Shortcode for title of parent page?

  • Resolved azlivin008

    (@azlivin008)


    1 year, 7 months ago

    Hello, can you tell me how to insert the TITLE of a parent page without having to enter the page ID manually?

    I was able to use key=’post_parent’ to return the page ID of the parent page, but how do I get that value into the post_id to dynamically return the title of the parent page? I have many pages, with many child pages, so I cannot enter each page ID separately.

    [dynamictext inputname “CF7_get_post_var key=’post_title’ post_id=’123‘”]

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  • Plugin Author Tessa (they/them), AuRise Creative

    (@tessawatkinsllc)

    You can certainly do that with a custom shortcode! Just plop this snippet into your active theme’s functions.php file:

    /**
 * Get Title of Parent Page of Current Page
 *
 * @return string The title of the current page's parent, or empty string
 */
function get_current_post_parent_title()
{
    global $post;
    if (isset($post)) {
        $post_id = $post->ID; // If the global $post object is set, get its ID
    } else {
        $post_id = get_the_ID(); // Otherwise get it from "the loop"
    }
    $parent_id = get_post_field('post_parent', $post_id); // Get parent ID of post
    // Validate that the parent ID is a number
    if ($parent_id && is_numeric($parent_id) && (int)$parent_id > 0) {
        return esc_attr(get_the_title($parent_id)); // Return the title
    }
    return ''; // Return empty string otherwise
}
add_shortcode('get_current_post_parent_title', 'get_current_post_parent_title', 10, 0);

    And then update your form tag to use it instead ??

    [dynamictext inputname "get_current_post_parent_title"]
    Thread Starter azlivin008

    (@azlivin008)

    Thank you – YOU ROCK!!!! ??

    • This reply was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by azlivin008.
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