Show custom field on portfolio category page

[morruu]

Hi

I have managed to create an extra field on the portfolio category page with help from the ACF plugin.

It’s visible in backend, so I can enter an extra long description for the portfolio categories.

My problem is the content from the field will not show up in frontend.

I have set location rule to taxonomy term equal to portfolio category and named the field “portfolio_long_category_description”.

I tried the following code in the template taxonomy-portfolio-category.php:

<?php $category_id = get_queried_object_id(); ?>
<?php $cat_id = 'category_'.$category_id; ?>
<?php $portfolio_long_category_description = get_field( 'portfolio_long_category_description', $cat_id); ?>
<?php echo get_field('portfolio_long_category_description'); ?>

I know it’s a question regarding customization, but maybe you could point me in the right direction?

Best regards
Morten

[David Martin – Support]

You would need to consult with the ACF plugin docs, these will tell you how to extra meta data such as you are trying to do.

Thanks.

[morruu]

Hi David,

I understand. I found a solution by myself.

I used the following code in the template taxonomy-portfolio-category.php (yes I know this should be put in a child theme).

<?php
 
global $wp_query; // get the query object
 
$cat_obj = $wp_query->get_queried_object();
 
?>
 
<p><?php echo get_field('portfolio_long_category_description',$cat_obj->taxonomy.'_'.$cat_obj->term_id); ?></p>

Best regards
Morten

[David Martin – Support]

Glad you got it working. Yes, you want it within a child theme or as a PHP function.

Thanks.

[morruu]

How can I turn the code into a PHP function? And would it be the best solution?

Best regards
Morten

[David Martin – Support]

This is more of a StackOverflow question. Taking your above code, you would have something like this in the child theme functions.php file:

function my_custom_function_name() {
	global $wp_query;
	$cat_obj = $wp_query->get_queried_object();
	echo '<p>'. get_field('portfolio_long_category_description', $cat_obj->taxonomy.'_'.$cat_obj->term_id).'</p>';
}

You can then add your code to the page my_custom_function_name(); or you can use the WordPress hooks/actions to add the content to the desired location.

Thanks.

[morruu]

Thanks again for your help. The support is awesome 🙂

Best regards
Morten

[David Martin – Support]

Very glad to help you out where we can.

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