Create a view displaying the value of one field from all posts

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This topic contains 3 replies, has 2 voices.

Last updated by Luo Yang 5 years ago.

Assisted by: Luo Yang.

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March 10, 2020 at 5:40 pm #1545901

johnB-43

My site allows the public to contribute posts. When doing so, they fill a custom field listing their name. I would like to list all contributors to the site in one place.

Can I create a view which will:
- go through all posts on the site
- pull the value from the 'Contributor' custom field from each post
- remove duplicates
- display what is left in an alphabetical list

Thanks!

March 11, 2020 at 6:59 am #1546439

Luo Yang

Hello,

There isn't such kind of built-in feature within Toolset, you might consider custom codes, for example this thread:
https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/196262/list-all-unique-custom-field-values

March 11, 2020 at 9:13 am #1546599

johnB-43

That's a shame, but thanks!
Just to check - would I be creating a view with this code? I wanted to display the list in a widget, but don't think I can use code in there, no? Do I need to create a view with this code and display this view as a widget?

March 11, 2020 at 9:34 am #1546645

Luo Yang

Since it is a custom code, Views does not support those custom codes, you can create a shortcode with custom PHP codes:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_shortcode

Then display above shortcode into a text widget.