Title: Hidden fields Last modified: July 21, 2017 --- # Hidden fields * Resolved [rene-rene](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rene-rene/) * (@rene-rene) * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hidden-fields-13/) * In creating forms there is a “hidden field” type available. How to use it? Would somebody give me an example. I am trying to have a hidden textarea in my woocommerce form. Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * Thread Starter [rene-rene](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rene-rene/) * (@rene-rene) * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hidden-fields-13/#post-9342961) * Hi, I could find it! Add the “Hidden Field” (which is not really a field, but a tool to mark other regular field as hidden), then set the Meta-Key to the meta- key of the regular field you want to hide, and leave de meta-value blank. * My suggestion, that this should be documented in some place! At least improve the “?” help message beside the hidden field tool . * [Mahbubur Rahman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rabbii/) * (@rabbii) * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hidden-fields-13/#post-9345095) * Hello [@rene-rene](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rene-rene/), * Thanks for your suggestion. I have notified to our developer about your suggestion. I believe they will take care of it on our next release 🙂 * Thread Starter [rene-rene](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rene-rene/) * (@rene-rene) * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hidden-fields-13/#post-9348200) * Hi Mahbubur, Continuing with “hidden fields”. To my surprise they are too hidden! * My idea in having some hidden fields, was to keep private informatión in them, which is not to be shown to de user, but of course visible for the administrator. I would expect to see my hidden field values when editing a product. But it is not the case, if you enter something on those fields you won’t be able to see it again (except, I imagine, using PHP code, but it is not the idea). * Is there a way to have some kind of private field?, for remarks of exclusive use of the administrator, but invisible to the user. * Thanks, René. * Thread Starter [rene-rene](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rene-rene/) * (@rene-rene) * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hidden-fields-13/#post-9379173) * I have not been able to set up a hidden field. One reads in the doc: “Hidden Field: This custom field lets you create hidden fields that only the admin or form creator can view and hidden from users”. * OK. I created a text area field, lets name it “XXX”; its meta key is “xxx”; next I added a hidden field with Meta Key = xxx. I have no idea about what to put in Meta Value of hidden field, I left it blank. * If I write something in my XXX text area, no one sees it, nor the user, neither admin. **My intention is to hide from the user what is typed in XXX field, but let admin to be able to read it.** * If I do put some text in hidden field Meta Value, that (fixed) text will be shown to both admin and users in all posts. * Greetings: René. * [filipec](https://wordpress.org/support/users/filipec/) * (@filipec) * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hidden-fields-13/#post-9384942) * I have that doubt too. * Thread Starter [rene-rene](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rene-rene/) * (@rene-rene) * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hidden-fields-13/#post-9404200) * Does someone in this forum know how to use WPUF “Hidden Fields”? What to enter in the “Meta Key” and “Meta Value” of the hidden field? How to relate this special type of field with the real field one wants to hide? I am completly confused with the hints (“?”) given in the form creator. * I appreciate any help. (and I imagine that colegue Filipec too) * Greetings: René. * [Mahbubur Rahman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rabbii/) * (@rabbii) * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hidden-fields-13/#post-9405455) * Hello [@rene-rene](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rene-rene/), * [Here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Atcb_-M2hY&index=12&list=PLz-4KMWdVrIzr8BcsPmdVO7tUDNPKfsoc&t=5s) is the video guideline for using the hidden field of WP User Frontend plugin. * Let me know if you are not clear yet. * Thanks Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) The topic ‘Hidden fields’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-user-frontend/assets/icon-256x256.gif?rev=3578622) * [User Frontend: AI Powered Frontend Posting, User Directory, Profile Builder, Membership & User Registration](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-frontend/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-frontend/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-user-frontend/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-user-frontend/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-user-frontend/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-user-frontend/reviews/) ## Tags * [hidden fields](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/hidden-fields/) * 7 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [Mahbubur Rahman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rabbii/) * Last activity: [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hidden-fields-13/#post-9405455) * Status: resolved