https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/merge-tags-user-meta-prepopulating-drop-downs-radio-buttons-etc Gravity Support Forums Topic: Merge tags, User meta prepopulating drop downs radio buttons etc en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:55:24 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/merge-tags-user-meta-prepopulating-drop-downs-radio-buttons-etc#post-149806 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:45:49 +0000 Chris Hajer 149806@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <blockquote><p>I am not concerned about the email being used multiple times. </p></blockquote> <p>OK</p> <blockquote><p> Register an already registered user for the sake of creating more user meta? </p></blockquote> <p>In that case, you need to update an existing user, not create another user with a more complete profile, for the same person.</p> <blockquote><p> i have a user register in a membership plugin<br /> i give the user privileged to access the gravity form that allows them to update all their user info - very complex many conditionals drop downs and radio buttons and some hidden field.</p> <p>i have 1.5 beta and am attempting to use the registration feed or maybe the update feed to allow the user to get all their user info in somewhere. </p></blockquote> <p>You can create a form which pulls all their profile information in to it, then in the User Registration feed, you can choose to "Update" and existing user with this form</p> <blockquote><p> my goal is that I hope to allow them to fill out other forms with similar data using their personal info...i.e. member info necessary for event. </p></blockquote> <p>You mean you want to save them the trouble of typing their information into every form on their site?</p> <blockquote><p> i want my wp-usrmeta table updated with the meta and want my other plugins to see it - and i can see ti alaready starting to work, not sure if i need custom fileds plugin.... </p></blockquote> <p>You can store all the user-related custom meta in the wp_usermeta table, using the User Registration add-on. These are not posts, so there is no need for WPCF or any other custom fields plugin. The User Registration Add-on can capture the information and store it as part of the user's profile (in the wp_usermeta table.)</p> <blockquote><p> s2members, gravity, wpcf, espresso</p> <p>the example i am stuck on for one is how to put a default value user meta into a drop down field,</p> <p>i have lots of drop downs for many reasons<br /> and i have radio buttons.</p> <p>how do i prepopuluate that? </p></blockquote> <p>Give me an example of the type of information that would be in a drop down for a user?</p> <p>To populate any information in a Gravity Form, you can always use the gform_pre_render filter:<br /> <a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_pre_render" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_pre_render</a></p> <p>You can also use the gform_field_value_$parameter_name filter: <a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_field_value_$parameter_name" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_field_value_$parameter_name</a></p> <p>With an example of the sort of information you will pre-populate in a drop down, for a user, from their usermeta, we can help you better with an example of how to pre-populate the form. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/merge-tags-user-meta-prepopulating-drop-downs-radio-buttons-etc#post-149761 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:01:40 +0000 Formmaker 149761@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I am not concerned about the email being used multiple times.</p> <p>Register an already registered user for the sake of creating more user meta?</p> <p>i have a user register in a membership plugin<br /> i give the user privileged to access the gravity form that allows them to update all their user info - very complex many conditionals drop downs and radio buttons and some hidden field.</p> <p>i have 1.5 beta and am attempting to use the registration feed or maybe the update feed to allow the user to get all their user info in somewhere.</p> <p>my goal is that I hope to allow them to fill out other forms with similar data using their personal info...i.e. member info necessary for event.</p> <p>i want my wp-usrmeta table updated with the meta and want my other plugins to see it - and i can see ti alaready starting to work, not sure if i need custom fileds plugin....</p> <p>s2members, gravity, wpcf, espresso</p> <p>the example i am stuck on for one is how to put a default value user meta into a drop down field,</p> <p>i have lots of drop downs for many reasons<br /> and i have radio buttons.</p> <p>how do i prepopuluate that? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/merge-tags-user-meta-prepopulating-drop-downs-radio-buttons-etc#post-149429 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:19:54 +0000 Chris Hajer 149429@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I'm not sure why you want to register a user that is already registered. Do you mean that you want to allow the same email address to be used multiple times?</p> <p>Can you give an example of where you want to use a merge tag and it's not supported? The merge tags are sometimes supported in areas where there is no drop down; you just have to type them in manually or paste them in in the correct format.</p> <p>And, if you are talking about being able to update a user profile, have you already tried the User Registration 1.5 beta, which has a provision to update users, in addition to registering them in the first place? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/merge-tags-user-meta-prepopulating-drop-downs-radio-buttons-etc#post-149352 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 12:12:38 +0000 Formmaker 149352@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I just set up an extensive form - I used many of the different field types. I was hoping to use it as a user registration feed or profile update feed.</p> <p>can i register a user that is already registered - i.e. s2members registered the basic user for membership management, </p> <p>because now I want to map my gravity form to user meta and prepopulate another form with the info collected from the registration form</p> <p>I am noticing already icannot use merge tags with some fields even i can create them?- no space to input them, so is dynamic population of fields possibly an answer ? can you give me an example and tell me where to put it if so- how do i prepoluate or remember results in this case - does the registration feed just remember if i crate custom user meta</p> <p>please tell me how I can set up a form with radio buttons and drop downs to create usr meta and then prepoulate it again eithe rwith the same form or another one </p>