{"id":747,"date":"2025-03-24T14:27:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T14:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/gd-dynamic-content\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T15:23:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T14:23:55","slug":"gd-dynamic-content","status":"publish","type":"gd_place","link":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/core-widgets\/gd-dynamic-content\/","title":{"rendered":"GD > Dynamic Content"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
<\/span>All Widgets come as Widgets, Shortcodes or Blocks. Learn more about our Super Duper Widgets<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Dynamic Content<\/strong> widget can be used to output custom content dependent on a specific custom field value<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a very powerful widget, its uses are almost limitless.  See the examples section below.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>If your end goal is to output a button or badge<\/strong> to show a value, the GD > Post Badge<\/strong> widget might be a better fit.<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Widget Options<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • Post ID<\/strong> – Leaving this blank will use the current post ID from the page or the loop, or you can specify and exact post ID if needed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Field Key<\/strong> –\u00a0Selecting the custom field key to use as the conditional field.\u00a0 Standard field values are also available here such as post_date.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Field condition<\/strong> – This is the condition to use for the field value. You can match it to an exact value or simply use “is no empty” to show if a value is set. Many comparison types are available.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Value to match<\/strong> – If a comparison condition is used that requires a matching value then this is where you can enter a matching value.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Text<\/strong> – This is the text that will be output only if the field conditions are met<\/strong>.\u00a0Use %%input%% to use the input value of the field or %%post_url%% for the post URL, or the field key for any other info %%email%%.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Example Output<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Basic Example<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Output a screenshot of the listing website if it has been entered.<\/strong>
    ( this can be done via the GD > Post Images widget by default, this is just for example purposes here )<\/em>
    <\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Widget input settings:<\/i>
    The output text will only show if the website custom field is not empty.

    In the text<\/strong> input, the %%website%% variable will be replaced with the field value, which we then use the WordPress tool to generate an image URL for the website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"\"\/<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Output result:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"\"\/<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Advanced Example<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Use a 3rd party shortcode with some dynamic content to show specific new content.
    <\/strong>Output specific WooCommerce products in a single page tab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Create a custom field for the product IDs. Depending on your directory you might want to make this an admin edit only field.

    \"\"<\/figure><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    Create a new shortcode tab and use the Dynamic Content shortcode to set the WooCommerce shortcode.\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    [gd_dynamic_content key="product_ids" condition="is_not_empty"]\n[products ids="%%product_ids%%"]\n[\/gd_dynamic_content]<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    \"\"<\/figure><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    Edit a listing and enter some WooCommerce product IDs, separated by a ” , ” comma if multiple. 
    \"\"<\/figure><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    Visit the listing and you will see the entered products under the Products tab.
    \"\"<\/figure><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
    Featured<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    Show Endorsement when the listing is ‘featured’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    [gd_dynamic_content key="featured" condition="is_not_empty"]\n%%post_title%% has met and exceeded our strict qualifications in order to receive our endorsement.\n[\/gd_dynamic_content]<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    Show ‘Related Listings” (ads) when the listing is NOT ‘featured’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    [gd_dynamic_content key="featured" condition="is_empty"]\n[gd_listings hide_if_empty="1" post_type="gd_place" related_to="default_category" post_limit="3" sort_by="az" title_tag="h3" layout="3" bottom_pagination="1" mb="3" slide_interval="5"]\n[\/gd_dynamic_content]<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
    The Dynamic Content widget can be used to output custom content dependent on a specific custom field value. This is a very powerful widget, its uses are almost limitless.  See the examples section below. Widget Options Example Output Basic Example Output a screenshot of the listing website if it has been entered. ( this can […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"article\/tags":[],"article\/categories":[213,422],"class_list":["post-747","gd_place","type-gd_place","status-publish","hentry","gd_placecategory-extensions-features","gd_placecategory-core-widgets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gd_place"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/747\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"gd_place_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/tags?post=747"},{"taxonomy":"gd_placecategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/categories?post=747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}