Using Divi video slider module with related CPT

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Problem: I would like to use the Divi video slider module to display videos from posts related to the current post in a many-to-many (M2M) relationship.

Solution: Unfortunately the Divi video slider module does not allow you to insert shortcodes for dynamic or integrate with Views. This is a limitation of the Divi video slider module.

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Last updated by Christian Cox 6 years, 4 months ago.

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July 22, 2018 at 7:59 am #953109

patrickN-4

Tell us what you are trying to do? I have two CPTs related on a many-to-many relationship. One is Public Speaker and the other is Speaker Videos.

I am building a content template for Public Speaker and want to use the Divi Video Slider module to display the related videos automatically for each Public Speaker.

What is the best way to do this?

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July 22, 2018 at 3:56 pm #953163

Christian Cox

Hi, I don't see any information in the Divi documentation about dynamic content - it seems to require that you select the content manually when inserting the Video Slider module. If it's possible to specify the post IDs you want to use by inserting a shortcode somewhere, I can show you how to produce a list of related post IDs with a shortcode. Unfortunately I don't see any way to integrate that into the Video Slider module, based on this document. It looks like manual content selection is required. I would ask the Divi support team if they offer a shortcode that you can use to insert a Video Slider, and if that shortcode allows you to select content based on post IDs in a shortcode attribute. If so, get an example and I can take a look and see what we can do.

July 22, 2018 at 7:34 pm #953212

patrickN-4

Thanks Christian. I've asked and the answer is no, there's no way to create a shortcode or to populate the Video Slider module with dynamic content even from the same post. The same happens to be true for most of the Divi modules (they don't support CPTs according to their support) which means that the Toolset shortcodes cannot be used with them. As a result, the level of integration between Divi and Toolset falls well short of what I require.

July 22, 2018 at 9:25 pm #953231

Christian Cox

Is a Slider-style View not an option? I'm not very familiar with Divi's Video Slider module and its features, but perhaps something similar could be accomplished with a Slider built in Views. We have documentation available for creating sliders here:
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/creating-sliders-with-types-and-views/

We also have documentation about creating related post filters:
https://toolset.com/documentation/post-relationships/how-to-display-related-posts-with-toolset/

If there's anything I can do to assist, please let me know.