Post Meta – filter IDs

Anonymous

#147002

Hello,

I’m creating a form to allow filter/search on some post meta information. However, a lot of this meta data is ID’s rather than ‘pretty names’. Can I filter the post meta before it’s displayed in the form and convert it?

Could you point me in the right direction for doing this?

Thanks,
Steph

Trevor

#147033

Is the data in ACF (ACF or ACF Pro?) fields, if so, what type of field?

Anonymous

#147040

Hello,

No, they’re created with CMB2 so using WordPress native functionality for post meta. I’m storing an ID of a term within a taxonomy (just stored as text), so need to be able to perform my get_term_meta on output of the list of IDs.

Steph

Trevor

#147173

The only way I can think to do this is to manually add the values to the form and then add/correct the labels. Like this:

https://screenshots.firefox.com/aCQ946IoP7OKGsQy/sandfdev.cdnwebservices.net

Ross Moderator

#147182

Hi Steph

Just to add, you can actually update the labels programmatically:

https://www.designsandcode.com/documentation/search-filter-pro/action-filter-reference/#Filter_Input_Object

You could use the value of the option to lookup the label, and set that as your label for your option in your field.

Check the linked github example too for more in depth usage.

Hope that helps

Anonymous

#147192

Hello,

Thank you both for your responses.

Ross, that looks perfect for what I need to do and should solve my problem.

Thanks,
Steph

Anonymous

#147505

Hello,

Just to confirm this solution worked perfectly.

Thanks again,
Steph

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