Hi @cncup,
Please know that we have a documentation for the wpforms_dynamic_choice_post_type_args filter.
About your request, please take a look at the documentation for Order & Orderby Parameters in the WordPress Query class. The only options available are ASC and DESC. Here’s an example of ordering Dynamic Choices by title:
add_filter( 'wpforms_dynamic_choice_post_type_args', function( $args, $field, $form_id ) {
$args = [
'post_type' => $field['dynamic_post_type'],
'orderby' => 'title',
'order' => 'asc',
];
return $args;
}, 10, 3 );
For your custom order, this will require custom code, and I apologize as customizations like this are outside of our scope for support. In case you’d like to look into custom development options, we highly recommend using Codeable.
Thanks!
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cncup
(@cncup)
Thanks Ralden.
I can understand why this is outside the scope for support. It’s a bit involved and specific to one’s case.
For future reference, I solved it with wpforms_field_properties filter. The sorting is prepared in an array beforehand without involving the form.
add_filter( 'wpforms_field_properties', function( $properties, $field, $form_data ) {
// Only process for the relevant form and field. Change these values to match your form and field id's.
if ( !( absint( $form_data[ 'id' ] ) === 2032 && absint( $field[ 'id' ] ) === 8 ) )
return $properties;
$items = [ 999=>"Peach", 200=>"Apple", 535=>"Cherry" ]; // This is created dynamically per the order logic.
$items_count = count( $items );
// Set items' keys and values to checkboxes.
if ( $items_count === count( $properties['inputs'] ) ) { // Make sure the inputs count matches the items'.
for ( $i = 0; $i < $items_count; $i++ ) {
$ids = array_keys( $items );
$properties[ 'inputs' ][ $i ][ 'label' ][ 'text' ] = $items[ $ids[ $i ] ];
$properties[ 'inputs' ][ $i ][ 'attr' ][ 'value' ] = $ids[ $i ]; // Array keys are checkbox values.
}
}
return $properties;
}, 10, 3 );
You’d still need to set the $args[ ‘include’ ] in the wpforms_dynamic_choice_post_type_args filter as shown in the OP, not for the specific values but for the count. If you need it dynamic.
You can print out the $properties object to see its structure:
echo "<pre>" . print_r( $properties, true ) . "</pre>";
I hope this comes in handy for someone.
Hi @cncup,
Thank you for your understanding!
And thank you very much for the kindness of sharing the custom code. I’m sure it will be useful for other people searching for a similar solution.
If you’d like more help with using WPForms Lite, please feel free to reach out.
Thanks, and have a great weekend!
