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Extract First Character From Live Merge Tag

Extract the first character of a string using when a Live Merge Tag. This is useful when you need the...
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Convert ACF Date Into Gravity Forms Date

This snippet will format the value from a ACF Date field that is retrieved from the database and convert it...
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ACF Repeater Mapper

Populate all rows from an ACF Repeater into a choice-based field.
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Add A Custom Choice Template

Choice templates allow you to map data to different properties of your Gravity Forms choices. In this example, we demonstrate...
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Add a Static Choice
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Add Menu Order Property for Post Object
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Add Term Order Property for Term Object

This snippet requires a plugin such as https://wordpress.org/plugins/taxonomy-terms-order/ which will add a new "term_order" column to the wp_terms table. Installation:...
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Allow All Live Merge Tags for a Specific Form
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Add Support for Aggregate Functions

Perform calculations on the values in a field/column and return a single value.
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Case-sensitive Filter for Database Object Type
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Auto-select Only Choice

If there is only one choice populated into a field, use this snippet to automatically select it.
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Change “Fill Out Other Fields” Text
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Change Query Limit for a Specific Field
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Change No Choices Text
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Change Query Limit for a Specific Object Type
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Convert Arrays To A Comma Separated List
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Support for Consent Field Description
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Custom GF_Entry Query Cache

This may improve performance but is known to return incorrect results when multiple fields are populated and chained to each...
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Custom Database

By default, Populate Anything will only show the database that the current WordPress installation is on. The following snippet allows...
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Custom Field Refresh Trigger
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Disable GFML gform_pre_render callback

Bypass processing forms with Gravity Forms Multilingual when pulling results for Populate Anything via AJAX. The reason for this is...
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Disable All Fields

Disable fields on all forms when a GPPA query is active and its submit button is disabled.
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Display Post Featured Image

Populate post featured image into an HTML field.
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Dynamic Quantity Choices

Populate a dynamic number of choices for a Quantity field based on a populated value. For example, a canoe might...
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Display Terms Hierarchically

Any field populated by GPPA with terms that belong to a hierarchical taxonomy will render these terms indented based on...
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Explode Commas into Choices

Convert comma-delimited values into choices when populated into a choice-based field.
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Convert Entry Date Created to Datepicker Format

Convert entry's "date_created" value from the database format (e.g. ISO 8601) to the datepicker format (e.g. m/d/Y) when populating into...
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Explode Commas into Selected Choices

Convert comma-delimited values into selected choices when populated into a choice-based field.
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Filter Results on Relative Dates

Filter results on relative dates with custom merge tags
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Filter by Created By on Entry Edit

When filtering by the special Current User ID value, you may want to preserve the original context when editing an...
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Filter Live Merge Tag Value by Container Field

The gppa_live_merge_tag_value provides a powerful method for filtering the value of a live merge tag but it does not allow...
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Force Dynamic Population When Editing via GravityView

If you need to force repopulation when editing a child entry via GravityView, see:
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Filter Terms by Depth

WordPress doesn't keep track of the depth of a term in a hierarchical taxonomy. This snippet allows you to filter...
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Disable Max String Length for Option Labels
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Force Rehydration When Editing Entry
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Increase Max String Length of the Form Editor.
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Format LMT as Bulleted List in RTE

Take a comma-delimited value (like that from a Multi Select field) and convert it into a bulleted list when it...
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Format Live Merge Tag Depending on another field

Installation instructions: 1. https://gravitywiz.com/documentation/how-do-i-install-a-snippet/ 2. Update FORMID, FIELDID, and the $style_field_id variable accordingly. FIELDID should be the paragraph ...
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Get Value Selected in Source Field When Populating Choices in Target Field
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Format Numeric Choice Labels as Currency
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Gravity Flow Form Connector: Populate Field on New Entry

Scenario: Form B creates a new entry in Form A via the Gravity Flow Form Connector. This snippet will populate...
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Prevent Dynamic Checking of any disabled checkbox.
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Force Rehydration on Edit

Use this snippet to force fields to be rehydrated via Populate Anything when they are rendered in the Entry Blocks...
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Handle New Lines

Replace the \n new line terminator with an actual new line in template values. This is particularly useful in custom...
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Force Dynamic Population When Editing a Child Entry via GravityView
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Hide Post And Taxonomy Term as Population Options
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Ignore Empty Save & Continue Values

By default, Populate Anything will honor empty values saved for a field via Save & Continue. Use this snippet if...
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Ignore Current User Filter for Administrators

If you've configured a filter based on the "Current User ID" option and wish to ignore that filter for administrators,...
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Ignore Save & Continue Value
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Ignore Required Validation for Fields w/ No Results
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Include Static Choices

Include static choices alongside your dynamic choices populated by Populate Anything.
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JetEngine Repeater Mapper

Populate all rows from a JetEngine Repeater into a choice-based field.
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Change The Query Limit
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Listen for Populate Anything Updates on a Specific Field
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List Selected Posts in HTML Field

When populating a Multi Select field with posts and allowing the user to select posts they're interested in, this snippet...
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Add Line Break Between Live Merge Tag Checkbox Values
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Extract Domain from Email Address
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Diff Modifier for Live Merge Tags

Use the :diff modifier with Date field merge tags to get the difference between the user-selected date and a static...
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Live Merge Tag Modifier: img

Use the "img" modifier to output an image, rather than the merge tag's default output. For example, here is a...
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Populate Gravity PDF URL via Live Merge Tag

