Title: Attachment Loop Stopped Working Last modified: August 22, 2016 --- # Attachment Loop Stopped Working * [petroglyphic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petroglyphic/) * (@petroglyphic) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attachment-loop-stopped-working/) * We’ve been using the following loop to display lists of attachments to subpages: * ``` ``` * It worked until a few days ago, probably the last update. Displays nothing now. This still works on the subpage itself: * ``` ``` * I checked it against the documentation, couldn’t find the problem. What do I need to change? This page should have two lists of links to attachments: [. This is one of the subpages with the attached loop on the page: ](http://www.sierranevada.edu/academics/teacher-education/ted-resources/class-syllabi/) [](http://www.sierranevada.edu/academics/teacher-education/ted-resources/class-syllabi/2015-spring-ted-syllabi-reno/) * Thanks, Susan * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-content-shortcode/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-content-shortcode/) Viewing 13 replies - 1 through 13 (of 13 total) * Plugin Author [Eliot Akira](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miyarakira/) * (@miyarakira) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attachment-loop-stopped-working/#post-5906423) * Thank you for telling me about this. So it looks like [attached] is not working inside the loop? I’ll look into it and let you know what I find out. * In the meantime, can you tell me the output of this? * ``` [loop id="35475" status="any"] [if attached] The post has attachments. [else] The post doesn't have attachments. [/if] [/loop] ``` * I just want to narrow down where the issue is coming from. * Plugin Author [Eliot Akira](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miyarakira/) * (@miyarakira) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attachment-loop-stopped-working/#post-5906432) * I tested [loop] with specific ID and [attached] – they’re working on my end. I wonder what is different in your case.. The last several plugin updates just added new parameters for [loop] and didn’t change anything with [attached] – so I don’t think that’s where it’s coming from. * Has anything changed with the post itself? * Thread Starter [petroglyphic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petroglyphic/) * (@petroglyphic) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attachment-loop-stopped-working/#post-5906516) * The if/else loop you sent doesn’t return anything. Nothing had changed with the post itself for at least several weeks. (It displays links to class syllabi, I update at the beginning of each semester and that’s it till the next.) We have another page which lists attachments to 4 subpages with the same loop syntax which is also not working. * We installed W3 Total Cache last week – are you aware of any conflicts between your plugin and that one? * The page links in my first post got screwed up – This page should have two lists of links to attachments: [http://www.sierranevada.edu/academics/teacher-education/ted-resources/class-syllabi/](http://www.sierranevada.edu/academics/teacher-education/ted-resources/class-syllabi/) One of the subpages with the attached loop on the page: [http://www.sierranevada.edu/academics/teacher-education/ted-resources/class-syllabi/2015-spring-ted-syllabi-reno/](http://www.sierranevada.edu/academics/teacher-education/ted-resources/class-syllabi/2015-spring-ted-syllabi-reno/) * Thanks, Susan * Plugin Author [Eliot Akira](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miyarakira/) * (@miyarakira) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attachment-loop-stopped-working/#post-5906520) * I see, that’s odd that the code above didn’t return anything – it should have displayed one or the other message. * Does it display any field from this specific post? * ``` [loop id="35475" status="any"] Post title: [field title] Post ID: [field id] [if attached] The post has attachments. [else] The post doesn't have attachments. [/if] [/loop] ``` * If this displays nothing, then it means [loop] is not finding the post for some reason. Can you confirm that it’s the correct post ID? * Plugin Author [Eliot Akira](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miyarakira/) * (@miyarakira) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attachment-loop-stopped-working/#post-5906521) * The [loop] uses a native WordPress function to get posts, and I’m not aware of any plugin conflict with W3 Total Cache. * Just to narrow down the issue, does this display anything? * ``` Post title: [content id="35475" status="any" field="title"] ``` * If this displays nothing and it’s the correct post ID, that sounds like it could be another plugin interfering with the normal process of getting posts. * Thread Starter [petroglyphic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petroglyphic/) * (@petroglyphic) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attachment-loop-stopped-working/#post-5906536) * Post ID is correct. * The