Dynamic Injection

The value field in the Meta Filter supports dynamic injection. This means you don’t need to use only static values, but have the option to also define page id/field and datetime aliases. These aliases will be replaced dynamically with the current value depending on the page and/or current date and time respectively.

Get current post ID

Note: Use $post$ that will be replaced with the current post id.

Example usage: find all posts where post_object/relationship field contains the current page in the list.

Compare current post with field value

To compare with a field value, you can use $post$.field-name, where 'field-name' should be replaced with the name of your target field. In this way, the plugin will automatically get and use a value of the field from the current page in the query.

Example usage: find all posts where a 'select' field has the same option chosen, as the option chosen on the current page.

Compare with a query ($_GET) argument

To compare with a query ($_GET) value, you can use $query$.field-name, where 'field-name' should be replaced with the name of your target query argument. In this way, the plugin will automatically get and use a value of the query (url) from the current page in the posts query.

Compare with a custom argument

You can also insert a custom argument from the shortcode into the query, making the Post Selection context-dependent. Use $custom-arguments$.field-name to dynamically get the shortcode argument. This allows you to copy the Post Selection shortcode to different places and use different values, like this:

[avf-post-selection custom-arguments="genre=my-slug"]
[avf-post-selection custom-arguments="genre=my-another-slug"]

Note: This method is useful for manually defined cases. If you need to pick it up from the current page metadata, use the $post$ constant described above.

Compare date to current date and time

To compare the value in an ACF Date or an ACF Date/Time field to the current date and time.

Note: Use $now$ that will be replaced with the current date and time the page is viewed. You can also add or remove periods. For example, you can use '$now$ + 1 day' or '$now$ - 1 week'. The following period keys are supported: minute, hour, day, week and month.

Example usage: find all posts where 'date' field value is "Bigger than" current date and time. So as to show only upcoming events in the posts grid or list.

Extended support for Post_object and Relationship fields

Advanced Views Pro supports Post_object and Relationship field types in the Meta filters.

Step by step guide

See the step by step guide on how to display Employee CPT items on a Company CPT post.