Insert Custom Post Type content into Category term-description

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November 15, 2022 at 12:39 AM #39135
Denise Field
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Hi

I have created a custom post type called alt-category and additionally created a custom template which I have assigned to a new post.

I want to insert the content of that post into my category description.

This is where I am at so far:
1. Installed Insert Page Plugin so I can insert a piece of shortcode
2. I created a custom field called alt_page_id
3. I created a hook and function in my functions.php - at the moment all I have is a post ID no shortcode - I just want to see if I can get that Post ID
```
 
add_action( 'woocommerce_after_main_content', 'add_alt_description', 10 );

function add_alt_description(){
	$current_cat_id = get_queried_object_id();//This gets the correct Category ID for the page I want
	echo $current_cat_id;
	$value = rwmb_the_value( 'alt_page_id','' , $current_cat_id ) ;//This is supposed to display the post ID
	echo  $value;
}
```
4. The format I need to display the shortcode using the $value as a variable is
[insert post='$value' display='content']

I have 2 issues
1. The $current_cat_id does give me the correct category but the $value variable is outputting nothing
2. in item 4, as I have a custom post type I'm not sure what to put after [insert should it be my custom post type slug? e.g. alt-category.

Can you help?

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November 15, 2022 at 10:42 PM #39150
Peter
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Hello Denise,

1. Let me explain your case again and let me know if it is incorrect.

- You have a CPT alt-category
- You want to show the alt-category post content to the WooCommerce product category description

2. But there is no connection or relationship between product category and alt-category post to get the CPT alt-category post ID.

3. What is the object that you assign the custom field alt_page_id to? CPT alt-category or product category? Product category is a taxonomy so if you want to get the term meta alt_page_id, you need to pass the second argument to the helper function
```
$value = rwmb_meta( 'alt_page_id', ['object_type' => 'term'], $current_cat_id );
echo $value;
```
Read more on the documentation https://docs.metabox.io/extensions/mb-term-meta/#getting-field-value

4. Regarding the insert post shortcode, I dont know what type of value it need to display the post content. Please contact their support for further assistance.

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November 16, 2022 at 2:58 AM #39157

Denise Field
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Thank you, its now working!

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November 16, 2022 at 5:14 AM #39159
Denise Field
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For reference if anyone else wants to use that plugin the entire function to display the custom post is
```
add_action( 'woocommerce_after_main_content', 'add_alt_description', 10 );

function add_alt_description(){
	$term_id = get_queried_object_id();
	$value = rwmb_meta( 'alt_page_id', ['object_type' => 'term'], $term_id );
	echo '<div class="container"><div class="alt-category"><div class="alt-category__page"><div class="alt-category__content"> ' ;
	
	echo do_shortcode("[insert page='$value' ]");
	echo '</div></div></div></div>'; 

}
 
 
```
*** The insert page shortcode does strip all the divs from the page you may have set up for styling so I just added them back in with this function ***

This was just perfect for large content to display in the product category pages, so much better than the tiny box woocommerce gives you!

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