Link to Parent Relationship in the grid

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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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Last updated by chrisC-25 6 years ago.

Assisted by: Christian Cox.

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November 15, 2018 at 11:16 pm #1147450

Christian Cox

Okay that helps a bit. I can give you a custom shortcode that will display the parent post title. I added this code to your child theme's functions.php file:

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);
}

Be sure to pull that update down to your local file repository.

Then I added the shortcode to your skin like this:

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

Now the parent post title is displayed in the skin. The problem with this approach is that it's not very flexible. For instance, if you want to display the parent post URL, the parent post link, custom fields from the parent post, etc, it will require a separate custom shortcode for each one. I wasn't able to figure out a way to return the parent post ID and then use that in another shortcode attribute. That would take some more investigation and may or may not be possible.

November 16, 2018 at 3:34 pm #1148065

chrisC-25

My issue is resolved now. Thank you!

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