Use ACF as permalink for result tile link

[pbpyrojust18]

Is it possible to create an ACF to use as the permalink for a result tile, but still show the title, excerpt, button, etc.. on the tile? I saw this for the lite version https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-acf-value-instead-of-permalink/ , but does it change the permalinks for all the results or just the ones were that ACF is filled out?

https://resources-marqeta-ms.pantheonsite.io/resources/
https://resources-marqeta-ms.pantheonsite.io/wp-admin/post.php?post=7423&action=edit
https://resources-marqeta-ms.pantheonsite.io/wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=resources-home
https://resources-marqeta-ms.pantheonsite.io/wp-admin/admin.php?page=asp_settings&asp_sid=2

[pbpyrojust18]

I just edited the ASL code for ASP and it seems to work

add_filter( 'asp_results', 'asp_custom_link_meta_results', 10, 1 );
function asp_custom_link_meta_results( $results ) {
    // Change this variable to whatever meta key you are using
    $key = 'url_to_asset';

    // Parse through each result item
    foreach ($results as $k=>$v) {
        if ( function_exists('get_field') )
            $new_url = get_field( $key, $v->id, true ); // ACF support
        else
            $new_url = get_post_meta( $v->id, $key, true );

        // Change only, if the meta is specified
        if ( !empty($new_url) ) {
            $results[$k]->link = $new_url;
        }
    }

    return $results;
}

Unless there is an updated snippet for ASP?

[pbpyrojust18]

Is it possible to have the ‘url_to_asset’ to open in a new tab?

[Ernest Marcinko]

That code looks perfectly fine to me, great job!

Well, you can configure the plugin to open all links in a new tab here: https://i.imgur.com/4ae6SNo.png

[pbpyrojust18]

I only need it to open a new tab for the ones that have text in the ACF. If you have a quick way to do that, that would be great. If not I will figure it out with some more PHP.

[Ernest Marcinko]

Well, for that I recommend the results templating, using a hook is not going to work with this in my opinion.

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