Filter by a custom field (from plugin Post Expirator)

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Last updated by matthewL-7 5 years, 2 months ago.

Assisted by: Minesh.

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September 29, 2019 at 3:47 pm #1351173

matthewL-7

Post Expirator stores the date for a post in the field "_expiration-date"

But for some reason when setting up a Toolset view this doesn't show up as an option to order or filter the content by?

I tried adding it in "Third-party shortcode arguments" but this didn't make any difference.

How come it isn't showing up?

Cheers

September 30, 2019 at 9:20 am #1351517

Minesh

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Hello. Thank you for contacting the Toolset support.

To activate the hidden custom field for order by option available in view, you should
go to the Toolset->Settings page and click the Front-end Content tab. Click Select custom fields button in the Hidden custom fields section. In the dialog box that opens, select the "_expiration-date" field from the list and click Apply and refresh your view's edit page and check with order by section. You will be able to see the "_expiration-date" field.

More info:
=> https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/using-third-party-hidden-fields/

September 30, 2019 at 9:17 pm #1352111

matthewL-7

That’s great thanks! I did try to find documentation on this but couldn’t manage to.