[Resolved] Problems when using the post title shortcode inside a view shortcode

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[AtefR7377]

Hi Christian,

Following on from my question before here:

https://toolset.com/forums/topic/how-to-create-a-taxonomy-view-that-uses-the-post-title-automatically/

Now I have a CPT called "sermons", and a custom taxonomy called "Series".

some sermons will be individual posts, and some sermons will be grouped under the "series" taxonomy. (e..g a series about the book of Genesis, can have 5 posts, all have the custom taxonomy "Genesis").

I will create a post (from the same sermons CPT) for the series. the post title will be identical to the series name. however, slug will not be identical as slug is governed by the 256 characters, and the Arabic characters get encoded in the slug).

that's why the slug solution will not work in this case.

I want to create a view that takes the post title and use it automatically to create a view of the sermon posts that have this taxonomy term.

The code I used doesn't give anything. I have the code wrapped in a conditional, but even without the conditional, it still doesn't give any results.

here are the code variation I tried:

[wpv-conditional if="( '[wpv-post-type]' eq 'sermon' ) AND ( $(wpcf-is-this-a-series) eq '1' )"]
[wpv-view name="series-view" wpvseries="[wpv-post-title]"]
[/wpv-conditional]

[wpv-conditional if="( '[wpv-post-type]' eq 'sermon' ) AND ( $(wpcf-is-this-a-series) eq '1' )"]
[wpv-view name="series-view" wpvseries="[wpv-post-title id='$current_page']"]
[/wpv-conditional]

Here is the result, an empty page:
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while if I used the post title directly, th e correct posts (2 posts) show. so the view itself works:

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can you please help me identifying why my codes don't work?

thanks in advance

[Christian Cox]

How is the Series View's Query Filter configured? Is there a term search filter, or a term ID filter? Please take a screenshot in wp-admin so I can see the configurations.

[AtefR7377]

Hi Christian,

This view doesn't have a search query
It is built using a filter that filters the posts based on the taxonomy term title

Then I am using shortcode to display the results.

I took screenshots of the view.

Please let me know if you require more information.

Thanks

[Christian Cox]

May I log in and look at your wp-admin area to see how you have your taxonomy, terms, and slugs set up? Private reply fields are active here.

[Christian Cox]

Hi, I'm not able to see an obvious problem here so I've asked an Arabic-speaking team member, to take a look. We will update you soon.

[Christian Cox]

I'd like to make a clone of your site so we can run some tests. If it's okay with you, I can install the Duplicator plugin to create a site clone and download it to install locally. Let me know if you approve and I can begin.

[AtefR7377]

Hi Christian,

No problems. can you please proceed with any steps required for testing?

Also, can you please do me a favor and provide the clone you will do to your colleague Luo Yang as he wanted from me the database dump and i don't know how to do it?

this is in regards to my other question here:
https://toolset.com/forums/topic/row-width-not-followed-and-video-appears-bad-on-mobiles/

Very much appreciated.

[AtefR7377]

Hi Christian,
I think that the problem happens when the post title is more than one work in Arabic.

here is a summary of my tests on another wp installation i have:

When post title is:
- one word in Arabic: the shortcode works
- one word in English: the shortcode works
- multiple words in English: the shortcode works
- multiple words in Arabic: the shortcode doesn't work and gives (no posts found).

(by the way, the view on my live website that you are testing on, doesn't show anything becasue i had removed the words "no posts found" in the view output).

hope this help investigating

[Christian Cox]

Thanks for the additional info, I am in the process of cloning the site now and I will provide a copy to Luo.

[Christian Cox]

Okay I have run some additional tests but I'm still not clear why this isn't working as expected, so I'm passing your information to my 2nd tier support team for further investigation. Please stand by and I will update you soon.

[Christian Cox]

Hi, it appears that some characters are being interpreted differently in the shortcode. Please add this code to functions.php:

add_filter('wpv_filter_wpv_get_view_shortcodes_attributes', 'ts_shortcode_dash_replacement');
function ts_shortcode_dash_replacement($attributes)
{
    foreach ($attributes as $key => $attribute) {
        if (strpos($attribute, '–') !== false) {
            $attributes[$key] = str_replace('–', '-', $attribute);
        }
    }
    return $attributes;
}

Let me know if the problem is not resolved. In my local tests, I was able to use the wpv-post-title slug effectively in a filter.

[AtefR7377]

Thanks Christian for such awesome support level that you provide every single time. I can't thank you enough.