[Carolin Collins]

Hi! Can I change the items that are in the dropdown for the Education Level somewhere? They only correspond in part with our local education system and with this being a directory of accountants I would like to be able to add some relevant qualifications. Thanks!

• This topic was modified 6 years, 7 months ago by Carolin Collins.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Carolin

You can use the cn_education_level_options filter to change the options.

Here’s an example:

add_filter( 'cn_education_level_options', 'cn_change_edu_lvl' ) );

function cn_change_edu_lvl( $options ) {

    unset( $options['1'] ); // Remove 1st - 4th Grade

    $options['50'] = 'CPA Qualification'; // Add an education option.

    return $options;
}

Here’s the list of the existing options:

'-1' => __( 'Choose...', 'connections_education_levels'),
'1'  => __( '1st - 4th Grade', 'connections_education_levels'),
'5'  => __( '5th - 6th Grade', 'connections_education_levels'),
'7'  => __( '7th - 8th Grade', 'connections_education_levels'),
'9'  => __( '9th Grade', 'connections_education_levels'),
'10' => __( '10th Grade', 'connections_education_levels'),
'11' => __( '11th Grade', 'connections_education_levels'),
'12' => __( '12th Grade No Diploma', 'connections_education_levels'),
'13' => __( 'High School Graduate', 'connections_education_levels'),
'15' => __( 'Some College No Degree', 'connections_education_levels'),
'20' => __( 'Associate\'s Degree, occupational', 'connections_education_levels'),
'25' => __( 'Associate\'s Degree, academic', 'connections_education_levels'),
'30' => __( 'Bachelor\'s Degree', 'connections_education_levels'),
'35' => __( 'Master\'s Degree', 'connections_education_levels'),
'40' => __( 'Professional Degree', 'connections_education_levels'),
'45' => __( 'Doctoral Degree', 'connections_education_levels'),

You can unset any of the numbers and when adding a new item, you can use any number which is not being used. Infact you are not limited to numbers, you could make them unique strings.

Hope that helps!

[Carolin Collins]

Probably a dumb questions but where do I do this? I should be fine after that :) Cheers!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Carolin

I highly recommend the Code Snippets plugin. Add a new snippet, copy/paste the example I gave and then save and activate the snippet.

Hope that helps!

[Carolin Collins]

Thanks so much for that. So if I want to take out multiple options and add multiple ones, do I just duplicate the lines incl. the semi-colon at the end?

add_filter( ‘cn_education_level_options’, ‘cn_change_edu_lvl’ ) );

function cn_change_edu_lvl( $options ) {

unset( $options['1'] ); // Remove 1st - 4th Grade
unset( $options['5'] );
unset( $options['7'] );

$options['50'] = 'CPA Qualification'; // Add an education option.
$options['51'] = 'Diploma'; 

return $options;

}

[Steven Zahm]

@ Carolin

re; So if I want to take out multiple options and add multiple ones, do I just duplicate the lines incl. the semi-colon at the end?

Yep, that is correct.

[Carolin Collins]

Great, thanks so much – that worked perfectly! You have been very helpful.

On another note, is it possible to turn this into a multiple selector rather than a single selector drop-down?

[Steven Zahm]

@ Carolin

re: is it possible to turn this into a multiple selector rather than a single selector drop-down?

This, well, is possible but much more difficult because it will be both the widget and content block because both are designed to show the value, not multiple. Perhaps using the Hobbies extension instead would be better since it is designed to show multiple options and values.

You could “swap out” the hobby options with your education options using a filter like so:

add_filter( 'cn_education_level_options', 'cn_change_hobby_to_edu_lvl' ) );

function cn_change_hobby_to_edu_lvl( $options ) {

    $options = array(
            'Education Choice One',
            'Education Choice Two',
            'Education Choice Three',
            'Education Choice Four',
            'Education Choice Five',
        );

    return $options;
}

Hope that helps!

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