I look at it on a page it shows no artist at all.

November 15, 2018 at 3:21 pm #1147288

Christian Cox

May I log in and take a closer look? I'm not really familiar with The Grid.

November 15, 2018 at 5:06 pm #1147328

Christian Cox

How can I access the ID of the current post in a skin? Is there a shortcode or something? The Grid's documentation doesn't have a list of variables or shortcodes, and I don't see any information directly related to this.

November 15, 2018 at 6:22 pm #1147344

chrisC-25

The actual setup for how this grid works is here:
hidden link
Gris is called: New Release RECORDS Page Grid

What I sent before was the custom skin that I made where I added the shortcode.

The grid pulls in the custom posts from Releases. You can see that in the Source tab inside the grid settings from link above.

Chris

November 15, 2018 at 8:48 pm #1147409

Christian Cox

This doesn't help, sorry. I need to know how to access the ID of the current post, while in the skin editor area.

November 15, 2018 at 9:57 pm #1147431

chrisC-25

Okay, sorry the support is hard to find. I did find this in their developer notes:

// get the item ID
$tg_el->get_item_ID();

Does that help?

November 15, 2018 at 9:58 pm #1147432

chrisC-25

Here is link to that developer section

hidden link

November 15, 2018 at 10:35 pm #1147440

Christian Cox

I need a shortcode or placeholder or some code I can insert directly in the skin editor to get the ID of the current post in the Grid. If it's important to display related post information in the grid, I suggest you reach out to the developers or support team for The Grid to get a definite answer to this question:
How can I get the ID of the current grid post in a grid skin editor?

November 15, 2018 at 10:44 pm #1147442

chrisC-25

Okay, I contacted them, I will let you know what they say.
Thanks

November 15, 2018 at 10:45 pm #1147443

chrisC-25

Well that was quick here is what they said:
My content #post_ID#

November 15, 2018 at 10:46 pm #1147444

chrisC-25

Sorry forgot this

You can use text/HTML element add the post id like this:
My content #post_ID#

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