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• Started 3 years ago by Ipstenu
• Latest reply from chrishajer
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1. • 
   • Ipstenu
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   • Posted 3 years ago #

   This isn't a plugin, it's a 'hack' but I can't think of where else to put this.

   I have blog posts (duh) and I have forum topics that, sometimes, relate. I wanted to have a way to relate the blog posts to say 'Comment here' and 'Forum chat here.'

   The solution is stupid easy. I made a custom field in my blog (forum_topic) and then added this to the link with my comments link:
   <?php $forum= get_post_meta($post->ID, 'forum_topic', true); if ($forum) : ?><a href="<?php echo $forum; ?>">Forum Topic</a>

   And now if there's a related forum topic, I make the custom field, add the link in that field for the post, and it shows up. No topic? No link!

   Now if I can do that in reverse, that would be cool... related blog posts to this forum topic.
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   • chrishajer
   • Moderator

   • Posted 3 years ago #

   Custom fields in WordPress can be used for amazing things. I like your idea.

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