migrate radio to checkboxes

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Tagged: Setting up custom fields, Types plugin

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Last updated by Luo Yang 7 years ago.

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December 5, 2017 at 6:31 pm #596075

Kacey

My client's initial specs established a custom field as radio buttons, which is how I implemented it. They've entered a ton of content in that content type, but now want to switch that field to checkboxes to be able to select multiple options. Is there a way to preserve the individual radio selections for past posts, but allow for content editors to now select multiple?

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December 6, 2017 at 7:05 am #596145

Luo Yang

Dear Allison,

There isn't existed feature within Types plugin, Types custom checkboxes field stores value in a serialized array, but the custom radio field stores value as a string, they can not be converted directly.

So it needs custom codes, I suggest you check it with our Toolset Contractors:
https://toolset.com/contractors/