Display custom field in archive

[barryovb]

Hi Themeco.

I have everything set up (child theme and the rest) but I’m finding it difficult to add custom field from ACF to my archive pages.

I used this code
<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'my_field_key', true); ?>
But it didn’t work on Archive Pages. It only worked on normal pages.

I tried to implement the solution in this thread:

How do I Display ACF Pro Custom Fields Into Posts and Archive Entries

Hey @freedomdesign, First, we need to identify the template responsible for displaying the title both for single post and archive views and that is the _content-post-header.php. All stacks has that file so if you’re using Integrity, you can find that inside the theme’s framework/views/integrity folder. I believe that you already know that this requires theme customization and you already have setup a child theme. If not, please see https://theme.co/apex/forum/t/customizations-best-practices/20…

But it didn’t work either.

This was the solution in that thread:
<php the_field('post_html'); ?>

I replaced 'post_html' with 'my_field_key'

Please help. Thanks.

[ruenel]

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[barryovb]

Thanks @ruenel. I am building on a local host.

Please take a look below. I am sure you will understand.

The image above shows the field I created with ACF. The Field Group name is “Hero Settings”. I have only one field in this field group and the name is page_description while the label is Page Description.

This is the code I am using: <?php the_field('page_description'); ?>. I tested it on a normal page and it worked perfectly just like the first code (<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'my_field_key', true); ?>) I used but it doesn’t work for the archive page. Please if you can assist me further, I will really appreciate it. Thanks.

[ruenel]

Hello @Mrbiizy,

Can you please post the whole code contents in your archive page template? We need to check your loop and other codes found in the archive template.

Thanks.

[barryovb]

Okay sir.

<?php

// =============================================================================
// VIEWS/INTEGRITY/IEX-ARCHIVE-HERO.PHP
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Standard <header> output for various posts.
// =============================================================================
// Hero view for archives, tags and blog page

?>

<section class="archive-hero">
  <div class="container">
    <div class="inner x-container max width">
      <div class="item-1">
        <h1 class="iex-title"><?php wp_title(''); ?></h1>
      </div>
      <div class="item-2">
        <span class="iex-text"><?php the_archive_description(); ?></span>

        <?php the_field('page_description'); ?>

      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
  <?php x_get_view( 'integrity', 'iex-hero-separator' ); ?>
</section>

Thanks

[ruenel]

Hello @Mrbiizy,

The code is correct in the archive template. I have a hunch that this template was not loaded in your archive page. Do you have a file named as archive-iex-here.php where it contents <?php x_get_view( 'integrity', 'iex-archive-hero' ); ?>? The template must be connected in some files so that the code will work.

It is good if you have uploaded your files in a web server so we can double check your child theme and other template files.

Let us know how it goes.

[barryovb]

Hmmm… Anyways @ruenel, When I upload, I guess I’d have to open another thread.

Thanks for your time.

[ruenel]

No problem @Mrbiizy.
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