Populate Dropdown with Custom Field Values

• RyanM7380

• March 20, 2014 at 3:24 am

Hi,

I was wondering if there is anyway to populate the values of a select field with the specific custom field values pulling from all posts. To put it better…I have a City custom field and I want to populate a dropdown with all the values that exist for that field.

Is this something that can be easily done?

Thanks,

Ryan

• magicstick

• March 20, 2014 at 3:44 am

Here is a guide on how to do it. Should get you started:

http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/tutorials/dynamically-populate-a-select-fields-choices/

• RyanM7380

• March 20, 2014 at 3:52 am

Hi,

Thats definitely a start but Im not using an options page for the values. I would need to pull the values from all the posts with the field set and than make sure not to display duplicates.

I can figure out most but am unsure how to get the loop up and running.

Thanks!

Ryan

• magicstick

• March 20, 2014 at 3:59 am

To get the values post values use this: http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query

Get rid of the dups with this?
http://wpengineer.com/1719/filter-duplicate-posts-in-the-loop/