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[Résolu] How to only show custom field values that are applied to posts in a search filter

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Problem:
A select custom field lists all countries as options, but only some of these have been applied to posts. When creating a search View how to only include those countries in the filter dropdown which have been assigned to posts.

Solution:
In the Custom Search Settings select "Let me choose settings manually" and then choose "Show only available options for each input".

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Last updated by martinE-4 Il y a 4 années et 11 mois.

Assisted by: Nigel.

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I am trying to:
Create a parametric search on my custom field 'country' (not a taxonomy) and the pull-down field is revealing all the countries in the world.
Link to a page where the issue can be seen:
offline sorry local
I expected to see:
Just the countries that were entered in the approximately 200 posts that I have. (maybe half a dozen or so)
Instead I got:
All the countries in the world.

Note:
This is a migration from Drupal to WordPress so the FG migration plugin automatically created a custom field in TYPES for country rather than a taxonomy which probably would have fixed this problem. However, since all my content has been imported from Drupal in this way, I don't know if it would be possible to switch my country custom field to a taxonomy.

Is there any way of just showing the countries that exist in my custom post type entries instead of the entire world?

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Hi Martin

There is a setting in your View which will limit the options to only those applied to posts, see the screenshot.

In WordPress taxonomies are optimised for queries in a way that custom fields are not, but you are only likely to notice the difference on large sites with thousands of posts being queried.

#1245637

My issue is resolved now. Thank you!

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