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Hey RobWestbrook,
Sorry for the late reply,
This is no longer available.

Best regards,
Mike

Hi,
Thanks for sharing your solution. Unless there is anything else we can assist with on this issue, shall we close this then?

Best regards,
Mike

Hi,
Sorry for the trouble, but your shortcode doesn’t work for me. I thought the plugin was linked in the documentation, I’ll have to take another look.

Best regards,
Mike

Hi,

According to the enfold-related-posts-element.php > avia_include_shortcode_template function, the shortcode file should remain inside the shortcodes folder of the plugin directory. Do you see any errors after activation? I will tag @Mike to the thread.

Best regards,
Ismael

Hi,

@Guenni007 Thank you, I will need to add more documentation. This is a plugin, my thought was that this would be easier for people. But good point I will add a “child-themes/shortcodes” folder version.

Best regards,
Mike

Hi,
@Gitte I tested the plugin again on a clean install and it seems to be working correctly for me. You would just install the plugin as any other plugin and then the element will be usable in the Advanced Layout Builder.
As for your error, line 57 is for “$paths, $template_url.’/shortcodes/'”
So I assume that you are using a child theme and have already declared this path for custom shortcodes.
In your case, if you already have the “shortcodes” path created, you could remove the plugin and copy the enfold-related-posts-element/shortcodes/related_posts.php to your /shortcodes/ folder and see if that works.

I would be happy to take a look at what’s going on but I will need an admin & ftp login.
After I created this plugin I found a “shortcode” that can be added to a code block element without the plugin, if you would like to try this, then deactivate the plugin and add this to your functions.php:

function related_posts_shortcode( $attr ) {
    ob_start();
    get_template_part( 'includes/related-posts' );
    return ob_get_clean();
}
add_shortcode( 'rpost', 'related_posts_shortcode' );

then in your code block element use this shortcode:

[rpost]

Best regards,
Mike

Hi,
Yes, there are no settings, but you have to be sure to use some tags, because the related posts are picked by tags.
Perhaps this is why nothing appears on the frontend?

Best regards,
Mike

Hi,
Thanks for your question, there was no official plugin for adding the Related Posts Element to Advanced Layout Builder pages, it was something I created years ago that didn’t work correctly.
You can use this function if you wish, I have tested it and it is working in 2022
Add this code to the end of your child theme functions.php file in Appearance ▸ Editor:

function related_posts_shortcode( $attr ) {
    ob_start();
    get_template_part( 'includes/related-posts' );
    return ob_get_clean();
}
add_shortcode( 'rpost', 'related_posts_shortcode' );

then in a code block element use this shortcode: [rpost]
For the element to work you must add tags to your post that other posts also use, this is how the element picks which posts to show.

Best regards,
Mike