Title: Dropdown Value Last modified: January 16, 2022 --- # Dropdown Value * Resolved [HawksDev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kc9ryt/) * (@kc9ryt) * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-value-2/) * Hello, * I have created a bunch of custom dropdown fields and noticed they store the users choice as a number instead of the actual value so when i try to export this meta information i don’t actually know what the end user selected. Is there an option to change how this information is stored or a function that i can take advantage of to change this? I did try and follow this article from about a year ago but it didn’t seem to work. My meta key is cms_type * [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-field-value/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-field-value/) * Thanks! Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * [missveronica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/missveronicatv/) * (@missveronicatv) * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-value-2/#post-15258190) * [@kc9ryt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kc9ryt/) * Which version of UM are you using and which Export plugin? * The link issue is outdated because of a later fix to UM. * Thread Starter [HawksDev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kc9ryt/) * (@kc9ryt) * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-value-2/#post-15258212) * [@missveronicatv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/missveronicatv/) * I am using Version 2.3.0. This is the plugin that i am using. [https://wordpress.org/plugins/import-users-from-csv-with-meta/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/import-users-from-csv-with-meta/) * All it does is pull the values from the database. * [missveronica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/missveronicatv/) * (@missveronicatv) * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-value-2/#post-15258299) * [@kc9ryt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kc9ryt/) * > I have created a bunch of custom dropdown fields and noticed they store the > users choice as a number instead of the actual value … * Multi-select dropdown values are stored as serialized arrays with the real values by UM. Single-select dropdowns are stored by value by UM. * The Export plugin is using the serialized values as a string for multi-select dropdowns. * Solution would be to ask the Export plugin developer to export these values using a PHP implode after an unserialize of the array. * Thread Starter [HawksDev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kc9ryt/) * (@kc9ryt) * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-value-2/#post-15279617) * [@missveronicatv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/missveronicatv/) * Is there no way to change how the data is stored? I know text entries are stored just as text not in an array from what it seems so i am curious if there is a way to either edit the plugin or to use some sort of hook to change how the data is stored? * [missveronica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/missveronicatv/) * (@missveronicatv) * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-value-2/#post-15279729) * [@kc9ryt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kc9ryt/) * Ask the Export plugin developer why they don’t export serialized arrays as imploded strings. Serialized arrays is a very common WP format and not only used by UM. * Plugin Contributor [Champ Camba](https://wordpress.org/support/users/champsupertramp/) * (@champsupertramp) * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-value-2/#post-15283415) * Hi [@kc9ryt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kc9ryt/) * Also, ask if there’s a filter hook to modify the data before exporting the users. * Regards, * Plugin Contributor [Champ Camba](https://wordpress.org/support/users/champsupertramp/) * (@champsupertramp) * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-value-2/#post-15295206) * Hi [@kc9ryt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kc9ryt/) * This thread has been inactive for a while so we’re going to go ahead and mark it Resolved. * ..Please feel free to re-open this thread by changing the Topic Status to ‘Not Resolved’ if any other questions come up and we’d be happy to help… 🙂 * Regards, * Thread Starter [HawksDev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kc9ryt/) * (@kc9ryt) * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-value-2/#post-15295830) * Disregard * Plugin Contributor [Champ Camba](https://wordpress.org/support/users/champsupertramp/) * (@champsupertramp) * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-value-2/#post-15296739) * Thanks for letting us know. * Regards, Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) The topic ‘Dropdown Value’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/ultimate-member/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3160947) * [Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-member/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-member/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ultimate-member/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ultimate-member/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ultimate-member/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ultimate-member/reviews/) * 9 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [Champ Camba](https://wordpress.org/support/users/champsupertramp/) * Last activity: [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-value-2/#post-15296739) * Status: resolved