It’s in the works, but development of new features for the plugin is proceeding very slowly due to my current heavy workload.
There is a plugin called WP Datepicker that will add datepickers to selected fields on your forms. You just need to install it, then give it a CSS selector for the fields you want the datepicker on.
Thanks for the swift reply. Here’s hoping your workload evens out!
I had given WP DatePicker a try, but it didn’t seem to be working – the picker would display OK, but would not store a value. Is this a known compatibility issue with your plugin, with a known solution?
I don’t know, I’ve never tested it. If the datepicker places the date value in the field, it should be saved with the rest of the form data. If the plugin has settings, check over them to make sure there isn’t anything that might prevent it from working. The Participants Database plugin will accept dates in many formats, but if it doesn’t recognize the input as a valid date, it won’t save it.
Ahh, that might be it. I’ll post here next week once I’ve had a chance to verify it. Thanks again!
I had a similar issue and added the css selector to the datepicker and it worked!
Brilliant! There’s hope yet. What theme were you using, in case that matters?
The theme won’t matter, what will matter is making sure you’re giving the datepicker plugin the correct selector so it knows which element to put the datepicker on.
I am using the Avada theme, but agree that the right selector should work on any theme.
Hrmm. It’s only mostly working. The datepicker does display, but it seems incomplete (there are no icons for next/previous month).
I have tried using the following configurations for WP DatePicker:-
1) .date_field
and
2) #pdb-dob, #pdb-proposedstartdate, #pdb-criminalwhen
both of which cause the datepicker to appear on the expected date fields, with the behaviour noted above.
I am using XAMPP 5.6.14 and W PDatePicker 1.2. Does any of this look obviously wrong?
Solved: There is an issue with version 1.2 of WP DatePicker. The author is working on a fix, in the mean time there is a development version available for download from the WP DatePicker website.
Thank you all for your responses.
