[Resolved] Count number of entries in repeating field

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[sarahK-2]

I have a field (date field) that records the date every time that a client takes a class. I am able to show these in a view as a numbered list to easily see how many classes they have taken. However, it takes up a lot of room.

So, right now an attendance record on this view looks like this:

Client Name, etc
Classes Taken:
1. Date
2. Date
3. Date
4. Date
5. Date

What I really need is an "at a glance" count. So, I would like this view to display instead:

Client Name, etc
Classes Taken: 5

Thanks in advance. This is not a repeating field group, it is just a repeating field (allow multiple instances...)

[Luo Yang]

Hello,

There isn't such a built-in feature, as a workaround, you can create a custom shortcode for it, like this:
1) Add below codes into your theme/functions.php:

add_shortcode('count_instances', 'count_instances_func');
function count_instances_func($atts, $content){
    $atts = shortcode_atts( array(
        'field' => '',
        'post_id' => get_the_ID(),
    ), $atts );
     
    $field = get_post_meta($atts['post_id'], $atts['field'], false);
    $res = 0;
    if(is_array($field)){
        $res = count($field);
    }
    return $res;
}

2) display the count result with above shortcode, like this:
[count_instances field="wpcf-my-field"]

You just need to replace "my-field" with your custom field slug.

[sarahK-2]

As usual, amazing support 🙂

Thanks!