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- Category: Tutorials
- Written: April 29, 2012
- Updated: November 27, 2012
Retrieving values from “other” pages (Taxonomy, user, media)
Other pages are a new location rule as of v3.1.8 and in short, allow you to add fields to “other” things beside posts. They are:
- Taxonomy
- User
- Media
All the API functions can be used with the “Other” items. However, a second parameter is required to target the item in question. This is similar to passing through a post_id to target a specific post object.
The second parameter needed is a string in the format “$type_$id”.
Usage:
// get value from a taxonomy (taxonomy = "category", id = 3) $value = get_field('field_name', 'category_3'); // get value from a taxonomy (taxonomy = "events", id = 76) $value = get_field('field_name', 'events_76'); // get value from a user (user_id = 1) $value = get_field('field_name', 'user_1'); // get value from a media attachment (id = 375). This works the same as a normal post (attachments are saved the same as posts!) $value = get_field('field_name', 375);
Example
Repeater + Category
// get value from a taxonomy (taxonomy = "events", id = 76) - note that the_sub_field and get_sub_field don't need a second parameter if(get_field('repeater_field_name', 'events_76')) { echo '<ul>'; while(the_repeater_field('repeater_field_name', 'events_76')) { echo '<li>sub_field_1 = ' . get_sub_field('sub_field_1') . ', sub_field_2 = ' . get_sub_field('sub_field_2') .', etc</li>'; } echo '</ul>'; }
author.php
<?php $author_id = get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ); $author_logo = get_field('author_logo', 'user_'. $author_id ); // image field, return type = "Image Object" ?> <img src="<?php echo $author_logo['url']; ?>" alt="<?php echo $author_logo['alt']; ?>" />