Title: Populate field from shortcode parameter Last modified: October 7, 2021 --- # Populate field from shortcode parameter * Resolved [nikonikoneko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nikonikoneko/) * (@nikonikoneko) * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/populate-field-from-shortcode-parameter/) * Hi, * I would like to populate a (hidden) field from a shortcode parameter, e.g. like this: `[forminator_form id="421" my_field="5"]`. Is that possible? We have a child theme, so adding a filter or something like this would be easy enough. * Background is that we want to reuse a form for subsequent events, so it would be convenient if we didn’t have to edit/copy the form for every event. * Thanks in advance! Nikolas Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) * Plugin Support [Imran – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support9/) * (@wpmudev-support9) * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/populate-field-from-shortcode-parameter/#post-14952092) * Hello [@nikonikoneko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nikonikoneko/) ! * I hope you’re doing well. * You can use the snippet below to achieve a similar result: * ``` add_filter( 'forminator_cform_render_fields', function( $wrappers, $form_id ){ $your_form_id = 123; if( $form_id == $your_form_id ){ $_REQUEST[ 'query-var-hidden-1' ] = 'test1'; $_REQUEST[ 'query-var-hidden-2' ] = 'test2'; } return $wrappers; }, 10, 2 ); ``` * To configure it, please do the following: – change the $your_form_id to match the ID of your form (you can find the ID in the shortcode) – then you can set query variables – the “query-var-hidden-1” can be anything else, but please don’t use spaces there and the ‘test1’ is the value, so in your example it will be: * ``` add_filter( 'forminator_cform_render_fields', function( $wrappers, $form_id ){ $your_form_id = 421; if( $form_id == $your_form_id ){ $_REQUEST[ 'my_field' ] = '5'; } return $wrappers; }, 10, 2 ); ``` * You can set as many of the REQUEST variables as you like. * Next step would be to edit the field that should be filled in and the Settings tab fill in the query variable that will be used to populate the field: * > [View post on imgur.com](https://imgur.com/a/706O9ft) * And that’s it 🙂 * Hope this helps! * Kind regards, Pawel * Thread Starter [nikonikoneko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nikonikoneko/) * (@nikonikoneko) * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/populate-field-from-shortcode-parameter/#post-14954554) * Hey Pawel, * hope you’re doing well and thank you for your reply! * Unfortunately this is not what I need :/ I actually wanted adjust default values from the **shortcode** of a form without having to edit it, i.e. all from within a post. * I tried adding a new shortcode using your $_REQUEST tinkering. The form shows up, but no luck with the query parameter yet :/ * ``` add_shortcode('forminator_form_ext', 'do_forminator_form_ext'); function do_forminator_form_ext( $atts ) { $the_id = $atts['id']; unset($atts['id']); add_filter('forminator_cform_render_fields', function( $wrappers, $form_id ) use ($the_id, $atts) { if ( $form_id == $the_id ) { foreach( $atts as $a ) { $_REQUEST[$a] = $atts[$a]; } } return $wrappers; }, 10, 2); return do_shortcode('[forminator_form id="' . $the_id . '"]'); } ``` * If you happen to have any suggestions it would be greatly appreciated! * Best regards, Nikolas * Plugin Support [Patrick – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudevsupport12/) * (@wpmudevsupport12) * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/populate-field-from-shortcode-parameter/#post-14955985) * Hi [@nikonikoneko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nikonikoneko/) * I found this old script created by our developers that may help you. * ``` add_shortcode( 'wpmudev_forminator_form', function( $atts = array() ){ $atts = shortcode_atts( array( 'id' => null, 'field_values' => ''//"parameter_name1=value1¶meter_name2=value2" ), $atts ); if( ! empty( $atts['field_values'] ) ){ $atts['field_values'] = htmlspecialchars_decode( $atts['field_values'] ); $params = explode( '&', $atts['field_values'] ); foreach( $params as $param ){ list( $key, $value ) = explode( '=', $param ); $_REQUEST[ $key ] = $value; } } return do_shortcode( sprintf('[forminator_form id="%d"]', $atts['id'] ) ); } ); ``` * But this only works if the Forminator > Form > Behaviour > Load form using AJAX is disabled. * Let us know if this code helped you. Best Regards Patrick Freitas * Thread Starter [nikonikoneko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nikonikoneko/) * (@nikonikoneko) * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/populate-field-from-shortcode-parameter/#post-14959956) * Ahhhhh, it works 😌 Thank you so much! 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