Filter drop down using custom field

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Last updated by Christian Cox 6 years, 2 months ago.

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September 18, 2018 at 12:25 pm #1110529

matthewL-7

Is there a way to instead of showing the taxonomy names in the drop down filter box show instead of %%NAME%% which inserts the taxonomy name we can insert custom fields instead in this drown down relevant to each option?

There doesn't seem to be a list of variables available to use in filter boxes.

Thanks.

September 18, 2018 at 6:09 pm #1110752

Christian Cox

Hi, it turns out the only two placeholders supported in the format attribute of a wpv-control-post-taxonomy shortcode are %%NAME%% and %%COUNT%%. You could add a types termmeta shortcode or a wpv-taxonomy-field shortcode in the format attribute, but you would need to know the current term ID. Unfortunately that's not available as a placeholder so I don't have an easy solution for you. What you want will require custom code that falls outside the scope of support we provide here.

If you'd like to request more placeholders accepted in the format attribute, I encourage you to submit a new ticket in the forum using the option "Suggest an improvement". Our developers will evaluate your request and decide whether or not to implement it.