Store image url instead of ID (to display in smart slider pro) ?

Hi @jltest

In case the Smart Slider plugin is not even considering supporting an ID then you could hook into the update meta functions and set your own values:

https://developer.www.ads-software.com/reference/functions/add_metadata/
https://developer.www.ads-software.com/reference/functions/update_metadata/ (update changes here)
https://developer.www.ads-software.com/reference/functions/delete_metadata/ (remove generated meta value if original is deleted)

You can get the image URL here: https://developer.www.ads-software.com/reference/functions/wp_get_attachment_image_url/

However, in regards to relational data it’s more common to store an ID to make sure all validations are parsed correctly. This also will support various image sizes etc. so it would be better of the slider plugin would support ID instead of URL’s. Even WordPress core stores the featured image as an ID.

Cheers, Jory

Thanks Jory.

For now, Smart Slider can work with ACF but not Pods for now.Perhaps you could contact them…

For my problem, where/how do I use this hook in Pods ?

Hi @jltest

This is not really a hook for Pods but more for WordPress in general. You can use it in your theme PHP code or a plugin. More on hooks here: https://kinsta.com/blog/wordpress-hooks/

There are also Pods specific hooks like: https://docs.pods.io/code/action-reference/pods_api_post_save_pod_item_podname/

Cheers, Jory