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Problem: I created two CPTs: Events and Profiles. I have a View of Events displayed in the template for Profile posts, and I would like to only display Events where the title of the current Post can be found in the "notes" WYSIWYG field on the Event post.
Solution: Configure the notes custom field Query Filter to use a shortcode attribute and pass the current Profile post title into that shortcode attribute like so:
[wpv-view name="your-events-view" search="[wpv-post-title]"]
This technique is called passing arguments to views, and allows you to create Views with dynamic Query Filters.
Relevant Documentation:
https://toolset.com/course-lesson/passing-arguments-to-views/
https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/views/views-shortcodes/#wpv-post-title
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Last updated by 3 years, 7 months ago.
Assisted by: Christian Cox.
Hello, you can force a View to always search for a dynamic text string by setting up the Post Search Query Filter to respond to a shortcode attribute. Then you can use a shortcode attribute in the View shortcode to pass the current post's title into the filter. First, I suggest removing the normal text search input from the View's Search and Pagination panel. The standard text input wpv-filter-search-box shortcode will look something like this:
[wpv-filter-search-box output="bootstrap"]
Delete that shortcode to delete the input and decouple the filter control from the corresponding Query Filter. Save the View and reload the View editor page to force the Query Filter to update.
If you cannot see the Query Filter panel, you must activate it. Scroll to the top right corner of the screen, click "Screen Options" tab to open the screen options panel and activate Query Filters. You should be able to see a Post Search Query Filter now. In the filter configurations, choose the option to search for text set by a shortcode attribute "search".
Then you must insert this View in the template for Profiles and pass the current Profile post's title into the search filter automatically. The syntax looks like this:
[wpv-view name="your-events-view-slug" search="[wpv-post-title]"]
That should be enough to pass the current Profile post title into the search filter, and the View will always return Event posts with matching criteria. This assumes your Events View was working correctly before, when the input field existed.
Let me know if this isn't working like you expect, or if I've misunderstood the problem.
