How to create a custom post type for a video with a link-CodePudding

I have custom post types for videos on my site. They are displayed on the pages in the form of cards. One post is a picture, a title for a video card, and a link. When you click on the card, a popup with a video should open. I display video cards using the WP_Query loop. My problem is that I don't know how to link to the video. The post does not have a single page. I need to somehow specify a link to it when creating a post and display it. How can i do this?

<?php $video_link = get_field('video_link'); ?>
<?php             
     $case = new WP_Query( array(
      'post_type' => 'videos',
       'paged' => -1,
                   'order'  => 'DESC',
                    ) );      
                    while ( $case->have_posts() ) : $case->the_post(); ?>  
                   <?php $cur_terms = get_the_terms( $case->post->ID, 'categories' ); ?>
             <li project-preview project-preview--elastic" data-fancybox href="<?php echo $video_link ?>">
                <span >
                  <img src="<? the_post_thumbnail_url() ?>" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>">
             <span > 
                  <svg width="17" height="19">
                    <use xlink:href="#triangle"></use>
                  </svg>
                </span>
                </span>
                <span >
                  <span ><?php the_title(); ?></span>
                  <span >
                    <svg width="24" height="23">
                      <use xlink:href="#link-arrow2"></use>
                    </svg>
                  </span>
                </span>
              </a>
            </li>
            <?php endwhile;
            $case->reset_postdata();  ?>

CodePudding user response：

I would probably simply add the link in the content of the custom post type, from what I see you are not using it. Or you could also add it as an excerpt.

Or like Cornel said, use the built in custom fields. More info here wordpress.org/support/article/custom-fields

Last solution is to use ACF plugin (Advanced Custom Fields) and just create a custom field for the link of the video.

Hope this helps

CodePudding user response：

The built-in custom fields method would be the quickest and simplest, but not the most elegant.

Here is a more elegant method of adding a custom metabox and a field.

// Hook a new metabox
add_action( 'add_meta_boxes', 'add_custom_box' );
function add_custom_box() {
    $screens = [ 'videos' ];
    foreach ( $screens as $screen ) {
        add_meta_box(
            'unique_box_identifier',     // Unique ID
            'Custom Meta Box Title',     // Box title
            'custom_box_html',           // Content callback, this calls the markup function below
            $screen                      // Post type
        );
    }
}

// Field Markup
function custom_box_html( $post ) {
    $value = get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'video_link', true );
    
    ?>

    <label for="video_link">Link URL: </label>
    <input type="url" name="video_link" id="video_link" value="<?php if (isset($value)) { echo $value; } ?>" />

    <?php
}

// Save the metadata with the post
add_action( 'save_post', 'save_postdata' );
function save_postdata( $post_id ) {
    if ( array_key_exists( 'video_link', $_POST ) ) {
        update_post_meta(
            $post_id,
            'video_link',
            $_POST['video_link']
        );
    }
}

Then to get the value for use in your template, just call like this:

$value = get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'video_link', true );
echo $value;

Source Docs:

CodePudding user response：

you'll have to use wp_get_attachment_url(get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), "key_of_video", true))

how do you store the video in the post type?