Title: Problem Adding New Columns
Last modified: March 9, 2021

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# Problem Adding New Columns

 *  [Henry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/henrybaum/)
 * (@henrybaum)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-adding-new-columns/)
 * Hi, I’ve tried many variables and I can’t get this to work. I’m using this snippet:
 *     ```
       add_filter( 'shortcode_atts_wpcf7', 'custom_shortcode_atts_wpcf7_filter', 10, 3 );
   
       function custom_shortcode_atts_wpcf7_filter( $out, $pairs, $atts ) {
         $my_attr = 'book-title';
   
         if ( isset( $atts[$my_attr] ) ) {
           $out[$my_attr] = $atts[$my_attr];
         }
   
         return $out;
       }
       ```
   
 * with [text book-title default:shortcode_attr] and this in Additional settings:`
   flamingo_book_title: "[book-title]"` – plus trying flamingo_text, flamingo_book-
   title – and nothing’s showing up.
 * Form is – `[contact-form-7 id="1912" title="form test" book-title="test"]`

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 *  Plugin Author [Takayuki Miyoshi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/takayukister/)
 * (@takayukister)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-adding-new-columns/#post-14159295)
 * See [Customizing Subject and From fields in messages](https://contactform7.com/save-submitted-messages-with-flamingo/#customizing-subject-and-from-fields-in-messages)
 *  Thread Starter [Henry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/henrybaum/)
 * (@henrybaum)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-adding-new-columns/#post-14159787)
 * That’s what I’ve been working from. The example there is formatted like flamingo_name:“[
   the-name-field]”. So I’m not sure how to format “book-title.” Does it need to
   be `flamingo_book_title: "[the-book-title-field]"` or something else? Nothing
   I’ve tried has worked.
 *  Plugin Author [Takayuki Miyoshi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/takayukister/)
 * (@takayukister)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-adding-new-columns/#post-14160819)
 * There is no setting for book-title.
 *  Thread Starter [Henry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/henrybaum/)
 * (@henrybaum)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-adding-new-columns/#post-14161215)
 * It’s being set with your snippet here – [https://contactform7.com/getting-default-values-from-shortcode-attributes/](https://contactform7.com/getting-default-values-from-shortcode-attributes/).
 * Will that not work in Additional Settings?

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 * Last activity: [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-adding-new-columns/#post-14161215)
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