Hi,
I was planning on setting up a product catalouge with Toolset & WooCommerce.
I have no issues with this process, I would just like some advice on further integration with WP Lister.
The client would like his products to automatically be listed on Ebay when they are added to the site. It looks like WP Lister can do this, and already integrates with WooCommerce, but I was just wondering if I should expect any conflicts with Toolset.
It looks like WP Lister creates a custom post type and allows you to create custom fields and taxonomies, but how likely is it that I can use these as shortcodes within a Toolset content template?
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Thanks
James
I was just wondering if I should expect any conflicts with Toolset.
Hi, I'm not familiar with this particular plugin. I did a quick search on the forum and only found one ticket mentioning "wp lister" https://toolset.com/forums/topic/cannot-create-custom-fields/
Not much information there.
So I looked in their requirements, and they specifically state this plugin won't work with multilingual sites or multisite networks, and recommend <10k products. So keep those things in mind.
In general, you can use wpv-post-field to display the raw value of any custom field stored in postmeta.
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/views-shortcodes/#wpv-post-field
Some caveats here:
- If the custom field is not stored in the postmeta table, this won't work. Some plugins create their own proprietary tables for storing data. In that case, you would have to use the third-party's shortcodes (if they offer any).
- Hidden fields are not visible in the Views GUI by default, you must tell Views to show them: https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/using-third-party-hidden-fields/
- 3rd-party custom fields are not managed by Types and therefore cannot be managed by Forms by default. If you want to use Forms to edit these values, you need to follow the instructions here: https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/letting-cred-edit-custom-fields-created-by-other-plugins/
- Serialized data structures, like some checkbox groups, are not supported. The wpv-post-field shortcode works best with simple data types like text and numbers.
- Types field shortcodes may or may not work depending on whether you manage these fields with Forms, and the type of data stored in the field.
In general, you can use Views shortcodes to display information about any public taxonomy associated with any public post type, and you can use WordPress Archives with public taxonomies as well. Caveat there is if this plugin produces its own archives for its taxonomies, I have no way of knowing if Toolset's will work or be overridden. It depends on different factors.
Great thanks Christian. There are a couple of plugins we could potentially use that integrate with WooCommerce as well.
Your response was very helpful though, to be honest this "In general, you can use wpv-post-field to display the raw value of any custom field stored in postmeta." was the main thing I needed to know.
Cheers
James
