Populating search value from custom post

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Tagged: Custom search, Views plugin

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Last updated by Luo Yang 6 years, 2 months ago.

Assisted by: Luo Yang.

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August 26, 2018 at 10:36 pm #1092503

Edward Barker

Tell us what you are trying to do?

I have a custom post type created called "Property". As part of the content template I want to create a search with an automatically populated field (property-id) that pulls the value from the current post that is being displayed. Is this possible?

What is the link to your site?

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August 27, 2018 at 7:26 am #1092835

Luo Yang

Hello,

I suggest you try the WordPress built-in post ID field, which is also a unique value, for example, you can display current property post ID with Views shortcode [wpv-post-id]:
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/views-shortcodes/#wpv-post-id

August 27, 2018 at 7:46 pm #1093242

Edward Barker

That's great. How do I now add that in as a pre-defined value in a search form?

August 28, 2018 at 3:39 am #1093660

Luo Yang

Hello,

I assume you are using shortcode [wpv-control-postmeta] to display the field in search form, see our document:
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/views-shortcodes/#wpv-control-postmeta

There isn't such an option to "add that in as a pre-defined value in a search form".

As a workaround, you can pass URL parameter to the view, for example:
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It is passing URL parameter "wpv-wpcf-property-id", value 20, see it in the field "Property ID", it is populated with value 20