Select type custom field value not displayed after updating to Types 3.2.4

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Problem:

How can I get [types field] shortcode to output the actual value of the custom field, even when it is of the type select?

Solution:

Please try Views shortcode [wpv-post-field]? For example:

[wpv-post-field name="wpcf-name-of-the-select-custom-field"]

Relevant Documentation:

https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/views-shortcodes/#wpv-post-field

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This topic contains 2 replies, has 2 voices.

Last updated by Daniel 5 years, 9 months ago.

Assisted by: Luo Yang.

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January 17, 2019 at 11:32 pm #1186240

Daniel

I'm using a custom field of type select which is using the wpt_field_options filter to populate custom select values at the Edit Post page. In this case it takes some of the existing tags for the user to choose from. The end result is a custom field with a value equal to the tag ID, could be e.g. 110.

The problem is that this tag ID value is not outputted when running e.g. [types field='name-of-the-select-custom-field' output='raw'][/types]. It seems that it can only output values that are already set for the custom field at the Edit Post Field Group page. This was not the case in an earlier version of Types and hence the site broke after updating.

How can I get [types field] shortcode to output the actual value of the custom field, even when it is of the type select?

Thanks.

January 18, 2019 at 2:59 am #1186527

Luo Yang

Hello,

Have you tried Views shortcode [wpv-post-field]? For example:

[wpv-post-field name="wpcf-name-of-the-select-custom-field"]

It should be able to output "name-of-the-select-custom-field" field raw value too.

More help:
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/views-shortcodes/#wpv-post-field

January 18, 2019 at 3:24 pm #1186842

Daniel

It seems to work now, thanks.