capture custom taxonomy in Forminator Post Data field

  • Resolved Presson

    (@pressonforlife)


    4 weeks ago

    Hello Sir,
    I used Forminator to create a Posts Submission Form, and this time, I am submitting a Custom Post Type called “Community Events“.

    Everything works well, except that there’s one small problem: You see, Categories on my website are for my regular standard WordPress Posts.

    My “Community Events” Post Type, and my “Resources” Custom Post Types, have their own Custom Taxonomies.

    How do I capture my “Custom Taxonomies” in Forminator Post Data field ?

    What I mean is, I didn’t find any field that enables me to select and Map my Custom Taxonomy to the Form, so that users can select from my list of Custom Taxonomies (Adventure, Featured, Festival, History) when submitting the Form, and these are different from my Standard Post Categories (Education, Resources, Shelter services).

    The only option I found was to select Categories.

    How can I get an option to enable my users able to select from my list of Custom Taxonomies (Adventure, Featured, Festival, History) when submitting the Form ?

    I also have a default Taxonomy Term in my Custom Taxonomy called “Unclassed“.

    How would I ensure that if I see my Custom Taxonomies, that this “Unclassed” Term will be hidden from them, on the front-end so that users don’t see it ?

    Regards.

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  • Plugin Support Nithin – WPMU DEV Support

    (@wpmudevsupport11)

    4 weeks ago

    Hi @pressonforlife,

    Could we know how the Custom Post type is created? Is that part of a plugin/theme or using custom code? If it’s a custom code, then please provide the code via pastebin or Google Drive in the next reply.

    By default, the custom taxonomies should get picked under “Field Labels” as an option to enable, as shown in the following screenshot:

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    The only option I found was to select Categories.

    Are you sure the correct post type is selected under the “Settings” Tab in the post data field? Categories by default are part of the post and will only show up for the posts posttype isn selected:

    View post on imgur.com

    How can I get an option to enable my users able to select from my list of Custom Taxonomies (Adventure, Featured, Festival, History) when submitting the Form ?

    The taxonomies should show up as a select field in the frontend. You enable the correct taxonomy within the settings, as shown in the screenshot above.

    How would I ensure that if I see my Custom Taxonomies, that this “Unclassed” Term will be hidden from them, on the front-end so that users don’t see it ?

    I’m afraid there isn’t any such out-of-the-box setting. By default, the plugin will display all the taxonomies. If the taxonomy isn’t used, the easiest workaround would be to delete it. Or you’ll have to consider using custom CSS to hide the select field options that display the taxonomies.

    If you still have issues, then please do share a screenshot of what exactly you notice on your side, and also the form export, so that we can have a better idea.

    Please check the following doc on how to export a form:
    https://wpmudev.com/docs/wpmu-dev-plugins/forminator/#import-export

    If you are concerned about any sensitive information in the form, then you can duplicate your form, remove any sensitive information, and then export it.

    You can share the export file via Google Drive, Pastebin, Dropbox, or any cloud service in the next reply.
    Looking forward to your response.

    Best Regards,
    Nithin

    Thread Starter Presson

    (@pressonforlife)

    4 weeks ago

    Thanks, I have followed your instruction, and been able to sort it out.

    This is my Page where I have the Form — https://yourcommunityyourspace.org/event-submission/

    The challenge is that I need the File upload button to have a border radius, and need to be able to control the width on Desktop and Mobile.

    Then for the Submit button of the Form, I need it to be full width, and so on, as you can see from my CSS below:

    forminator-module-3059 .forminator-button-submit { 
    padding: 50px !important;
    border-radius: 15px !important;
    width: 100% !important; }

    The Submit button and the File Upload is/are not responding to my CSS.
    Can you Please guide me on this ?
    Regards.

    Plugin Support Nebu John – WPMU DEV Support

    (@wpmudevsupport14)

    3 weeks, 6 days ago

    Hi @pressonforlife,

    I am afraid that providing custom code is out of the scope of the general support we provide.

    However, we could review the form and help you with some insights, but I wasn’t able to do so as the page is only available to logged-in users.

    Would it be possible to make the page available to the public and update us here so that we can take a look?

    Looking forward to hearing back from you.

    Best Regards,
    Nebu John

    Plugin Support Amin – WPMU DEV Support

    (@wpmudev-support2)

    2 weeks, 2 days ago

    Hello @pressonforlife

    We haven’t heard from you in some time, so I will mark this thread as resolved. If you have any more questions or need further assistance, please let us know!

    Kind Regards,
    Amin

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