Meta Box

Hi just to clarify, I am adding this into an elementor text editor. If I write

[rwmb_meta id="academicyear"]

Then it works! But if I write:

[rwmb_meta id="academicyear" object_type="term"]

Then it does not work. This is a taxonomy. Am I using the right object type?

All the rest do not work if I do or do not use object_type. The only one working is year. And all the IDs are correct.

THANK YOU - it works! I can use this for every other relationship i'll need to reference.

Sorry, no the authors are not the author of the university post, this is just associated with them. So this does not work. I am trying to display this information within a different custom post type (research). And a specific field within the university post (university_Name). Please can you tell me how to adapt my shortcode so it works!

Ok - I will make the frontend relationship work, and will redesign the form - maybe break down into three meta groups. I think you're right and its the easiest thing to do.

Which means, I would just need to output the user from relationship. I tried the shortcode in the documentation, but it wasn't working for me (tried to and from directions to be sure).

So Im now trying to add my own shortcode:

 add_shortcode( 'show_user_post_related', function() {
        $author_id = get_post_field( 'post_author', get_queried_object_id() );

        $post_id = rwmb_meta( 'university_2_user_relationships_from', ['object_type' => 'user'], $author_id );
        if ( empty( $post_id ) ) {  // where am I going wrong here?
            return '';
        }

        $output = get_the_title( $post_id );
        return $output;
    } );

But what have I done wrong? If I can fix this shortcode, then I will (finally) give up on the auto-populating idea!

Hi Long,

I am really sorry but I do not understand what you mean. Do you mean make it like this:

add_action( 'rwmb_profile_after_save_user', function( $config, $user_id ) {
    if ( 'academic_profile' === $config['id'] ) { 
  $related_post_ids = empty( $_POST['university'] ) ? (array) $_post['academics_university'] : [];
 foreach ( $related_post_ids as $related_post ) {
  MB_Relationships_API::add( $user_id, $related_post_id, 'university_to_user' );
        }
    }
}, 10, 2 );

I would be happy to use the normal relationship field if it could be ordered within the frontend form - but instead it stands alone- I made a Loom to show you. So I want to use the post fields UX as a workaround to select a post, which value also equals a relationship - so it can be hidden from the frontend form

This is the user frontend:

add_filter( 'rwmb_meta_boxes', 'your_prefix_function_name' );

function your_prefix_function_name( $meta_boxes ) {
    $prefix = '';

