Gabe462

Generally a remove_filter() in functions.php or a settings plugin is a good practice to use as opposed to modifying a plugin. Any reason why that wouldn’t work in this case?

Thanks for clarifying my response 🙂

Do you have anything in the wp-content/mu-plugins?

If I was about to embark on your project, I’d start with “wordpress database cleanup”.

I just did, and think this post would be a good starting place:
http://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/tips-tricks/cleaning-up-your-wordpress-database-to-optimize-your-websites-performance

Thanks for the pointer. I’m wondering if this is the wrong hook, because while I’ve set

add_filter( 'student_field_value', 'my_combine_fields', 10, 5);

my test is true:

has_filter( 'student_field_value', 'my_combine_fields' ) )

and my echo never prints

function my_combine_fields( $value, $field, $attributes, $row, $obj ) {
    echo "<!-- my_combine_fields() -->";
    if ( 'first_name' == $field ) {
        $value .= ' ' . $row[ 'last_name' ];
    }
    return $value;
}

Any thoughts? Thanks much

Can you elaborate? I want to join fields first_name and last_name. How could I make them appear in the same (first) column?