Is it possible to create a custom field that is valid from a range of dates?

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This topic contains 2 replies, has 2 voices.

Last updated by Franco Calcagni 6 years, 10 months ago.

Assisted by: Luo Yang.

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June 20, 2017 at 9:03 pm #539324

Franco Calcagni

I am trying to: create a custom field that can be displayed (or get a particular value) during a rane of dates, something like the expiring date of a post. we need to allow our client to decide the starting date and the finish date of a featured post (within the two dates the post is displayed in the "featured posts" category and before and after the 2 dates the post is still be visible but not in the "featured posts" category.

I visited this URL:

I expected to see:

Instead, I got:

June 21, 2017 at 7:18 am #539474

Luo Yang

Dear Franco,

I suggest you setup two custom date fields for it:
1) Start date
2) End date

Then create a view list posts, and filter by:
custom field "Start date" is lower than Today
custom field "End date" is higher than Today

More help:
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/date-filters/

June 25, 2017 at 2:07 pm #541050

Franco Calcagni

thanks for your support, we are still evaluating how to do and in case we will reopen the ticket.

Franco

This ticket is now closed. If you're a WPML client and need related help, please open a new support ticket.