NO BUG: ACF Relationship Query loop showing Draft content

[Tootinghorns]

ACF Relationship Query loop showing draft content - no way to filter by published status.

The field is working in all other respects, just no options in the “type > ACF Relationship” input to specify published only status.
Not sure if this is a bug or a feature request - but i as it currently is, it makes it problematic to use. I can’t see why you’d ever want to loop draft posts…
eg. also makes any other conditional display elements think there is post content when in fact they are draft status.
I can add a published status conditions on the loop element (as @timmse describes below) , but i want to hide a section when there is no content , not just the looped element.

[Tootinghorns]

Hi @timmse - should i just contact support directly about this?

The query for related “current jobs” shows a post thats has draft status - so i’ll be getting…

…when users click the link.

Here is the example:

The Great North Wood - Station to Station Business Directory

Best
Pete

[sinanisler]

there is a high probability this is related to your acf setup or acf array.

bricks loop just gets the loop arguments and runs it as wp_query class thats all it does really.

WP_Query – Class | Developer.WordPress.org

[timmse]

Hi Pete,
If you think you have found a bug, please post your report with reproducible steps in the “bugs” category and not in “how to”

It seems as if the “Filter by post status” setting of the ACF relationship field is currently not supported, but you can use a “post status” condition on your loop item, which works fine as far as I can see.

[Tootinghorns]

Whoops - sorry @timmse i changed the category

I do already have a condition set up to hide the section if there is no ACF relationship content which works . - but not when there is a related draft post - just also treating Drafts as “Not Empty”

Setting this condition on the Filtered block works but means i still see and empty section and title

[timmse]

Hi Pete,
Add a condition to your loop item that checks the post status (see my previous screenshot).

[Tootinghorns]

Hi @timmse , that doesn’t help with being able to add a condition to hide the section if there is no published content i’m afraid, only the looped item.

[timmse]

Hi Pete,
All right, time to try some magic

1. Setup your loop like this (search for your relationship field in “include”):
   

   

2. Now you can use {query_results_count:xxx} (replace xxx with the Bricks ID of the loop) in a condition on the section. If there are only draft posts, the results count will be 0, and the section won’t show.
   

   

[Tootinghorns]

You are a wizzard @timmse - as usual you always go the extra mile, thanks so much, this will help with lots of other stuff too!

[timmse]

… actually, after some trial and error, I took a look at the Academy and found what I was looking for

Query Loop