Show value of custom field of custom taxonomy

hi @hashimnaushahi

you can get a field value from a taxonomy using get_field() by specifying the taxonomy and term ID in the second parameter – joined by an underscore.

for example, to get the value of the ‘certificate_image’ field from the ‘certificate’ taxonomy for the term with an ID of 7: get_field( 'certificate_image', 'certificate_7' );

in the case of your specific example, you’ll need to first get a list of the certificate terms associated with the post and then retrieve the image for each:

	global $post;
	$terms = get_the_terms( $post, 'certificates' );
	foreach ( $terms as $term ) {
		$thumbnail = get_field( 'certificate_image', $term->taxonomy . '_' . $term->term_id );
	}

hope that helps!

• This reply was modified 3 years, 2 months ago by Lucas Karpiuk. Reason: formatting

Hi @karpstrucking,

Thank you so much for your reply!

You’ve helped me so much. I’ll give this a try right away and keep you updated.

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Hi @karpstrucking,

Unfortunately, I can’t get the code to work. And I hope you’re willing to help me out just a bit further.

And by the questions I’m asking you’ll definitely be able to tell how much of a rookie I actually am. So, my apologies in advance. ??

I mixed your code with the code provided by ACF to display the image and then turned it into a shortcode. And this is the result:

<pre><code>function na_display_certificates() {
	
	global $post;
	
	$terms = get_the_terms( $post, 'certificates' );
	
	foreach ( $terms as $term ) {
		
		$image = get_field( 'certificate', $term->taxonomy . '_' . $term->term_id );
		$size = 'medium'; // (thumbnail, medium, large, full or custom size)
		
		if( $image ) {
    		
			echo wp_get_attachment_image( $image, $size );
		
		}
		
	}
		
}

add_shortcode( 'certificates', 'na_display_certificates' );

Also, the theme I’m using is Kadence. And they offer Kadence Elements. So I created an element with the shortcode [certificates] and with the help of hooks set it to display in the short description of the single product page.

However, the images aren’t showing.

I know the element works because I also filled that element with just text as a test. And that text is showing up.

So I know my code isn’t right.

Do you think you can help out this rookie developer with this?

Thank you in advance!

Sincerely,

Hashim

• This reply was modified 3 years, 2 months ago by hashimnaushahi. Reason: typo
• This reply was modified 3 years, 2 months ago by hashimnaushahi.

@hashimnaushahi when you edit your custom taxonomy in CPTUI, what is the value of “Taxonomy Slug”?

@karpstrucking

Thank you so much for sticking with me!

The taxonomy slug of that custom taxonomy in CPT UI is ‘certificates’.

Additionally, the field of name of the custom field of the field type ‘image’ in ACF which I added to that custom taxonomy is ‘certificate’.

Does that help somewhat?

Hi @karpstrucking,

Was the additional information useful in any way or are you just as stuck as I am? ??

@hashimnaushahi okay let’s try some debugging. add print_r( $post ); after the global $post; and check if it’s outputting a WP_Post Object.

@karpstrucking, your code works!

I was getting an error because I forgot to add certificates in the product I’m testing. After I added certificates it worked perfectly!

Sorry I bothered you with this. And thank you so much for your help! ??

• This reply was modified 3 years, 2 months ago by hashimnaushahi. Reason: Marked ticket as resolved

@hashimnaushahi no bother at all, glad to hear you got it sorted out!