Title: List Display error on Dropdown List Fields
Last modified: February 17, 2022

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# List Display error on Dropdown List Fields

 *  Resolved [LPBreeders](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lpbreeders/)
 * (@lpbreeders)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/list-display-error-on-dropdown-list-fields/)
 * Since the latest update (maybe before, I just noticed it) my website is displaying
   the option number instead of the value for my “State” field when I display the
   records.
 * See the link above for an example. You can see it displays the option number (
   i.e. “2” instead of “AZ” for Arizona).
 * How can I fix this so it displays the value of the option instead of the option
   number that is associated with the value?
 * Thank you.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Flist-display-error-on-dropdown-list-fields%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Roland Barker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/)
 * (@xnau)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/list-display-error-on-dropdown-list-fields/#post-15376699)
 * If its showing a number instead of the option, you will need to check the database
   value directly to see what is stored there. You need to use phpMyAdmin (usually
   found in your hosting control panel) to see the raw data. If it is numbers in
   the state column, you will need to fix that.
 * If you see the state abbreviations in there, then you need to check the “options”
   setting for your state selector. Make sure it doesn’t have numbers, probably 
   should just be a comma-separated list of all your state abbreviations.
 *  Thread Starter [LPBreeders](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lpbreeders/)
 * (@lpbreeders)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/list-display-error-on-dropdown-list-fields/#post-15376754)
 * Thank you, it had added numeric labels for each value. That is what was showing.
   I just had to delete the labels and it now works as expected. Thank you!

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 * Last activity: [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/list-display-error-on-dropdown-list-fields/#post-15376754)
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