Team Name & Permalink in Post Title

Hi there @ibeats ,

Current team of a player is saved as post-meta with key sp_current_team. So you retrieve it using the function get_post_meta().

i.e.
//Retrieve current team ID
$current_team_id = get_post_meta( your_player_id, 'sp_current_team', true );
//Get team name
$current_team_name = get_the_title( $current_team_id );

The above code can be used with filter the_title so as to add the team name next to player’s name.

Thanks,
Savvas

Thank you for your rapid response @savvasha! No such luck – though my brain is fried, its Friday after all ??

function sportspress_the_title( $title, $id = null ) {
	if ( ! $id ) {
		return $title;
	}

	if ( ! is_admin() && in_the_loop() && $id == get_the_ID() ) :
		if ( is_singular( 'sp_player' ) ) :
			$number = get_post_meta( $id, 'sp_number', true );
			$current_team = get_post_meta( $id, 'sp_current_team', true );
			$team_name = get_post_title( $current_team );
			$url = get_post_meta( $id, 'sp_url', true );
			if ( $number != null ) :
				$title = '<strong class="sp-player-number">' . $number . '</strong> ' . $title . ' | ' . '<a href="' . $url . '">' . $team_name . '</a>';
			endif;
		elseif ( is_singular( 'sp_staff' ) ) :
			$staff = new SP_Staff( $id );
			$role  = $staff->role();
			if ( $role ) {
				$title = '<strong class="sp-staff-role">' . $role->name . '</strong> ' . $title;
			}
		endif;
	endif;

	return $title;
}
add_filter( 'the_title', 'sportspress_the_title', 10, 2 );

$current_team = get_post_meta( $id, ‘sp_current_team’, true ); correctly returns the Team ID, but I cannot get the Team Name from that :S

Hi @ibeats ,

You must not edit core plugin files. Otherwise on each plugin update your changes will be lost! You will need to add your custom function to your-child-theme functions.php file.

Use get_the_title() function. get_post_title() does not exist.

Thanks,
Savvas

Thanks again @savvasha… in relation to “copying” core plugin components to a child theme… does this only apply to template components of a plugin, or for example, can the “includes” components also be copied to the child for modification?

For example, root/wp-content/plugins/sportspress/includes/sp-template-hooks.php, where would this be copied to, in a child theme for manipulation?

I’ve tried root/wp-content/themes/theme-child/sportspress/includes/sp-template-hooks.php and also root/wp-content/themes/theme-child/sportspress/sp-template-hooks.php to no avail ??

Do core components not work like that?

• This reply was modified 7 months, 1 week ago by ibeats.

Hi @ibeats ,

See below for more info about integrating SportsPress to your theme
https://support.themeboy.com/category/336-developers

In general, you can use the following:

1. Copy sportspress template files from /plugins/sportspress/templates/ to /themes/your_child_theme/sportspress/ and alter them as you want.
2. Use the available hooks (actions and filters) of SportsPress at themes/your_child_theme/functions.php

Thanks,
Savvas