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I have a custom post type called "listing", and a custom taxonomy called "listing_state".

I'm using formidable to create posts. What I am trying to do is have two things happen when a user selects a state from the taxonomy drop down.

First, to set the taxonomy, which is what happens now. But then at the same time, also have this selected state get copied to a custom field called "state".

The end result should be a listing that is classified by state, but that also holds that state name in a custom field as well.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance for any help.

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Try hooking into 'save_post' action:

add_action( 'save_post', 'your_state_term_save' );

function your_state_term_save( $post_id ){

    // Bail if we're doing an auto save
    if( defined( 'DOING_AUTOSAVE' ) && DOING_AUTOSAVE ) return;

    //check if they selected your state term
    $state = isset($_POST['tax_input_field_name']) ? $_POST['tax_input_field_name'] : ''; //make sure of what the input name is here...

    //insert post meta
    update_post_meta($post_id,'state',$state);
}

This works by waiting till the post is saved and grabbing the taxonomy term right out of the $_POST vairable.

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  • Hi I tried but it doesn't work. What do you mean by the field name? My taxonomy is state and the fields it holds are ID, Name and Slug. I would like to copy the name. Thanks
    – Dan
    Commented Sep 15, 2012 at 4:45
  • Because you had some kind of custom dropdown box for selecting the state, I was not sure what the 'name' attribute of your select box was. (The 'name' attribute is the key that will be stored in the $_POST variable. You need to look at the html and change out tax_input_field_name with the correct field name in your taxonomy meta box.
    – Douglas.Sesar
    Commented Sep 17, 2012 at 18:05
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    I was not able to get it to work. But I did try my own solution and it's almost there. Everything works except that the incorrect state is being inserted. PS I'm doing the updates/saves through the WP Admin. Can you see what the issue is? Thanks add_action( 'save_post', 'add_state' ); function add_state( $post_id ){ // Bail if we're doing an auto save if( defined( 'DOING_AUTOSAVE' ) && DOING_AUTOSAVE ) return; //check if they selected your state term $state = get_terms('state', 'name'); foreach ( $state as $state ); //insert post meta update_post_meta($post_id,'state',$state->name); }
    – Dan
    Commented Sep 20, 2012 at 10:23

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