Use this snippet to convert an entry ID value from one field to a Gravity PDF URL for population in...
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Output List Field as Rows
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Replace Merge Tags in Specific Context

This snippet allows you to replace a merge tag in the context of an entry selected in a GPPA-populated field.
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Add Live Merge Tag to Whitelist
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Modify Max Properties Displayed in Editor

Modify the max number of property values that can be displayed in a property value select in the Form Editor...
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Use Standard Merge Tags in Choice/Value Templates
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Modify Template Value
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Add Multiple Custom Fields as Choices

Use this snippet to dynamically populate a field with multiple custom field values. For example, imagine you have a booking...
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Search by Multiple Values w/ Contains

This snippet extends the "contains" operator to support comparisions where a multi-value field (like a Multi Select) is the needle....
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Populate Notification as Choices & Send on Submission

Populate notifications available for a selected entry and send the selected notification when the form is submitted.
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Parse Shortcodes in Choice Labels
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Add Object to Live Merge Tag Modifier

Add support for an :object modifier to output a different property of the selected object. Example: @{:2:object[post_content]}
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Populate Choice-based ACF Field as Choices

Use Populate Anything's field settings to map a choice-based ACF field to a Gravity Forms choice-based field (e.g. Drop Down,...
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Performant Unique Results (for Database Object Type)

Populate Anything limits its queries to the first 500 results for performance. When using the "Only Show Unique Results" setting,...
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Populate ACF Relationships

Populate each related post as a separate choice when populating data from an ACF Relationship custom field.
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Populate All Results

By default, when populating a field's value, Populate Anything will only populate the first found result. This snippet adds support...
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Populate Checkboxes (and Multi Selects) as Choices

When populating data from a Checkbox or Multi Select field via the Gravity Forms Entry object type, all selected values...
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Populate Form Fields as Choices

Convert a form ID populated into a choice-based field into a list of fields that belong to that form. This...
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Populate Child Entries

A brief description about this snippet and the functionality it provides. Might also include basic usage instructions if applicable.
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Populate Multi-file Upload Images as Separate Choices

Populate a preview of each image uploaded into a Multi-file Upload field as a separate choice in a Radio or...
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Populate Entries from Multiple Forms

Filter and populate desired entry IDs by using the Populate Anything Database object type. Populate the choice label with the...
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Return Column Name of Matching Value

When populating a field with multiple "or" filter groups, use this snippet to populate the column name of the matching...
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Populate Values in REST API Request

Populates dynamically populated values if a value is not explicitly provided for fields that have values populated by Populate Anything.
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Populate Unique Results Count
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Use Post Meta Date Picker Fields for Comparison

Cast dates saved by Advanced Custom Fields or Pods into dates that are comparable using MySQL queries.
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Preserve Field Selections on Repopulation
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Relax Template Cache To Not Include Field ID
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Refresh Field on Form B when Form A is Submitted
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Remove Default Behavior of Using a Comma as a Delimiter
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Remove Empty Choices

Install this snippet with our free Custom JavaScript plugin. https://gravitywiz.com/gravity-forms-code-chest/
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Remove Hidden Non-breaking Spaces

Remove hidden non-breaking spaces from your field values. This snippet currently only applies to multi-selectable choice fields (e.g. Checkboxes, Multi-selects)...
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Remove Empty Label Segments by Delimiter

Let's say you have a Populate-Anything-populated field that has a Custom Value template configured like this: {post:post_title} - {post:post_excerpt} This...
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Remove Spaces from Comma-delimited Values
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Replace Live Merge Tags Individually and Show Spinner

Install this snippet with our free Custom JavaScript plugin. https://gravitywiz.com/gravity-forms-code-chest/
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Replace Field with Spinner Instead of Pulsing

Install this snippet with our free Custom JavaScript plugin. https://gravitywiz.com/gravity-forms-code-chest/
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Require a Minimum Character Count Before Triggering a Change

Install this snippet with our free Custom JavaScript plugin. https://gravitywiz.com/gravity-forms-code-chest/
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Auto-update Form ID on Form Duplication

Auto-update form ID to the new form ID when duplicating an existing form.
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Default the First Populated Choice for Radio having choices populated with GPPA

Install this snippet with our free Custom JavaScript plugin. https://gravitywiz.com/gravity-forms-code-chest/
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Set Template by Field Value

I'll take another stab at explaining this another day. For now, watch the instructional video above. 😅
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Set Post Taxonomy Terms

When the Term ID is set as the value of a dynamically populated choice-based, this snippet allows you update the...
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Slow Down Keyup Listener

Currently all events are triggered on a 250ms debounce. Use this snippet to slow down keyup triggers so users have...
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Strip slashes from result choices
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Split New Lines into Choices

Split new lines into separate choices when populating from Paragraph fields (or any other value that may contain new lines).
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Strip slashes from result values
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Trigger Population on Button Click

Instead of automatically populating fields when an input is changed, trigger the population when a button is clicked.
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Strip Tags from Populated Value
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Unserialize as Choices

Convert serialized data into choices when populated into a choice-based field.
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Populate choices using choice labels rather than values
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Use Advanced Custom Field’s Choice Label

By default, Populate Anything will populate the value of any choice-based ACF custom field that is mapped. This snippet allows...
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Wait for Population Before Submitting When Enter Key Pressed

By default, the form is immediately submitted after the Enter key is pressed. This means if the field triggers dynamic...
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Use Newline As The Delimiter for Paragraph Text fields
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Use Choice Labels for Zapier

Use choice labels instead of choice values for data sent to Zapier when field's choices are populated by Populate Anything.