{"id":82,"date":"2021-01-07T11:36:11","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T11:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/documentation.userswp.io\/article\/how-to-add-fields-to-advanced-search-form\/"},"modified":"2025-03-26T15:39:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T15:39:33","slug":"how-to-add-fields-to-advanced-search-form","status":"publish","type":"gd_place","link":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/article\/advanced-search\/how-to-add-fields-to-advanced-search-form\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add Fields to Advanced Search Form?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t Once you have installed and activated the Advanced Search extension, you can start adding fields to the search form straightaway.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section class=\"alert alert-info\">\n\t In order to access these settings, you need to have the <a href=\"https:\/\/userswp.io\/downloads\/advanced-search\/\">Advanced Search<\/a> extension installed and activated on your site.&nbsp;<\/section>\n<h2>Adding Fields to Advanced Search Form&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<dl>\n<dt>\n\t1\n\t<\/dt>\n<dd>\n\tNavigate to <strong>UsersWP &gt; Form Builder &gt; Advanced Search.&nbsp;<\/strong> <\/dd>\n<p>\t<img width=\"659\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/file-HeP651IHSF-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/file-HeP651IHSF-1.png 659w, https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/file-HeP651IHSF-1-300x271.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 659px) 100vw, 659px\" \/><\/p>\n<dt>\n\t2\n\t<\/dt>\n<dd>\n\tNext, click on the <strong>Form Fields <\/strong>that you wish to add to the Advanced Search Form, in order to add those fields to the right-pane.&nbsp;\n\t<\/dd>\n<p>\t<img width=\"920\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/file-WmYUTa8fCz-1024x406-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/file-WmYUTa8fCz-1024x406-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/file-WmYUTa8fCz-1024x406-1-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/file-WmYUTa8fCz-1024x406-1-768x305.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/p>\n<dt>\n\t3\n\t<\/dt>\n<dd>\n\tBe sure to <strong>Save <\/strong>your settings.&nbsp;\n\t<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<h2>Adding Additional Fields to Advanced Search Form<\/h2>\n<p>\n\t Certain fields, such as First Name, Last Name, Email, etc. are available as <strong>Standard Fields<\/strong> and can be added out of the box to the advanced search form. However, you can add any additional form field to the Advanced Search form as well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt>\n\t1\n\t<\/dt>\n<dd>\n\tGo to <strong>UsersWP &gt; Form Builder &gt; Account.&nbsp;<\/strong> <\/dd>\n<p>\t<img width=\"654\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/file-C2WIxF9LQu-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/file-C2WIxF9LQu-1.png 654w, https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/file-C2WIxF9LQu-1-300x263.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/><\/p>\n<dt>\n\t2\n\t<\/dt>\n<dd>\n\tExpand any field from selected fields panel and tick the checkbox that says <strong>&#8216;Include this field in the Search form&#8217;. <\/strong>(You might need to click the <strong>Show Advanced <\/strong>button to display the relevant checkbox field).&nbsp;\n\t<\/dd>\n<p>\t<img width=\"531\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/file-UWTWF9JIt2-531x1024-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/file-UWTWF9JIt2-531x1024-1.png 531w, https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/file-UWTWF9JIt2-531x1024-1-156x300.png 156w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/p>\n<dt>\n\t3\n\t<\/dt>\n<dd> <strong>Save <\/strong>your settings.&nbsp;\n\t<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>\n\t That&#8217;s all. The selected fields will now be available in the Advanced Search Form Builder as well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once you have installed and activated the Advanced Search extension, you can start adding fields to the search form straightaway.&nbsp; In order to access these settings, you need to have the Advanced Search extension installed and activated on your site.&nbsp; Adding Fields to Advanced Search Form&nbsp; 1 Navigate to UsersWP &gt; Form Builder &gt; Advanced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"article\/tags":[150,151,100,147],"article\/categories":[5,18],"class_list":["post-82","gd_place","type-gd_place","status-publish","hentry","gd_place_tags-advanced-search-form","gd_place_tags-search-form","gd_place_tags-userswp-extensions","gd_place_tags-advanced-search","gd_placecategory-extensions-features","gd_placecategory-advanced-search"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/82","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gd_place"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/82\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"gd_place_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/tags?post=82"},{"taxonomy":"gd_placecategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/categories?post=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}