In the BricksLabs Facebook group a user asks:
How might I repeat query loop items until it reaches a specific number?
One service might have 7 images, another might have 10, but there needs to be exactly 13, so they need to loop again until 13 is reached.
This Pro tutorial shows how bricks/query/result filter can be used to intercept the query result and modify it to output a fixed number of items by re-using the items.
We shall cover two types of queries - Meta Box cloneable group and Posts.
Meta Box Cloneable Group
Consider a "Features" group-type field having "Feature Name" and "Feature Details" subfields.
Field populated for a specific Page:
In the Bricks editor setting up a query loop for this Meta Box group shows the three items like this:
The requirement is to show exactly 13 items by filling the remaining 10 slots with the existing ones, like this (screenshot after implementing the tutorial):
Here's how.
Add the following in child theme's functions.php (w/o the opening PHP tag) or a code snippets plugin:
