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Problem: I would like to use the value of a URL parameter as a shortcode attribute for a View.

Solution: Use the wpv-search-term shortcode to access URL parameter values.

[wpv-post-title item="[wpv-search-term param='parent_id']"]

Relevant Documentation: https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/views-shortcodes/#wpv-search-term

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Tagged: Setting up post relationship, Types plugin, Views, Views plugin

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Last updated by geoffD 5 years, 2 months ago.

Assisted by: Christian Cox.

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September 14, 2019 at 2:42 pm #1340405

geoffD

Hello

I have a page where a CPT 'PERSON''s ID is passed in the url as a parent_id as below:

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What I want to do is display the post title for this parent_id on the page so:

[wpv-post-title ] (of the post id 10060 in this example)

Hope this makes sense

Best regards

Geoff

September 15, 2019 at 9:48 pm #1340583

Christian Cox

Hi Geoff, sure that makes sense. We have a shortcode wpv-search-term that allows you to access URL parameter values. Here is an example based on the link you provided:

Parent ID: [wpv-search-term param='parent_id']

The documentation for this shortcode is available here: https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/views-shortcodes/#wpv-search-term

Looks like you already know about the wpv-post-title shortcode as well, but you may not know that you can specify which post's title you would like to display. You can use the "item" attribute in the shortcode to specify a different post's ID, setting a different post context. Here's an example:

[wpv-post-title item="1234"]

You would combine these two shortcodes to output the post title based on a URL parameter post ID:

[wpv-post-title item="[wpv-search-term param='parent_id']"]

Let me know if you have any questions about that.

September 16, 2019 at 4:45 pm #1341425

geoffD

Worked a treat...thanks a million...!