code you posted above works. [content id=””] is in use in many places and working. (I like your plugin!) [attached] without the loop (to display on the same page) works. * This doesn’t work, if that says anything: [loop id=”35475″ status=”any”] [field title] [/loop] * Plugin Author [Eliot Akira](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miyarakira/) * (@miyarakira) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attachment-loop-stopped-working/#post-5906537) * Yes, this last point is very strange, and I think it must be related to the issue. Why isn’t the [loop] finding the post.. I’ll check the loop function to see if I can find anything that could be causing this. * Is there anything about this specific post? I’m guessing you use status=”any” because the post is in _draft_ status. So I’ll see if this could be related. Does it make a difference if the post is _published_? * Also, if you could help me figure this out, could you test the same code with another post? * Thread Starter [petroglyphic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petroglyphic/) * (@petroglyphic) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attachment-loop-stopped-working/#post-5906555) * Getting weirder and weirder. Must be some kind of conflict. * [loop id=”35470″] [field title] [/loop] returns the title ONLY if 35470 not hierarchical (a normal post) or is a top level page or special post. It doesn’t matter what the relationship is between 35470 and the page the loop is on, if 35470 has a parent the loop returns nothing. - [loop id=”35470”][attached count=”5″ orderby=”title”] - [[field title]](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attachment-loop-stopped-working/[field url]?output_format=md) - [/attached][/loop] * is returning a list, but none of the parameters of [loop] and [attached] are registering. It’s a list of many (probably all) of the images which are attached in the site, not ordered by title. It doesn’t include attached documents, which we have a lot of. It doesn’t matter if 35470 is a page, post, or special post type, or whether it’s an orphan, patriarch, or the baby of a big family. * Thread Starter [petroglyphic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petroglyphic/) * (@petroglyphic) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attachment-loop-stopped-working/#post-5906556) * Also, debug.log is not registering any fatal php errors, or anything including“ custom-content-shortcode”. * Plugin Author [Eliot Akira](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miyarakira/) * (@miyarakira) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attachment-loop-stopped-working/#post-5906565) * Thank you for the detailed feedback – this is very helpful in finding the cause of the issue. * I think the clue is in the first point you mentioned: * > ..returns the title ONLY if 35470 is not hierarchical (a normal post) or is > a top level page or special post..if 35470 has a parent the loop returns nothing. * It must be related to hierarchical posts. * The second point is weird too.. * > It’s a list of many (probably all) of the images which are attached in the > site. * So, in the first case it’s returning nothing, and in the second, returning all! I’ll get back to you with what I find. * Plugin Author [Eliot Akira](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miyarakira/) * (@miyarakira) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attachment-loop-stopped-working/#post-5906581) * I believe I’ve isolated the issue in the first point. There was a default parameter that was getting only top-level posts, excluding any children, grandchildren, or further descendants. In the latest plugin update, I changed it so descendants are included by default. This changes behavior from previous versions, so I put a note in the upgrade notice. Hopefully, people will read it, in case it affects how they use the [loop]. * For the second point – I’m not sure if it is the same issue as the first. Please try the newest version to see if it is corrected also. * Thread Starter [petroglyphic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petroglyphic/) * (@petroglyphic) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attachment-loop-stopped-working/#post-5906598) * Installed the upgrade. The issue with the loop only pulling the titles of top- level pages is fixed. The situation with the attachments hasn’t changed. * Thanks, Susan * Plugin Author [Eliot Akira](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miyarakira/) * (@miyarakira) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attachment-loop-stopped-working/#post-5906657) * Hello, sorry for taking so long to get back to you. * I’ve tested both [loop] and [attached], and they’re working correctly on my end. I used the exact same code (except for the post ID). * ``` [loop id="35470”][attached count="5" orderby="title"] [field title] [/attached][/loop] ``` * So, if that’s not working, it must be something specific to your setup – possibly a plugin conflict..? 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