[Resolved] I want to create a nationality list as a user field via the Types plugin

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[nuZ]

I am trying to: create some custom user fields. One of them is the nationality, which contains a list of over 200 countries. However, if I use the User Fields of Types Plugin, and add new field - Select, I figure out that I can only add those countries one by one. Is there any smarter way to define this custom field? Is it possible to link to the existing taxonomy for example?

Thanks a lot!

[Minesh Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Asia/Kolkata (GMT+05:30)]

Hello. Thank you for contacting the Toolset support.

To load taxonomy terms from existing taxonomy to a select type user field you need to add following code to your current theme's functions.php file.

//dynamically populate select field from Types
add_filter( 'wpt_field_options', 'add_some_options', 10, 3);
function add_some_options( $options, $title, $type ){
		
    switch( $title ){
        case 'user-nationality':
         
            $options = array();
            $tax = get_terms ('vehicle-type');
			         
            foreach ($tax as $term) {
                $options[] = array(
                    '#value' => $term->term_id,
                    '#title' => $term->name,
                );
            }
            break;
    }
    return $options;
}

Where:
Replace "user-nationality" with your user custom field title and "vehicle-type" with your original taxonomy slug.

I hope above solution will help you to resolve your issue.

[nuZ]

Thanks a lot! Very helpful

It works perfectly for the 'Select' type user field. But it does not work for the checkboxes (multiple choices) type field. Is there a way to make it work as well?

[Minesh Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Asia/Kolkata (GMT+05:30)]

As your original question is resolved. May I kindly ask you please to open a new ticket for your additional question? This will help other users with similar problems to find solutions when searching the forum.

[nuZ]

great. have already created another post
https://toolset.com/forums/topic/i-would-like-to-link-the-user-type-field-checkboxes-to-a-taxonomy/

thanks a lot!