Title: Custom select options values callback
Last modified: June 6, 2018

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# Custom select options values callback

 *  [internetfootprint](https://wordpress.org/support/users/internetfootprint/)
 * (@internetfootprint)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-select-options-values-callback/)
 * I want to create custom select options which is usually done by a callback function,
   but I can’t seem to find any documentation on how it’s done in your plugin.
 * For example, I want to build a select list of posts that were published in 2017
   by user XXX.
 * I know how to query what I want, but how do I dynamically add the query as the
   options value:
 * These options are static:
 * ‘type’ => ‘select’,
    ‘options’ => array( ‘java’ => ‘Java’, ‘javascript’ => ‘JavaScript’,),
 * … but I need to create them dynamically … for example
 * ‘type’ => ‘select’,
    ‘options’ => ‘name_of_callback_function, ),
 * … or …
 * ‘type’ => ‘select’,
    ‘callback’ => ‘name_of_callback_function, ),

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## Tags

 * [callback](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/callback/)
 * [callback function](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/callback-function/)
 * [select](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/select/)

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 * Last reply from: [internetfootprint](https://wordpress.org/support/users/internetfootprint/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-select-options-values-callback/)
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