Using a Custom Field Value as an $args for WP_Query

  • I think I am close to figuring out my issue, and my problem is probably just sematics.

    On a Page, after the loop I want to Query 5 posts with their feature images from a specific category ID. The Category ID is coming from a custom field.

    The below code works except for 1 thing… It isn’t narrowing the query by the Category ID. IT is only showing the 5 most recent posts.

    Thanks for any help!

    <?php if(get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Category_ID', true)
     ): ?>    

    <?php
    $args=array(
      'showposts' => 5,
      'cat' => echo $Category_ID,

);
    $my_query = new WP_Query($args);
    if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
      while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
<div class="child-thumb">
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?></a>
        <p><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
     </div>
      <?php
      endwhile;
    } //if ($my_query)

?>
<?php wp_reset_query() ?>
<?php endif; ?>
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  • <?php if(get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Category_ID', true)
     ): 

      $Category_ID = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Category_ID', true)
    $args=array(
      'showposts' => 5,
      'cat' => $Category_ID,

);
    $my_query = new WP_Query($args);
    if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
      while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
<div class="child-thumb">
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?></a>
        <p><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
     </div>
      <?php
      endwhile;
    } //if ($my_query)

?>
<?php wp_reset_query() ?>
<?php endif; ?>

    This is close to MY issue if I could jump in! I am using a nested loop. I want to use the parent post to define a TAG in the custom field that i can use to pull other posts in.

    <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
                        <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
                            <li>
                               <?php $my_query = new WP_Query( "tag=CUSTOM_FIELD" );
                               if ( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
                                   while ( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
                                       $my_query->the_post();
                                       the_content();
                                   }
                               }
                               wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
                            </li>
                        <?php endwhile; ?>
                    <?php endif; ?>

    I was thinking if it’s easier i wouldn’t mind using the post title instead. example ( “tag=single_post_title” )

    Any ideas?

    Thread Starter brittgamil

    (@brittgamil)

    I was able to get the code to work with a change in the arguments. The reason that it wasn’t working was that the $Category_ID didn’t bring in any information

    This does work:

    <?php if(get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Category_ID', true)
     ): ?>    

    <?php
    $args=array(
      'showposts' => 5,
    'cat' => get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Category_ID', true)

);

    $my_query = new WP_Query($args);

    if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
      while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
<div class="child-thumb">
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?></a>
        <p><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
     </div>
      <?php
      endwhile;
    } //if ($my_query)

?>
<?php wp_reset_query() ?>
<?php endif; ?>

    I changed $Category_ID to calling the actual content from my custom field by using get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Category_ID', true)

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