[Resolved] Populate Types checkboxes field with values from database

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[Jakob]

Is there any way to populate a checkboxes custom field with values from the database? This is for Types, when editing a custom post type in wp-admin.

I have searched high and low in this forum and found the wpt_field_options filter, but it only works on select-fields.

I need to pull in the titles and IDs of all published posts in a specific post type.

Is there anything like wpt_field_options for checkboxes?

[Luo Yang]

Dear Jakob,

You are right, the filter hook wpt_field_options works for custom select field and radio field, it does not work for the custom checkboxes field
\types\library\toolset\toolset-common\toolset-forms\classes\class.radios.php
Line 84: $options = apply_filters('wpt_field_options', $options, $title, 'select');
\types\library\toolset\toolset-common\toolset-forms\classes\class.select.php
Line 82: $options = apply_filters('wpt_field_options', $options, $title, 'select');

But there isn't similar filter hook in file "class.checkboxes.php", so there isn't similar feature for custom checkboxes field, if you agree, we can take it as a feature request.

[Jakob]

Yes, please add it as a feature request.

Do you have a list of feature requests somewhere?

[Juan Supporter Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)]

Hi Jakob

Thanks for the feedback.

As Luo stated, we do not have such a feature, mainly because checkboxes are a quite special field type and setting options for it is not as straight forward as adding them on a filter dynamically.

On the other hand, creating a set of checkboxes for posts that belong to a custom post type is something maybe best suited for a new, dedicated, custom field type. Types fields depending on options work best when dealing with pre-defined options: you ste the field and you fill th options that you want to offer. Populating them dynamically can be problematic, and dealing with posts can lead to further issues, as you will have to deal with situations like selected posts being deleted, etc etc.

In any case, it seems that what you are trying to do is to establish some kind of post relationship. May I ask for some more details? There might be another way to get the same result.

Regards.