https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/custom-post-types-instead-of-category-dropdown Gravity Support Forums Topic: Custom Post Types instead of Category Dropdown en-US Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:09:07 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/custom-post-types-instead-of-category-dropdown#post-95522 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 02:47:59 +0000 Chris Hajer 95522@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Andy, if you know your custom post types and they are not changing, you can create your own drop down with all the custom post type titles (Going Out, etc), and use the values to set the corresponding actual custom post type names (os_going_out, etc.)</p> <p>That is how you would set it up if you know all the post types from the outset. However, I am not sure what you need to do with the actual custom post types once they are in a drop down in your form. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/custom-post-types-instead-of-category-dropdown#post-95178 Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:29:30 +0000 Rothbert 95178@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Any progress with this Andy? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/custom-post-types-instead-of-category-dropdown#post-87289 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 20:26:24 +0000 Andy 87289@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>any help with this? do i need to clarify better? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/custom-post-types-instead-of-category-dropdown#post-85889 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:02:46 +0000 Andy 85889@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>ok this is helpful but i don't think it's exactly what I need.</p> <p>Dropdown menu (what the end-user sees) needs to have fixed names such as:</p> <p>Going Out<br /> Well Being<br /> Fashion<br /> etc...</p> <p>corresponding to custom post types:</p> <p>os_going_out<br /> os_well_being<br /> os_fashion<br /> etc...</p> <p>I think the best way to do this is with a nested IF statement when the form is submitted...</p> <p>any help along these lines? Unfortunately i am not very experienced with php but i know how to edit a custom function :) </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/custom-post-types-instead-of-category-dropdown#post-85688 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 10:34:14 +0000 Chris Hajer 85688@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Here is how you can dynamically populate a drop down:<br /> <a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Dynamically_Populating_Drop_Down_Fields" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Dynamically_Populating_Drop_Down_Fields</a></p> <p>That example shows how to populate a drop down from posts. You can modify that to use just your custom posts or custom post types. The information you put into the drop down is up to you: the procedure for populating the drop down is the same. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/custom-post-types-instead-of-category-dropdown#post-85682 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 10:24:54 +0000 Andy 85682@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hello,</p> <p>I came across this plugin which might come handy to what I want to do. </p> <p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/gravity-forms-custom-post-types/" rel="nofollow">http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/gravity-forms-custom-post-types/</a></p> <p>I have 10 different custom post types representing each of my categories. </p> <p>I need a dropdown which will display these custom post types (so essentially replacing the categories dropdown) so that the post is submitted to the correct place.</p> <p>Any ideas on how to achieve this?</p> <p>thanks<br /> Andy </p>