Title: Problems with list search selection
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Problems with list search selection

 *  Resolved [Snpcrkpoprc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/snpcrkpoprc/)
 * (@snpcrkpoprc)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-list-search-selection/)
 * Have the following on my page …
 * [pdb_list template=”pdb_list_detailed.php” search=”true” sort=”true” fields=”
   image,first_name,last_name,city,state,zip,phone,email,web_site,request” filter
   =”id=0&Is_Clown=Yes”]
 * I modified the php to look like this and placed in the wp themes directory …
 *  * 4. sorting: you can choose to sort the list by ‘column’ (the order they
    *
   appear in the table), ‘alpha’ (alphabetical order), or ‘order’ which * uses the
   defined group/field order */ $this->column_selector( false, true, ‘city,state,
   zip’, ‘alpha’ );
 * But still all the fields display in the dropdown and not just the 3 above
 * What don’t I get?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/participants-database/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/participants-database/)

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 *  Thread Starter [Snpcrkpoprc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/snpcrkpoprc/)
 * (@snpcrkpoprc)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-list-search-selection/#post-4999368)
 * Had to pass array and not list …
 *  Plugin Author [xnau webdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/)
 * (@xnau)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-list-search-selection/#post-4999377)
 * The “template” attribute is only looking for the name of the template, not the
   whole file name, so the shortcode is not selecting your custom template. Check
   my article on using custom template for instructions.

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 * Last reply from: [xnau webdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-list-search-selection/#post-4999377)
 * Status: resolved