Question about maximum number of search boxes

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Anonymous
(Private) March 20, 2016 at 3:47 pm #39918

I’m trying to create a comprehensive awards site and I want to filter those awards by at least seven categories. Things like “entrant type,” “medium type,” “content type,” “subject type,” etc.

I’d like to use the category tagging for “entrant type,” “medium type,” “content type,” and “subject type.” But it seems like whatever options I put in for “entrant type,” will also show for “medium type.” Is there a way to prevent that?

Ross Moderator
(Private) March 21, 2016 at 11:14 am #39980

Hi Anika

I think you need to create custom taxonomies for each field, rather than using categories for each field – please see the restrictions here:

https://www.designsandcode.com/documentation/search-filter-pro/getting-started/adding-new-fields/#Note_Some_Restrictions

And also further down the page on how to create custom taxonomies – they’re easy to create and behave just the same as Tags & Categories.

Thanks

Anonymous
(Private) March 22, 2016 at 5:01 am #40093

Actually I think what I need is the Advanced Custom Fields. I downloaded the plug-in and customized my posts with the fields I need. But the fields I added aren’t appearing in Search and Filter’s “available fields” when I build a new form. And I’m confused because you say that the plugin allows users to search custom fields/meta data.

http://www.designsandcode.com/wordpress-plugins/search-filter-pro/

Ross Moderator
(Private) March 22, 2016 at 8:18 am #40101

Hi Anika

Fields created with Advanced custom fields are simply “Post Meta” fields – so you must add a “post meta” field, and then choose the correct key.

Depending on your data, you could use either custom fields or taxonomies 🙂

Thanks
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