orderby=date is not working on learndash_course Loop type

[ghen-arvesu]

Hi @eliot-akira , There seem to be a problem on the learndash course integration and the ACF post loop integration. Once we add the orderby=date order=asc then the excerpt and the other details are getting lost.

Here is how we used it.

         <Loop type=learndash_course enrolled=true orderby=date order=asc>
            <Template name=course-item />
          </Loop>

Template: Course Item

<Loop acf_post=course_product>
  <Set course_duration><Field duration /></Set>
  <Set course_excerpt><Field excerpt /></Set>
  <Set product_id><Field id /></Set>
  <Set product_url><Field url /></Set>
</Loop>
<Set course_has_product><If variable=product_id>1</If></Set>
<Set user_has_access><If field=course_enrolled value="TRUE">1</If></Set>
<li class="tt-list__item card">
  <div class="tt-list__item__inner">
    <div class="tt-list__item__content">
      <div class="tt-list__item__title"><Field title /></div>
      <div class="tt-list__item__description"><Get course_excerpt /></div>

[eliot-akira]

Thank you for the issue report, the templates are helpful to see. If I understand correctly, each LearnDash course has an ACF Post field called course_product.

To help narrow down the cause, can you try the following simplified templates and tell me the resulting output? We can see where it stops working.

• 1. Get course product: Loop without orderby or separate template

  <Loop type=learndash_course enrolled=true count=1>
  Course: <Field id /><br>
  <Loop acf_post=course_product>
    Course Product: <Field id /> - Excerpt: <Field excerpt />
  </Loop>
  </Loop>

  If this doesn't work, the issue is related to the ACF Post field, how it's not able to find the associated course product.

• 2. Get course product: Loop without separate template

  <Loop type=learndash_course enrolled=true orderby=date order=asc count=1>
  Course: <Field id /><br>
  <Loop acf_post=course_product>
    Course Product: <Field id /> - Excerpt: <Field excerpt />
  </Loop>
  </Loop>

  If this doesn't work, the issue is related to the LearnDash Course loop type and how it processes orderby.

• 3. Get course product: Loop with separate template

  <Loop type=learndash_course enrolled=true orderby=date order=asc count=1>
  Course: <Field id /><br>
  <Template name=course-product-test />
  </Loop>

  Template: course-product-test

  <Loop acf_post=course_product>
  Course Product: <Field id /> - Excerpt: <Field excerpt />
  </Loop>

  If this doesn't work, the issue is related to the Template tag and how the loaded template is not able to get the ACF Post field from the current LearnDash course.

[ghen-arvesu]

Hey @eliot-akira thanks so much for your response. We were able to solve this by noticing that:

1. The course is not actually associated with the product and
2. we had to reset the loop values to show the correct values

[eliot-akira]

Good to know! :smile: