Fluent Forms offers Taxonomy Fields that allow you to group your posts based on categories, tags, and other taxonomies available on your WordPress site.
Remember, you will get this Taxonomy Fields Module only in a Post Form. You can also use your own Custom Taxonomy Fields. To learn how to add custom Taxonomy Fields, read this Documentation.
This article will guide you through adding the Categories Taxonomy Field in your Fluent Forms for your WordPress Site. This Categories field will allow your users to select any of your existing categories and submit their posts under the selected category directly through the form.
Add Categories Field #
To learn how to add the Categories field to the Post Forms in Fluent Forms, follow the steps with the screenshots below –
First, go to the Forms section from the Fluent Forms Navbar, choose a desired Post Form, and click the Pencil/Edit icon to open the Editor page of that form.
If you don’t have an existing Post Form, read this Documentation to create a new one. For example, I choose an existing Post Form to show the whole process. Remember, you will only get the Categories field under the Post Forms.
Once you are on the Editor page, go to the Input Fields on the right sidebar and open the Taxonomy Fields dropdown list by clicking the Arrow Icon. Now, choose the Categories field by clicking on it or Drag & Drop it into your editor.
Customize Categories Field #
You can see that a Categories field is added to the form. You can Edit or Customize this field by hovering over it and clicking the Pencil Icon.
It will take you to the Input Customization tab on the right side and offer you the following options for customizing the field.
- Categories
- Advanced Options
1. Categories #
All the Settings under the Categories tab mentioned in the screenshot are briefly explained below –
A. Element Label: This is the field Content the users will see when filling out the Categories field in a form. You can enter any text here to help users understand the purpose of the field.
B. Label Placement: Using this option, you can determine the position of the label Content where the user will see this. The available options are Top, Right, Bottom, Left, Hide Label, and Default All of those are self-explanatory except the Default. If you select the Default option, it will represent your global label placement settings.
C. Admin Field Label: The admin field label is a field Content displayed only to admin users. That means, if you want to show a different field label for your admin users when they view the form submissions, you can configure that using this option.
D. Placeholder: Here, you can set a desired text to guide your users about the purpose of the field. It is the equivalent of the HTML input placeholder attribute. The user will see this text when the input field is empty.
E. Required: Select the Yes radio button to make this field mandatory for users to fill in for successful form submission. Otherwise, check the No radio button to keep this field optional to fill in.
F. Taxonomy Field Type: Here, you will get Four different options to display your Categories Taxonomy Field. These are:
- Radio: Select this option if you want to display the category selection as a radio button, allowing users to choose one category from all available options.
- Select: Select this option if you want to display the category selection as a dropdown list button, allowing users to choose one category from all available options.
- Multi-Select: Select this option if you want to display the category selection as a dropdown list button, allowing users to choose one or more categories from all available options.
- Checkbox: Select this option if you want to display the category selection as a checkbox, allowing users to choose one or more categories from all available options.
2. Advanced Options #
All the Settings under the Advanced Options tab mentioned in the screenshot are briefly explained below –
A. Default Value: You can set a default value here to pre-populate the value of a field and enter it here. You can also set the value by using the SamrtCodes. To learn the details about SmartCodes, read this Documentation.
B. Container Class: Use this option to add your custom CSS classes to the field’s wrapper.
C. Element Class: Add custom CSS classes to the input field itself. This is used for adding Custom CSS/JS for a specific input field of a form.
D. Help Message: You can use this option to guide your user thoroughly. Add your text here, which will be shown as a help message to the user. To learn more, read this Documentation.
E. Name Attribute: The input field’s name attribute is the HTML equivalent of the same name. You don’t need to modify this.
F. Conditional Logic: This option allows the coupon field to function conditionally based on your submission values according to your set of conditional logic/s. To learn more, read this Documentation.
Configure Post Feed Settings #
Lastly, configuring the Post Feed is mandatory to make your Post Form functional. It helps you map your added post fields for data collection and allows users to create more customized posts.
Click here to learn how to use other settings options to complete the Post Feed Configuration process.
Embed the Form into Frontend #
To embed and display the form on a specific Page/Post on your site, copy the Shortcode from the top right side and paste it into your desired Page/Post.
Once you complete the customization, click the Save Form button to save all your changes.
Also, to see the form preview, click the Preview & Design button in the middle.
Preview of Categories field #
Here is the preview of the added Categories field under the Post Form. Now, click the Arrow Icon to view all available categories on your site and select the one you need.
This way you can easily add the Categories fields in Fluent Forms!
If you have any further questions, concerns, or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact our @support team. Thank you.
