Settings: Advanced

Provides access to the Advanced field options when editing a field.

Overview

Advanced Field Options are the same across all field types and relate to the Visual display handling for those fields, the Values (or Default Values) for the field and the Visibility (whether the field is Read-Only or ‘Hidden’ in the admin or form). You get to the Advanced Field Options by clicking on the ‘Advanced’ tab when editing a singular field.

Quick Start

  1. Use the Visual section to add Additional CSS Classes to the label and input field for this field on the back-end and forms.
  2. Under Values to you have two options to set the Default Value:
    • Default Value to always be completed for the user when adding a new post. This should be the actual value you want saved to the field. For Relationship fields (and taxonomy), you want to use the post ID of the related record, or the term ID.
    • Set a Default Value via Parameter to provide a parameter name to pass along on the URL, like ?color=red. You will put the parameter value here, like color in the example shown.
  3. Under Visibility you can set multiple choices to Restrict the Visibility of the field in the Admin or the front-end Form:
    • Restrict the Field to Admins, by Role or by Capability
    • Hide the field from the UI (set it as a ‘Hidden’ field)
    • Make the field Read Only in UI (set it as readonly)

Other Helpful Documentation on Working with Fields in Pods

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Code (Syntax Highlighting) Field

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Color Picker Field

The Color Picker field is useful in situations where a color needs to be able to be chosen and customized.

Conditional Logic for Fields

Conditional Logic for Fields will allow you to show or hide a field based on the value of another field.

Currency Field

The Currency field is used to store numeric, integer, and float currency amounts.

Date / Time Field

The Date / Time field is used to store a date and time value with an easy to use date / time input.

Date Field

The Date field is used to store a date value with an easy to use date input.

Email Field

The Email field allows you to store email addresses with additional validation checks.

File / Image / Video Field

The File / Image / Video field is used to store a relationship to Media attachment(s).

Heading Field

The Heading field is not a normal input field, it will output Heading text between your normal form fields to help organize the form.

HTML Content Field

The HTML Content field is not a normal input field, it will output as HTML itself between your normal form fields to help organize the form.

oEmbed Field

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Password Field

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Phone Field

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Plain Number Field

The Plain Number field is used to store numeric, integer, and float values.

Plain Paragraph Text Field

The Plain Paragraph Text field is used for multiple line text values.

Plain Text Field

The Plain Text field is used for Simple Plain Text Values like a first name, last name, alphanumeric ID or value.

Relationship Field

The Relationship field is used to store related items on various objects in WordPress.

Settings: Field Details

Basic Field Settings (Label, Name, Description and Field Type) that apply to all Fields created in Pods.

Settings: Reserved List of Names

There are certain names you cannot use for Pod, Group, or Field names in Pods because they are reserved in WordPress or Pods for other uses.

Simple Repeatable Fields

Simple Repeatable Fields will allow you to repeat many different types of fields.

Time Field

The Time field is used to store a date value with an easy to use time input.

Website Field

The Website field is used to store a URL or Website Address or Link to a Website.

WYSIWYG (Visual Editor) Field

The WYSIWYG (Visual Editor) field is used for multiple line HTML content.

Yes / No Field

The Yes / No field offers customizable labels and display options for checkbox, radio buttons, or a drop-down input.