[Kevin Seapan]

I used the slim plus extension and added a handful of additional fields, they show in the admin fine, and the data entered does show on the front end, but the titles for each are not showing on the front end.

http://stcrivercorridor.org/wordpress/volunteer-directory/

Here is a sample of the snippet:
$text = $entry->getMeta(
array(
‘key’ => ‘vf_vol_position’, // This should match exactly the field id used when registering the custom field.
‘single’ => TRUE // Do not change this.
)
);

            if ( ! empty( $text ) ) echo '' . esc_html( $text ) . '';

[Steven Zahm]

@ Kevin

Looking at the site, it seems you have figured it. Is that correct? What was the error?

[Kevin Seapan]

I had to enter the field title inside the echo command of the array. It was confusing because this wasn’t needed in the admin form, just for the front end.

if ( ! empty( $text ) ) echo ‘Volunteer Position: ‘ . esc_html( $text ) . ‘

‘;

[Kevin Seapan]

I have this customer also asking if we can change the Category Select to read “Select Organization” instead, and I can’t see a spot in the array to do that…

Any assist would be appreciated.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Kevin

re: I had to enter the field title inside the echo command of the array. It was confusing because this wasn’t needed in the admin form, just for the front end.

Correct. That is because the $entry->getMeta() simply returns the stored value(s), it does not actually return the “config” of the custom field which would include the label.

re: I have this customer also asking if we can change the Category Select to read “Select Organization” instead, and I can’t see a spot in the array to do that…

Yes. Use the the str_select shortcode option, like so:

[connections str_select="Select Organization"]

If you have other shortcode options set, add the str_select to the existing shortcode, do not add another shortcode to the page. Hope that makes sense!

Hope that helps!

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