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Post type select

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Last updated 6 years ago

Post type select field renders a searchable field that will provide a list of post type titles when a user has typed at least two characters (the values will be loaded dynamically). Similar to the field. Supports .

Description

The field uses to load the values dynamically, so depending on your configuration, there may be some latency before the results are presented to the user. Uses the of the WP_Query class on the back end.

Example configuration

...
array(
    'title' => 'My post type select field title',
    'id' => 'post-type-select-option',
    'desc' => 'Short description for the field',
    'tab' => 'main',
    'post-type' => 'page',
    'type' => 'post-type-select',
),
...

This will produce the following

Multiple choice

...
array(
    'title' => 'My post type select field title',
    'id' => 'post-type-select-option',
    'desc' => 'Short description for the field',
    'tab' => 'main',
    'post-type' => 'page',
    'multiple' => true,
    'type' => 'post-type-select',
),
...

will result in the following

Params

Name

Type

Description

type

string

post-type-select (required)

id

string

Unique ID that will be used to retrieve the value (required)

tab

string

Specifies in which tab this option will be rendered

title

string

Shows a heading to the left of the field

desc

string

Shows a description text (can have HTML)

multiple

boolean

post-type

string

Post type (standard or custom) to search for. If not specified, searches posts of the post type.

if 'multiple' => true is added to the , the field will respect it. The following configuration

Set to true if multiple values are needed. See above.

configuration object
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Search Parameter
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