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[Resolved] Display title of Parent in a filtered child view

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Problem:
How to display parent post information with hierarchical post structure set using posttype when you pass parent post ID using URL param.

Solution:
You can access URL param using view's shortcode:

[wpv-search-term param='your-url-param']

You can find proposed solution, in this case, with the following reply:
=> https://toolset.com/forums/topic/display-title-of-parent-in-a-filtered-child-view/#post-609413

Relevant Documentation:
=> https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/views-shortcodes/#wpv-search-term

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Last updated by Armando 6 years, 2 months ago.

Assisted by: Minesh.

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#608748

Follow up from:
https://toolset.com/forums/topic/displaying-hierarchical-content/#post-608062

Tell us what you are trying to do?
Get the title of the parent title in a filtered view

Is there any documentation that you are following?
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/displaying-fields-of-parent-pages/

Currently, I have a filtered view which shows children posts linked from a parent CPT.

Example:
My CPT: my-portfolio

URL:
mysite.com/my-portfolio/

I have parent and children pages using WP hierarchy.
parent
parent
parent
-child
-child

I click on child, where portfolio-child Is a child page, my URL is:
portfolio-child/?wpv-child-of=654

In my child view, which lives in a page has the following filter:
Select posts that are children of the Post with ID set by the URL parameter wpv-child-of.
eg. hidden link

So my URL is:
portfolio-child/?wpv-child-of=654

I would like to retrieve the title of the parent page, but I am getting the title of the static page the view lives in:
So instead of getting:

Portraits Main (parent of CPT)
my-portfolio/portraits-main/

I am getting the title of the static page where the view is.

I have tried [wpv-post-title id="$cpt"]

Thank you!!

#608794

Minesh
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Hello. Thank you for contacting the Toolset support.

Well - could you please tell me which shortcode you use to display your parent title?
I see you tried with following:

[wpv-post-title id="$cpt"]

Could you please try following code:

[wpv-post-title id="$my-portfolio"]

Where - "my-portfolio" is your parent post type slug. If your parent post type slug is different you should change it accordingly.

#608797

$cpt is custom post type, in my case, $my-portfolio. This is what I tried and did not work. Thanks.

#608807

Minesh
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Well - I need to check on your install whats going wrong there in order to be of quick help.

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#609413

Minesh
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Well - I check that you are not using classic post type relationship but hierarchical post structure.

To get the parent post title - you should use the shortcode:

 [wpv-post-title id="[wpv-search-term param='wpv-child-of']"]

More info:
=> https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/views-shortcodes/#wpv-search-term

Could you please confirm it works for you and solution help you to display the parent post title.

#609535

Thank you for pointing me to the documentation, I would have never guessed to use search term.

Thanks for your help.

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