Topic Tag: Custom search

Problem:
The user has a select field with dynamic option values. The options of the field are generated using Toolset Types filter wpt_field_options. The generated options are the months of the last two years.
Inside a view, the field is not displayed anymore.

Solution:
It turns out that the values that are not displayed are not included in the values generated by the wpt_field_options filter. Toolset returns an empty value.

The solution is to use a custom shortcode that will return the row value from the database.

// The shortcode needs to be added in Toolset->Settings->Custom Code.
add_shortcode('meta', 'meta_fun');
function meta_fun($atts){
  global $post;
  $atts = shortcode_atts(array(
    'field' => NULL,
  ), $atts);
  extract($atts);
  if( NULL === $field ) return;
  // return "Voila";
   
  return get_post_meta($post->ID, $field, true);
}

// How to use it inside the view
[meta field="wpcf-production-year-month"]

Relevant Documentation:
https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/types-api-filters/#wpt_field_options