The great thing about WordPress is that it is a Content Management System (CMS), not just a Sitebuilder. This means that you can use the flexible content storage to set a blog, create custom post types (such as projects or real estate lists) and much more. Divi’s Loop Builder is the easiest way to take that content and display 100% adaptable designs on your website.
This makes Loop Builder questions essential. Divi 5 introduced the Loop Builder, with many standard query options. These define exactly which content appears in a loop container. This message runs through every query institution, explains what it does and points out when you may need plug -in such as ACF.
Custom construction
A loop starts with the loop element. Think of it as a container that repeats itself for every corresponding item. The items can be messages, terms, users or repeater fields. As soon as you are switched on continuously, the querype panel appears. This is where the real control lives.
Question type
The first step is always the same: choose a query type. Divi 5 is currently supporting:
- Posttype (such as messages, projects, products or any adapted postal type that you have registered)
- Conditions (categories, tags or other taxonomies)
- Users (user accounts of your WordPress site)
- Repeater -fields (from Plug -Ins such as Advanced Custom Fields Pro)
Depending on your choice, the rest of the options change. Let’s go through each.
Post -Type Queries
This will be the most common type of loop. After you have chosen the posttype as the Lust type, select a certain postal type (or multiple types together) and Divi runs through the entries. It can be the standard blog posts, a WooCommerce product list or something that you have built with a CPT -plug -in.
Record or exclude categories and tags. For example, only show blog posts in the ‘announcements’ category.
Filter on specific post (s)
You can include or exclude specific messages in your CPT by selecting which messages you want to show or not. This is useful for making a loop of messages that do not match a predictable query (such as category, seen above).
Metaquery
This is gold when you use custom fields. You can record or exclude messages based on field values. For example, only show ‘properties’ where ‘for sale’ is the same. Or in the case below, where the The duration of the course is larger than 7 hours.
You must make these custom fields with a plug -in ACF or a plug -in which these metaboets makes for you (everything that makes adjusted post types with adapted fields, has meta tests for their unique data).
Order and sort
Choose alphabetical, publication date, changed date or even random. Combine with rising or descents to get the exact order you need.
Item count and offset
Post items per page decides how many messages appear before the pagination starts. Note that you should add the page module to your page if you want it.
Offset skips a number of messages from the start. It is perfect for making a single loop (for a recommended post) and a secondary loop with the rest. You can set the second loop to have an offset of one to skip the first message (which in this example takes the first loop as a function).
Ignore sticky messages
You can choose yes or no. If you even have the option “Make this post Sticky” Used, you can exclude them from your loops.
That is it for the basic options for query filtering with postal types. Many of the same principles apply to other query types, but there are some differences.
Term queries
Sometimes you don’t want to walk through messages – you want the categories yourself. This is possible with Divi and only requires that you change the query type.
You will see similar controls when using terms:
- Meta -query to filter terms through adapted metadata (requires plug -in such as ACF).
- Order on + order to sort by name, ID, Slug or custom values.
- Conditions per page + offset for pagination.
Practical use: Show a grid of blog categories, state all WooCommerce product categories or mark taxonomies of a CPT.
User questions
User questions are not new for WordPress, but in Divi 5 they are finally easy to make.
Molar “User” And Divi can be completed via site accounts. That can be authors, managers or membership lists.
Options here:
- Meta -query for drawing users with specific roles or field values. Example: Show only ‘authors’.
- Order on + order to sort by ID, login name, display name or registration date.
- Users per page + offset for pagination.
Repeater questions
This requires Advanced Custom Fields Pro (or a comparable plug -in). WordPress itself has no standard “repeater” -Velden. If you have them, Divi’s Loop Builder will seamlessly request them. Here we used ACF to create an option page with a repeater field for office hours.
Then we built and chose our loop for “repeater” Like the query type.
You also have these options for changing the query results:
- Order + direction (rising, falling, random).
- Repeaters per page + offset.
Repeater fields are perfect for things such as frequently asked questions, price functions or other contents that do not require a full postal type.
Plug -in that you may need or want
Divi uses different “feeds” of content that can exist on your site. Some are fundamental for WordPress, while others are brought to WordPress through a plug.
- Custom post types are not supplied from the box. You need a plug -such as CPT onion or write your own registration code. WooCommerce automatically adds “products” Toe.
- Repeater fields require something like ACF Pro. Divi does not make them for you, but you can make full use of it to display this content type.
- Users and terms are native to WordPress – you already have them and Divi can easily display them.
That means that most sites can immediately use three of the four query types. Budget an extra plug -in for adapted post types and repeater loops (there are free and paid options available).
Use the runner today in Divi 5
The Loop Builder in Divi 5 gives you new ways to decide which information you should show. It also gives you more control over the designs of your site, because any container or module can be walked, instead of just post -specific modules.
With the extensive query options from DIVI you can choose from post types, conditions, users or repeater fields. You can also define initial filters, exclusions, metaquerys and pagination to call in the exact content and order that you want to display.
With all these you can also build rasters, slider, folders or something else that your site needs. This was one of the most requested functions in the history of Divi, and it is finally here. If you are frustrated by the limits of the old blog module, this is your answer.