ACF: Filter Terms by Custom Field? WordPress
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I'm using the Advanced Custom Fields plug-in. I have a custom 'select' field applied to a taxonomy within a custom post type. I would like to list the terms (not posts) based on whether the custom field value is set to 'Active' or 'Not Active' on the term. Basically, I need the code to pull terms set to "active" only.
Below is what I have so far, but alas it's not working. The code displays my terms, but it's not filtering them by the field value, so I think I'm doing it wrong.
Was trying to follow [[LINK href="http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/code-examples/"]]this page's[[/LINK]] instructions near the bottom, then apply it to terms instead of posts, but I guess I'm not doing it correctly.
<?php
$terms = get_terms('focus15', array(
'meta_key' => 'group_active_in_focus_15',
'meta_value' => 'active15',
'exclude' => array(16, 20, 22, 25, 27, 28, 30, 4, 33 ), //* Enter ID's of parent categories to exclude from list
'hide_empty' => 0,
'numberposts' => -1,
));
if($terms)
{
echo '<ul>';
foreach($terms as $term)
{
echo '<li>' . $term->name . '</a></li>';
}
echo '</ul>';
}
?>
UPDATE: I added a screenshot of my custom field settings in Dashboard.
Answers (4)
Arnav Joy answers:
please try this
<?php
$terms = get_terms('focus15', array('exclude' => array(16, 20, 22, 25, 27, 28, 30, 4, 33 ),'hide_empty' => 0));
if($terms)
{
echo '<ul>';
foreach($terms as $term)
{
if( get_field('group_active_in_focus_15', 'focus15_'.$term->term_id) != 'active15' )
continue;
echo '<li>' . $term->name . '</a></li>';
}
echo '</ul>';
}
you can read more about it here
http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/how-to-get-values-from-a-taxonomy-term/
streetfire comments:
Arnav Joy, This is working great! How is it I never found that link before, *sigh*. Thank you for your solution :)
Arnav Joy comments:
please try this one.
<?php
$terms = get_terms('focus15', array('exclude' => array(16, 20, 22, 25, 27, 28, 30, 4, 33 ),'hide_empty' => 0));
if($terms)
{
echo '<ul>';
foreach($terms as $term)
{
if( get_field('group_active_in_focus_15', 'focus15_'.$term->term_id) != 'active15:Active' )
continue;
echo '<li>' . $term->name . '</a></li>';
}
echo '</ul>';
}
Arnav Joy comments:
Good to hear that ! Please vote me and close the question .
Thanks
Arnav
streetfire comments:
I have! Thanks :)
Luis Abarca answers:
Can you copy and paste the custom field content ??
meta_key and meta_value are not valid arguments of [[LINK href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_terms"]]get_terms[[/LINK]]
streetfire comments:
Luis, are you referring to the values?
Luis Abarca comments:
Yeah, the values of your custom field please.
