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Raju Kolte
Raju Kolte
3,110 Points
Posted by Raju Kolte
Raju Kolte
3,110 Points

How to use custom field in loop ?

Hello Team,

Can anyone explain me how to use custom field in loop.

1 Answer

Garrett Sanderson
Garrett Sanderson
12,735 Points
Garrett Sanderson
Garrett Sanderson
12,735 Points

Hey man,

So what you are going to have to do is before the loop set the loop to grab a specific post type that you are pulling from. 

<?php

$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );

?>

Then when you go into the loop you will reference that variable for the posts

<?php
// The Loop
if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
    echo '<ul>';
    while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
        $the_query->the_post();
        echo '<li>' . get_the_title() . '</li>';
    }
    echo '</ul>';
} else {
    // no posts found
}
?>

While inside this loop you will then call for your custom field that is within that post type.

<?php
// The Loop
if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
    echo '<ul>';
    while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
        $the_query->the_post();
        echo '<li>' . get_the_title() . '</li>';
               // Custom field 
              the_field('name of the field here');
    }
    echo '</ul>';
} else {
    // no posts found
}
?>

You can see more about this here: https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query