How to filter post select field by metabox custom field? - Meta Box

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February 23, 2020 at 4:02 AM #18377

Rick
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I have 3 post types Book, Author, Character.

I have characters that have a value "author" which is tied to an author post.

Then I have a book post type, which is tied to an author through a post field. It also has a character field which is a post select field as well. I would like to limit that character dropdown showing on the books page to only those characters that are assigned to the same author as the current book. Is that possible? I tried everything possible I could think of in the Query values in the advanced tab, but couldn't get anything to filter it.

Any help would be very appreciated.

Thanks!
Rick

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February 25, 2020 at 4:29 PM #18400

Anh Tran
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Hi Rick,

I think that can be done with some code. Meta Box Builder couldn't help building complex queries.

This is a pseudo code that can help you to start with:

https://pastebin.com/hVnePVdN

You might need to change the query to get the proper characters for you.

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February 25, 2020 at 8:38 PM #18405

Rick
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Thanks Anh, I'll give it a shot.

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