https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/easy-way-to-convert-normal-fields-into-custom-fields Gravity Support Forums Topic: easy way to convert normal fields into custom fields? en-US Fri, 24 Apr 2026 05:14:49 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/easy-way-to-convert-normal-fields-into-custom-fields#post-55127 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:50:31 +0000 Rob Harrell 55127@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Nice, so it worked! Cool man, thanks for posting. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/easy-way-to-convert-normal-fields-into-custom-fields#post-55126 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:49:48 +0000 shoesale 55126@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Ok, the way to do this for anyone with a similar problem is:</p> <p>download XML<br /> find 'type'<br /> replace 'type="post_custom_field" inputType'</p> <p>make sure you 'match whole word only' and run throuht the XML on a case by case basis (don't replace all) </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/easy-way-to-convert-normal-fields-into-custom-fields#post-55088 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:49:15 +0000 shoesale 55088@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Sorry, that was a stupid question, just found the link! </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/easy-way-to-convert-normal-fields-into-custom-fields#post-55087 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:47:56 +0000 Rob Harrell 55087@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Actually, you are in the right place, mostly. At the top of the Import/Export page you should see an option for Export Entries | Import Forms | Export Forms </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/easy-way-to-convert-normal-fields-into-custom-fields#post-55085 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:46:39 +0000 shoesale 55085@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Thanks Rob,</p> <p>The export option through Wordpress gives me a CSV of the input data rather than the XML structure of the form, is there another export option for this? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/easy-way-to-convert-normal-fields-into-custom-fields#post-55055 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:18:49 +0000 Rob Harrell 55055@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Well, you can export the form and open the XML file and try editing it that way to change the field types. For example, I did a quick test with a form that had a single line field and a post custom field. This was the output:</p> <pre><code>&lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;UTF-8&quot;?&gt; &lt;forms version=&quot;1.6.4.beta1&quot;&gt; &lt;form labelPlacement=&quot;top_label&quot; useCurrentUserAsAuthor=&quot;1&quot;&gt; &lt;title&gt;&lt;![CDATA[Post Fields Form]]&gt;&lt;/title&gt; &lt;description&gt;&lt;![CDATA[We would love to hear from you! Please fill out this form and we will get in touch with you shortly.]]&gt;&lt;/description&gt; &lt;confirmation type=&quot;message&quot;&gt; &lt;message&gt;&lt;![CDATA[Thanks for contacting us! We will get in touch with you shortly.]]&gt;&lt;/message&gt; &lt;/confirmation&gt; &lt;button type=&quot;text&quot;&gt; &lt;text&gt;&lt;![CDATA[Submit]]&gt;&lt;/text&gt; &lt;/button&gt; &lt;fields&gt; &lt;field id=&quot;1&quot; type=&quot;text&quot; size=&quot;medium&quot;&gt; &lt;label&gt;&lt;![CDATA[Single Input]]&gt;&lt;/label&gt; &lt;/field&gt; &lt;field id=&quot;2&quot; type=&quot;post_custom_field&quot; size=&quot;medium&quot; inputType=&quot;text&quot;&gt; &lt;label&gt;&lt;![CDATA[Post Custom Field]]&gt;&lt;/label&gt; &lt;/field&gt; &lt;/fields&gt; &lt;descriptionPlacement&gt;&lt;![CDATA[below]]&gt;&lt;/descriptionPlacement&gt; &lt;notification&gt; &lt;to&gt;&lt;![CDATA[{admin_email}]]&gt;&lt;/to&gt; &lt;subject&gt;&lt;![CDATA[New submission from {form_title}]]&gt;&lt;/subject&gt; &lt;message&gt;&lt;![CDATA[{all_fields}]]&gt;&lt;/message&gt; &lt;/notification&gt; &lt;/form&gt; &lt;/forms&gt;</code></pre> <p>You can see that in this simple example the "type" is different and the CDATA. IF you go this route, just do backups of the original XML and maybe some experimentation. Hopefully that could shortcut it for you. Once finished editing, you can reimport the XML file. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/easy-way-to-convert-normal-fields-into-custom-fields#post-54998 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:12:06 +0000 shoesale 54998@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>I just downloaded the plugin and started to create a rather large form (40+ items all with advanced settings filled out). I've now realized that to get these to become post meta values they have to be defined as custom fields. Is there any easy way to covert a standard field to a custom field (even if it means having to edit code) that i can use to save having to re-write the entire form?</p> <p>Thanks in advance! </p>