Include CPT Category Description [RESOLVED]

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Hi all,

I have a very simple form that is place on my custom post type template. What I would like to do is include the CPT category description in the email notification that comes through.

I appreciate any help.

Thanks
Lee

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Hi Lee. Are you embedding the form with the function call in the CPT template? Or adding the form some other way to all your CPTs?

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Hi Chris,

I’m using the following in my template file:

<?php gravity_form( 2, false, false, false, '', false ); ?>

I hope this helps, let me know if you need further information.

Thanks
Lee

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Hi Chris,

Did the info provided give a better overview of my setup? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks

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Hi Lee. Thanks for the information. You can get the category description in your template file (assuming that’s the template for the category) using this code with your shortcode:

<?php $cd = category_description(); gravity_form( 2, false, false, false, array('cat_desc' => $cd ), false ); ?>

You will need a single line text field in the form that is set up for dynamic population (on the Advanced Tab) with a dynamic population parameter name cat_desc. If you modify your shortcode to include the code to get the category, and set up a field for dynamic population as explained, that will populate the field in the form with the category description. Give that a try and let us know how that goes.

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Thanks for the replay Chris, I did try that but couldn’t get it to work. The page the form is being pulled into is a single template, rather than the category template, might this be why. I also have a taxonomy for the categories that is named ‘nursery’.

I did try changing ‘cat_desc’ in your code above to ‘nursery’ but still no joy. I believe I have setup the field correctly since i am using dynamic population on another field.

I think I am so close though, anything obvious that might be causing the field to not populate?

Thanks

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That WordPress function will not work unless it’s used in a Category template page. What is the name of your template file? It’s a template file for pulling in single posts only?

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Hi Chris,

It is pulled in to a single post (single-planner.php)

I hope this helps.

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Is the post type “planner”? And if that is the case, the category description will never change?

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That’s right, the post type is ‘planner’.

I have setup a taxonomy titled ‘nursery’, for each nursery there is a category description, this is what I am trying to pull into my Gravity Form email notifications.

I have attached a screenshot of the description in the admin area, so for the description I currently have ‘Trying to pull in this description.’

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Apologies Chris, I wasn’t clear on key bits of my setup, so:

Post type: planner
Taxonomy: nursery

Each single post from the planner post type has one category (nursery) assigned to it, attached to each category is a description. I am trying to pull out the category description and place in the email notification that comes through from a submitted form on the single-planner.php

I wish I’d explained it better from the start, apologies, hopefully now clear :blush:

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I think I understand now. I was just typing my clarification which is basically what you said. Working on a new version for you now.

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You’re a superstar, thanks Chris.

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Hi Lee. I thought I had something but then looked back at your screenshots and I don’t think it’s correct. Do you have a staging or development site where I can test this with your configuration? If so, I will send you the details on how to give me access to that. Thank you.

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Really appreciate the help, sure, I can give you access to the staging site.

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Thank you. Please email chris@rocketgenius.com with the URL and username/password for an administrator login on that site and I’ll take a look and make sure what I come up with will do what you want. Thank you.

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Thanks Chris, details emailed over.

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I have them and I logged in. It looks like these two Nurseries:

ABC Nursery
Lee’s Nursery

Are actually being displayed by the archive-planner.php template. Here’s a screenshot:

The archive-description class comes from this template file:

I’m not sure what to make of this. I’m not sure why an archive template is being used for those two nurseries. Do you know? I want to be sure I am editing the correct template.

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Hi Chris,

I’ve been working with the ‘single-planner.php’ file which is used for the page where the form is here: /planner/abc-nursery/2021/


 I haven’t inc. the full url but you have it.

The GF form is activated by clicking the ‘Request your A2 Wall Planner’ link.

I may have initially created the archive-planner.php but don’t plan to have an archive page. So yes, its the single-planner.php page I have been working on.

I hope this helps, do let me know if there is further info required.

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I see now with that URL. I see in the source that the template file is single-planner. I will work with that one. That is the page that will have the form where you want the Nursery taxonomy description populating a field in the form?