Preselecting taxonomy?

Anonymous

#57005

Hi there,

The plugin works great as a default blog page.

What we would also like is to also use it on other pages to display posts with a certain term from a custom taxonomy.

Is it possible to preselect a term, so that only posts from that term are displayed by default but the visitor still has the option to choose other terms and expand the search?

These pages exist and have the taxonomy id set as a custom field (using ACF) so a solution using this would be perfect.

Anonymous

#57011

Ok, so I managed selecting the checkbox with some jQuery added via functions.php:

//Select sector in posts filter
add_action('wp_footer', 'sectorpostsfilter');
function sectorpostsfilter(){
	if (function_exists('get_field')) :
		$sectorobject = get_field('taxonomy_sector');
		$sectorid = $sectorobject->term_id;
		if ($sectorid) : ?>
		<script type='text/javascript'>
			jQuery = jQuery.noConflict();
			jQuery(function( $ ) {
				$('.sf-item-<?php echo $sectorid; ?> input').prop('checked', true); 
			});
		</script><?php 
		endif;
	endif;
}

And by altering the query within the template:

<?php 
if (function_exists('get_field')) :
	$sectorobject = get_field('taxonomy_sector');
	$sectorslug = $sectorobject->slug;
endif;
$loop = new WP_Query( array( 'sectors' => $sectorslug ) ); 
        while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();
			get_template_part( 'loop', 'post' );	
	endwhile; wp_reset_postdata(); 
?>

Trevor

#57021

This works for you. Kudos! Can I close the thread as self-resolved?

Anonymous

#57348

Hi Trevor, would S&F do this out of the box or do we need to follow Samantha’s advice?

Trevor

#57362

You would need to follow Samantha’s advice, as it cannot do it out of the box.

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