[content id=…] for multi-site?

There is an undocumented shortcode called [get-blog] for switching blogs on multisite:

[get-blog id=3]
[loop type=post count=3]
  [field title-link]
[/loop]
[/get-blog]

At the moment, I don’t have a multisite install to test it on, but you can see if it actually works..!

I’ve just tested this on my multisite installation and it works.
[get-blog id=4]
[loop type=post]
[field title-link]
[/loop]
[/get-blog]

But when I try this more complex code, I get blank result:

[get-blog id=4]
[for each=”tipi” link]
[each link]
[loop type=”post” count=”-1″]
[field title-link]
[/loop]
[/for]
[/get-blog]

In blog 4 I tested the single code:

[for each="tipi" link]
  		[each link]
  		[loop type="post" count="-1"]
    		[field title-link]
  		[/loop]
	[/for]

and it works perfectly.

In main main blog (id=1) I tested:

[get-blog id=4]
	[for each="tipi" link]
  		[each link]
  		[loop type="post" count="-1"]
    		[field title-link]
  		[/loop]
	[/for]
[/get-blog]

and it doesn’t work.

Maybe I make a mistake in using get-blog shortcode in the right way. Can you help? Thanks

The get-blog shortcode is super simple, it switches to the blog by ID; runs the shortcode inside; then restores the original blog. So I’m not sure why it’s not working for you. Maybe you can test which shortcode is having the issue: is normal post loop working without for/each?

[get-blog id=5]
[content id=191 import=true]
[/get-blog]

is working.

OK, thanks for confirming that it works.

Yes, it works with [content…] and [loop..] shortcodes, but not with [for each…].
Maybe there is another way to obtain what I need?

In a multisite environment, I need a list of all custom term of a custom taxonomy defined in another blog.

tipi

is the custom taxonomy

So I tryed this code:

[get-blog id=4]
  	[for each=tipi empty=true]
  		Custom Term: [each name]
  	[/for]
 [/get-blog]

But it doesn’t work, displays nothing

Interesting that it’s only the taxonomy loop that doesn’t work. Not sure how I can help, the shortcode as I described just calls switch_to_blog and restore_current_blog. According to the Codex here, some things are not switched: “autoloaded options, plugins, the object cache”. Do you have a cache plugin running?

Another thing you could check: does the [for each] loop work as expected on the specified blog #4?

franzitta maybe you can generate it on new blank page on blog 4 and after that import this whole efect using [content ?

Thanks Jakub for your solution.

In blog #4 [for each] shortcode works perfectly.
I’ve no caching plugin installed in my multisite wp.

Anyway, I agree with you Eliot, it’s really strange.

The strange thing is that if I put this code:

[get-blog id=4]
  	[for each=tipi empty=true]
  		Custom Term: [each name]
  	[/for]
 [/get-blog]

in the content of a page (with id=58) in blog #1, it doesn’t work, but if then I run this code in blog #4:

[get-blog id=1]
  	[content id=58]
 [/get-blog]

I can see all the terms of ‘tipi’ taxonomy.

I want to investigate better on the reasons why it doesn’t work.
I think that Custom Content Shortcode is one of the best plugin I’ve ever used, so I want to give you any kind of support that would improve its funcionality.

Thanks for your support!