https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/mapping-to-custom-field-and-querying-it-as-post-meta Gravity Support Forums Topic: Problem Mapping GF Advanced Fields to Custom Field en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:12:35 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/mapping-to-custom-field-and-querying-it-as-post-meta#post-203184 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 23:51:35 +0000 environment-asean 203184@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hey there, is there any update on this issue?<br /> I am still waiting. patiently.<br /> :-)<br /> Thanks </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/mapping-to-custom-field-and-querying-it-as-post-meta#post-183428 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:11:07 +0000 environment-asean 183428@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hey, Bill. Mind to share how? this thing has driven me bonkers.<br /> your help would be so much appreciated.<br /> thanks </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/mapping-to-custom-field-and-querying-it-as-post-meta#post-177517 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:50:27 +0000 elawsoftware 177517@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I was able to get the name and address fields to post to custom fields on my Custom Post Type. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/mapping-to-custom-field-and-querying-it-as-post-meta#post-174483 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:42:41 +0000 Chris Hajer 174483@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>That's correct. But we're just trying to find out if the problem with writing the custom fields is related to using the custom post type plugin or not. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/mapping-to-custom-field-and-querying-it-as-post-meta#post-171634 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:48:46 +0000 environment-asean 171634@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi Chris,<br /> Thank you so much for bearing with me here. But I use custom post type. GF can't originally map form to custom post type, right? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/mapping-to-custom-field-and-querying-it-as-post-meta#post-171282 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:56:46 +0000 Chris Hajer 171282@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>You don't need to use the custom post types plugin to store information in your post as post meta. When posts are created with Gravity Forms, the entry is disconnected immediately from the post. The post will exist long after Gravity Forms is gone.</p> <p>My suggestion to disable to custom post type plugin was to see if Gravity Forms works as expected without it, as a debugging step. I recently tested for this very same problem, and the complex inputs and list fields were stored in the postmeta table in custom fields. I would like to see if that is working for you, without using the 3rd party plugin. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/mapping-to-custom-field-and-querying-it-as-post-meta#post-170636 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:32:38 +0000 environment-asean 170636@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>The thing is, i wan't all stored data to be saved as posts, that's why I map GF form to custom fields.<br /> Yes I can pull the data from GF database, but that's not the intention.<br /> I want to create a real WP post where all the data is stored as post meta. That way, I will have original WP posts that are searchable, flexible, and usable -- even when I am no longer using GF. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/mapping-to-custom-field-and-querying-it-as-post-meta#post-170484 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:25:35 +0000 Chris Hajer 170484@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Can you try this without the Custom Post Types plugin and see if it works? I tested this recently and my complex inputs were stored in custom fields as expected. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/mapping-to-custom-field-and-querying-it-as-post-meta#post-168286 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:32:44 +0000 elawsoftware 168286@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I'm looking for the same solution to map GF name and address fields to a custom field on a Custom Post Type. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/mapping-to-custom-field-and-querying-it-as-post-meta#post-167055 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:50:07 +0000 environment-asean 167055@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I map all my gravity form fields to custom fields using Gravity Forms + Custom Post Types and then query it on my page using get_post_custom(). All good, except when i map GF advanced field e.g. LIST, NAME, etc, (obviously it is not supported by standard wordpress custom field), the data doesn't seem to be stored on the DB.<br /> I tried to map the GF List field that has three columns and user can add mutiple entry to WP textarea or WYSWYG field called contact_name. But when I look at my database, there's no data captured on the contact_name field key.</p> <p>Any idea on how to map GF advanced field to WP custom field?<br /> please help.<br /> thank you </p>