Title: Multi-select field
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Multi-select field

 *  Resolved [frankincensor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frankincensor/)
 * (@frankincensor)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multi-select-field/)
 * Hi, your plug-in is absolutely fantastic. Thank you so much. I really really 
   like the way it is set up, so that I can still use your settings to control the
   form even if I customize it.
 * I working on a multi-select field, so posters can choose multiple tags from a
   given list to add to their post. (The [site](http://bricklosers.com) is for reporting
   housing code violations, so the poster chooses one or more hazard types from 
   the list.) I modified the submission-form and it works great except that even
   if you select several values, only **one** of them gets passed to the submission:
 *     ```
       if ($usp_options['usp_tags'] == 'show' || $usp_options['usp_tags'] == 'optn') { ?>
   
       		<fieldset class="usp-tags">
       			<label for="user-submitted-tags"><?php _e('Hazards/Violations (choose all that apply)', 'usp'); ?></label>
   
       			<select name="user-submitted-tags" size="17" multiple="multiple" tabindex="1">
       				<option value="abandoned_construction">Abandoned construction</option>
       				<option value="abandoned_vehicle">Abandoned vehicle</option>
       				<option value="boarded-windows_doors">Boarded windows/doors</option>
       				<option value="broken_missing_windows">Broken/missing windows</option>
       				<option value="collapsing_unsafe_porch_deck">Collapsing/unsafe porch/deck</option>
       				<option value="collapsing_unsafe_roof">Collapsing/unsafe roof</option>
       				<option value="collapsing_unsafe_steps_entryway">Collapsing/unsafe steps/entryway</option>
       				<option value="collapsing_unsafe_structure">Collapsing/unsafe structure</option>
       				<option value="garbage">Garbage</option>
       				<option value="hazardous_construction">Hazardous construction</option>
       				<option value="hazardous_sidewalk_conditions">Hazardous sidewalk conditions</option>
       				<option value="obviously_vacant">Obviously vacant</option>
       				<option value="open_to_elements">Open to elements (rain can get in)</option>
       				<option value="tall_grass_or_weeds">Tall grass or weeds</option>
       				<option value="unsanitary_conditions">Unsanitary_conditions</option>
       				<option value="unsecured">Unsecured (easy to get inside)</option>
       				<option value="other_describe_below">Other (describe below)</option>
   
       			</select>
   
       		</fieldset>
       ```
   
 * Is there a better class to use than usp-tags or something else from the library
   that could help? I just want to make sure the information is carried through 
   to the post. Or maybe there is a better way to do this in general. I could also
   ask the users to type the tags and post a list of options.
 * Not being an expert user, I’m afraid to wander too far from your standard form,
   because I’m not quite sure how the flow of information from it to the post works.
   Maybe there is an easy way to do this!
 * Thanks again for this product. It’s an incredible contribution and very appreciated.
 * Have a great day.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-submitted-posts/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-submitted-posts/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/)
 * (@specialk)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multi-select-field/#post-7168314)
 * Hi, sorry for the delay in getting to this, somehow it slipped under the radar.
   For the category field, basically with the free version the plugin processes 
   one category per form submission. So in code language the form passes a string
   instead of an array. The Pro version of USP, however, can do either single category
   or multiple categories, just FYI.

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 * Last reply from: [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multi-select-field/#post-7168314)
 * Status: resolved