[Resolved] Template Tags in Elements not showing up

[Aldrin]

Hi, I have setup an element and asigned it to the right area to show. Within the element I used Template Tags…Issue I’m having is {{post_title}} shows up correctly…for example “Example Title”, but anything like {{post_author}} or {{post_terms.taxonomy}} etc shows up exactly as {{post.whatever}} in brackets. Can someone shed some light if there is there is some specific settings to display other tags correctly?

[Leo]

Hi there,

Any chance you can link us to the site in question?

You can edit the original topic and use the private URL field.

Let me know 🙂

[Aldrin]

Hi Leo, I’m actually running the site locally. I think I might be trying to achieve something which might not be supported with this feature. The element I have created is set to show on woocommerce product category archive pages. For example /product/cars/bmw/ … I wanted to have the word BMW show on the products under/product/cars/bmw/ category archive page. Hope I am being clear enough.

[David]

Hi there,

{{post_author}} should work on any single post displaying the byline.

To display the post categories you would use: {{post_terms.category}}

[Aldrin]

Hi David, thank you but I already mentioned that I did try {{post_terms.category}} in the archive sections and it still shows up exactly as {{post_terms.category}}. So, I created an Element, next I added {{post_terms.category}}, then in Display Rules > Location I specified Product Category Archive -> All Product Categories. No luck

[David]

Sorry missed the woocommerce part – so you need this:

{{post_terms.product_cat}}

[Aldrin]

Thanks again David…I did try that before {{post_terms.product_cat}}…still no luck

[Tom]

Hmm, it’s not trying to render at all.

Does this work on a regular post using {{post_terms.category}}?

If not, can you try deactivating your other plugins to rule out a conflict?

[Aldrin]

Hi Tom, sorry for the delay. I even tried installing a fresh WPress and theme files and GP Prem plugin. Out of laziness I did import the demo content. I still see the bracketed values instead of the correct values. None of them work, except for {{post_title}}

[David]

Can you share the exact HTML you have in the Header Element ?
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[Aldrin]

Hi David, here you go. {{post_title}} Testing {{post_terms.category}} or {{post_terms.product_cat}}

[David]

Tricky to diagnose the problem without seeing the site.
Any chance it can be pushed to a hosted environment ?

[Aldrin]

Sure David…How would I forward you the credentials to the site?

[Leo]

You can send the dashboard access using Account Issue here:
https://generatepress.com/contact/

Please include the following information:
– The URL of this topic.
– Login URL.
– Username and password.

[David]

Oops we may have missed the obvious in this topic:

{{post_terms.taxonomy}} eg, {{post_terms.product_cat}} cannot be used on Archives. As that would be the same as the {{post_title}}

If you change your display rules to the Product > All Products then you will see the Title and the Terms displayed on all products.

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