Filter post format in loop and link the title to an external site.

[AJD]

I am creating a section of the blog for "link" post formats.

I have enabled post format link and image and created custom fields for the link and a short description. I would like to filter the post loop so that the title of the post is linked to the external site and then the description is just below.

Here is the general idea, but my coding is not great:

$linkUrl = get_field('link_to_external_site_or_video');

$linkDescription =get_field('link_description');

if (is_post_format('link')){
	
		// filter the loop...
		
		echo '<a href="$linkUrl">' . the_title() . '</a>' ;
		echo $linkDescription;
}

Does anyone have tips on how to achieve this?

Thanks

[Victor Font]

You almost had it. $linkUrl is a variable that needs to be concatenated into the line:

echo '<a href="'. $linkUrl . '">' . the_title() . '</a>' ;

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[AJD]

Thanks!
The other thing that I haven't figured out is where or how to apply that snippet to filter the output of the loop.

I think it may need two filters:

genesis_post_title_output, or genesis_post_title_text

This one to set the new link on the title.

and

genesis_custom_loop_args

[AJD]

EDITED: Added working icon using font awesome.

I figured out how to filter the title and add my custom link, however now because I am using genesis post format images, the link image still has the old link... need to figure out how to filter it.
There were a couple other errors: is_post_format() should be has_post_format().

Then I needed to hook the filter into the genesis_header action.

//* Add post format images - Instead of using post format images, added font-awesome icon in the title. 
//add_theme_support( 'genesis-post-format-images' );

//Filter the Link Post Title to add the custom link

function link_post_format_title_filter() {
	
	if (has_post_format('link')){
		
		function aamet_post_title_output( $title ) {
			
				$title = '
<h1 class="entry-title"><i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i><a href="' . get_field('link_to_external_site_or_video') .'"  target="_blank" title=" ' . get_the_title() .'"> ' . get_the_title() . '</a></h1>';
		
			return $title;
			
		}
		add_filter( 'genesis_post_title_output', 'aamet_post_title_output', 15 );
	}
}
add_action('genesis_header', 'link_post_format_title_filter');

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