with help from another developer, I have created the following for a custom shortcode:
add_shortcode( 'children' , 'display_custom_post_type_v1' );
function display_custom_post_type_v1($atts) {
$atts = shortcode_atts( array(
'category' => ''
), $atts );
$categories = explode(',' , $atts['category']);
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'children',
'post_status' => 'publish',
'orderby' => 'title',
'order' => 'ASC',
'posts_per_page'=> -1,
'tax_query' => array( array(
'taxonomy' => 'category',
'field' => 'term_id',
'operator' => 'AND',
'terms' => $categories
) )
);
$string = '';
$query = new WP_Query( $args );
if( ! $query->have_posts() ) {
return false;
}
while( $query->have_posts() ){
$query->the_post();
$string .= '<div id="childWrapper"><div id="childImage"><a href="' . get_permalink() . '">' . get_the_post_thumbnail() . '</a></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><div id="childName">' . get_the_title() . '</div><div style="clear: both;"></div></div>';
}
wp_reset_postdata();
return $string;
}
So far this works really well for my application, but there is one additional item I would like to include. These custom post types include meta boxes (custom fields) and I would like to include this in the output. Typically I use something like:
<?php echo get_post_meta( $post->ID, '_cd_birthdate', true ); ?>
But I can't figure out how to include it in the output of the shortcode. I've tried this line, but only the div area shows up, but no content:
<div>' . get_post_meta( $post->ID, '_cd_birthdate', true ) . '</div>
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
