Voxel Counter of Post Relations

🔄 Voxel Resources & Relations – Auto Count Setup Guide 📊

Syncing live relation counts between post types like Resources, Support Tickets, Feature Requests, and Changelogs.

Let’s walk through everything step-by-step — from manual setup to automatic meta syncing. 🔧

📌 Step 1: Setup Post Relations Between Post Types

In this system, each post type is connected to others via post relations with shared relation keys. Here’s how to set it up:

📁 In the Resources post type:

Create 3 post relations, one for each connected post type:

➕ Add:

• Name: Related to Support Ticket

• Type: Belongs to many

• Related to: Support Tickets

• Relation key: support-tickets

• Name: Related to Feature Request

• Type: Belongs to many

• Related to: Feature Requests

• Relation key: feature-requests

• Name: Related to Changelog

• Type: Belongs to many

• Related to: Changelogs

• Relation key: changelogs

🧾 In the Support Tickets, Feature Requests, and Changelogs post types:

Create a mirrored relation that points back to Resources:

➕ Add:

• Name: Related to Resource

• Type: Has one

• Related to: Resources

• Relation key: same as above (e.g. support-tickets)

✅ Repeat this setup for each relevant post type to ensure they all sync correctly.

🧮 Step 2: Create Meta Fields to Store the Counts

We’re going to store the number of related posts inside a custom field for display, filters, or logic.

In Resources:

➕ Add a Number field:

• Label: Total Support Tickets

• Field Key: total_support_tickets

• Min: 0, Max: 99999

(Repeat for total_feature_requests, total_changelogs)

In Support Tickets:

➕ Add a Number field:

• Label: Total Resources

• Field Key: total_resources

• Min: 0, Max: 99999

(Repeat similarly for other post types as needed)

⚙️ Step 3: Auto-Syncing Logic in Code

Drop the following code into a plugin or your theme’s functions.php.
This will auto-calculate and update the counts in your custom meta fields every time a post is:

• Created

• Updated

• Published/unpublished

• Modified via Voxel’s interface

What the function does:

• 🔍 Looks in the voxel_relations table

• 📊 Counts how many published posts are related

• 💾 Saves the number in your custom field (update_post_meta)

• 🔁 Syncs both the post and all its related posts

🧩 Step 4: Display the Counts Anywhere

Now that you have custom fields like total_support_tickets or total_resources, you can use them anywhere in Voxel:

🖼️ In Elementor (or the template builder):

• Drag in a Number field widget

• Choose the correct field (e.g. total_resources)

• Style it however you like (icons, labels, etc.)

✅ You’re Done!

Now your Voxel site automatically:

• Keeps track of the post relationships

• Updates total counts whenever things change

• Stores those counts for easy use in layouts, filters, or conditional logic