Use a shortcode in a query filter

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Last updated by Beda 6 years, 3 months ago.

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August 25, 2018 at 12:22 am #1091503

CraigT4149

Tell us what you are trying to do?

I have a simple short code that returns an integer, based on how many child posts exist. I can display that integer fine in the output using the shortcode. But how do I filter by this integer? In other words, I want to only display posts items in the loop from which the shortcode returns greater than zero.

Here's the shortcode:

add_shortcode( 'child-count', 'child_count_func' );
function child_count_func( $atts ){
        $count = 0;
        $child_posts = types_child_posts('product');
        if ($child_posts) {
                $count = count($child_posts);
        }
        return $count;
}

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August 25, 2018 at 6:29 am #1091869

Beda

You can either use the ShortCode in a HTML condition as explained here:
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/conditional-html-output-in-views/
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/conditional-html-output-in-views/using-shortcodes-in-conditions/

Or, you can use your ShortCode in a ShortCode attribute of a View.
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/passing-arguments-to-views/