Custom Fields
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Custom fields are a handy feature that allows you to add extra data and information to advanced products.
To create new custom fields, you should go to WP-admin > Advanced Products > Custom Fields > Add New.
All fields must have a “Field Label” and “Field Name.”
Field Label: Visible when entering content but is not used by the API. Use capitals and spaces for human-friendly field text.
Field Name: This is autogenerated from the field label. Used in the API and templates to retrieve content and data. This should be lower case, and have no spaces or special characters.
You can choose between 25 different input types to add to custom fields, including text boxes, number fields, dropdown lists, checkboxes, radio buttons, image swatches, color swatches, date fields, and file upload.
Text – A normal text input field to collect single-line text
Text area – To collect multi-line text
Email – An input field to accept only email addresses
Password - A single-line text field whose value is obscured. Will alert user if site is not secure.
URL – A text field to accept only links (URLs)
Number – A number field to accept both decimal or whole numbers
Select (drop-down) – A dropdown field to select one option from a list of options
Checkboxes – To choose one or more options
Radio buttons – To select one option from multiple options
True/false – A single “yes or no” checkbox, which you usually know from “accept the terms of conditions” fields
Paragraph – If you want to add static blocks of text in between input fields, this does the trick!
Besides protected custom fields (Video, Gallery, Category, Branch, and Price), all new custom fields created should be assigned to specific field groups.
By configuring the field display options, you can decide whether the custom field is shown in the listing view and search view or not.