    $meta_boxes[] = [
        'title'  => __( 'Profile', 'your-text-domain' ),
        'id'     => 'academic_profile',
        'type'   => 'user',
        'tabs'   => [
            'basic_info_tab'   => [
                'label' => 'Basic Info',
                'icon'  => 'dashicons-admin-users',
            ],
            'academic_profile' => [
                'label' => 'Academic Profile',
                'icon'  => 'dashicons-welcome-learn-more',
            ],
            'social_sharing'   => [
                'label' => 'Social Sharing',
                'icon'  => 'dashicons-share1',
            ],
        ],
        'fields' => [
            [
                'name'    => __( 'Academic Title', 'your-text-domain' ),
                'id'      => $prefix . 'academic_title',
                'type'    => 'select_advanced',
                'options' => [
                    'Dr'        => __( 'Dr', 'your-text-domain' ),
                    'Professor' => __( 'Professor', 'your-text-domain' ),
                ],
                'columns' => 3,
                'tab'     => 'basic_info_tab',
            ],
            [
                'name'    => __( 'First Name', 'your-text-domain' ),
                'id'      => $prefix . 'first_name',
                'type'    => 'text',
                'columns' => 4,
                'tab'     => 'basic_info_tab',
            ],
            [
                'name'    => __( 'Last Name', 'your-text-domain' ),
                'id'      => $prefix . 'last_name',
                'type'    => 'text',
                'columns' => 5,
                'tab'     => 'basic_info_tab',
            ],
            [
                'name'     => __( 'Pronouns', 'your-text-domain' ),
                'id'       => $prefix . 'user_pronouns',
                'type'     => 'text',
                'datalist' => [
                    'id'      => '62583f61cc701',
                    'options' => [
                        'He/Him
',
                        'She/Her
',
                        'They/Them',
                    ],
                ],
                'tab'      => 'basic_info_tab',
            ],
            [
                'name'     => __( 'Nationality', 'your-text-domain' ),
                'id'       => $prefix . 'user_nationality',
                'type'     => 'select_advanced',
                'options'  => [
                    //deleted options to make shorter
                ],
                'multiple' => true,
                'tab'      => 'basic_info_tab',
            ],
            [
                'name'          => __( 'Biography', 'your-text-domain' ),
                'id'            => $prefix . 'description',
                'type'          => 'textarea',
                'desc'          => __( '1-2 sentences', 'your-text-domain' ),
                'tooltip'       => [
                    'icon'     => 'info',
                    'position' => 'top',
                    'content'  => 'Write a sentence to introduce yourself. Keep it as short as a tweet - 280 characters.',
                ],
                'limit'         => 280,
                'textarea_rows' => 4,
                'tab'           => 'basic_info_tab',
            ],
            [
                'name'         => __( 'Profile Picture', 'your-text-domain' ),
                'id'           => $prefix . 'custom_avatar',
                'type'         => 'single_image',
                'force_delete' => true,
                'tab'          => 'basic_info_tab',
            ],
            [
                'name'       => __( 'University', 'your-text-domain' ),
                'id'         => $prefix . 'academics_university', /*this is the field that I am trying to duplicate into the relationship*/
                'type'       => 'post',
                'post_type'  => ['university'],
                'field_type' => 'select_advanced',
                'tab'        => 'academic_profile',
            ],
            [
                'name'    => __( 'Faculty', 'your-text-domain' ),
                'id'      => $prefix . 'faculty',
                'type'    => 'select_advanced',
                'options' => [
                 =            //deleted options to make shorter
                ],
                'columns' => 6,
                'tab'     => 'academic_profile',
            ],
            [
                'name'    => __( 'Academic Position', 'your-text-domain' ),
                'id'      => $prefix . 'academic_position',
                'type'    => 'select_advanced',
                'options' => [
                  //deleted options to make shorter
                ],
                'columns' => 6,
                'tab'     => 'academic_profile',
            ],
            [
                'name' => __( 'University Profile Page', 'your-text-domain' ),
                'id'   => $prefix . 'university_profile',
                'type' => 'url',
                'tab'  => 'social_sharing',
            ],
            [
                'name' => __( 'Linkedin Link', 'your-text-domain' ),
                'id'   => $prefix . 'linkedin',
                'type' => 'url',
                'tab'  => 'social_sharing',
            ],
            [
                'name'       => __( 'Twitter Handle', 'your-text-domain' ),
                'id'         => $prefix . 'twitter',
                'type'       => 'text',
                'prepend'    => '@',
                'attributes' => [
                    'pattern' => '[^()/><\\][\\\\\\x22,;|]+',
                ],
                'tab'        => 'social_sharing',
            ],
            [
                'name' => __( 'Orchid Profile', 'your-text-domain' ),
                'id'   => $prefix . 'orchid',
                'type' => 'url',
                'tab'  => 'social_sharing',
            ],
            [
                'name' => __( 'Email', 'your-text-domain' ),
                'id'   => $prefix . 'user_email',
                'type' => 'email',
                'tab'  => 'social_sharing',
            ],
            [
                'name'              => __( 'Email Sharing', 'your-text-domain' ),
                'id'                => $prefix . 'email_sharing',
                'type'              => 'checkbox',
                'label_description' => __( 'Include your email on your profile so members can get in touch', 'your-text-domain' ),
                'std'               => true,
                'tab'               => 'social_sharing',
            ],
        ],
    ];

    return $meta_boxes;
}'

University => User relationship:

<?php
add_action( 'mb_relationships_init', 'your_prefix_function_name' );

function your_prefix_function_name() {
    MB_Relationships_API::register( [
        'id'   => 'university_to_user',
        'from' => 'university',
        'to'   => [
            'object_type' => 'user',
            'post_type'   => 'post',
            'taxonomy'    => 'category',
        ],
    ] );
}

Does this help at all?

I spent the whole of yesterday manually migrating, and so pleased there wasn't an instant way that I missed. But the service request would have been great - Great to know that exists for next time!

Hi Long - just wanting to follow up on this, before I migrate all my fieldset over to a group..