Title: Getting only associated posts
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Getting only associated posts

 *  Resolved [Chris Da Sie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cjdsie/)
 * (@cjdsie)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-only-associated-posts/)
 * I’m working on a bit of code but am completely stuck on how to do this properly.
   I’m using the Advanced Custom Fields plugin to create relationships between my
   custom post types. The main post type is Clients, then I’ve associated each particular
   client to my certain other posts in other post types. What I want to achieve 
   is each client to display with a list of the associated other posts. Here is 
   what I have so far.
 *     ```
       <?php
          $loop = new WP_Query( array( 'post_type' => 'clients', 'posts_per_page' => 10 ) );
          $ids = get_field('attach_to_client', false, false);
   
          $query = new WP_Query(array(
       	'post_type'      	=> array('research', 'project_brief','persona','task_models', 'user_stories', 'style_guide'),
       	'posts_per_page'	=> -1,
       	'post__in'		=> $ids,
       	'post_status'		=> 'any',
           'orderby'        	=> 'modified',
       ));
        ?>
       <?php if($loop->have_posts()) : ?>
       <?php while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post(); ?>
       <div>
       <h3><?php the_title(); ?></h3>
       <?php if ($query->have_posts()) : ?>
       <ul>
       <?php
       	while($query->have_posts()) :
       		$query->the_post();
       ?>
       	<li><?php the_title(); ?></li>
   
       <?php endwhile; ?>
       </ul>
       <?php else: ?>
   
             <p>Oops, there are no posts.</p>
   
       <?php endif; ?>
       </div>
       <?php endwhile; endif; wp_reset_query(); ?>
       ```
   
 * This gives me every client but also all the posts too. It doesn’t take into consideration
   whether or not it’s actually been associated. How do I get it to only show the
   clients that have something posted in association with the client then hide the
   rest.

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 *  [TrishaM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trisham/)
 * (@trisham)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-only-associated-posts/#post-5711079)
 * An easier way to do this would be to use Custom Taxonomies (either categories
   or tags) for your Custom Post Type, then choose the Category or associate a Tag
   that is your Client Name.
 * You don’t need ACF for this particular function, all you would do then is query
   for Posts related by Tags, or even easier just modify the tags.php (or category.
   php) template file (if your Theme has one, or create one if it doesn’t) as the
   standard WP query for those template will do what you want.
 * Post back if you need more direction on setting up Custom Taxonomies – I do this
   on Custom Post Types and it works great. I do also use ACF, but not for creating
   relationships, just for customizing the content entry/edit screen.
 *  Thread Starter [Chris Da Sie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cjdsie/)
 * (@cjdsie)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-only-associated-posts/#post-5711083)
 * Perfect. That actually made a huge difference. Also it will be way easier to 
   manage in the future too. Thanks.

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## Tags

 * [loop](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/loop/)
 * [Relationship](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/relationship/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Chris Da Sie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cjdsie/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-only-associated-posts/#post-5711083)
 * Status: resolved

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