You’ll need to repeat this process for each field you want to pre-populate. In our example, we used first_name as our key since the field label is “First Name”. Your key should have only lowercase letters and underscores, and it should also be a sensible match for the field label. Make sure to check the “Allow field to be populated dynamically” checkbox as indicated, and then give the field an appropriate Parameter Name (or key). Once the field options dialogue box opens, click on the “Advanced” tab as shown. In our example, we’ve opened the “First Name” field.

Our example is a simple form with two fields (“First Name” and “Last Name”).Ĭlick on a field that you wish to pre-populate.

Setting Up The Form In The Backend To Enable Pre-PopulationĪssuming you have already created a form, go to its edit screen in the WP backend. In order to use hooks for pre-populating fields, we must first tell Gravity Forms the names of the fields we wish to pre-populate. We can “hook into” the Gravity Forms process and pass it the data it needs to pre-populate the form fields. This is an example where we can use WordPress hooks to accomplish our goal. So, how can we dynamically pre-populate our form fields if we don’t have direct access to the HTML generated by Gravity Forms? Hooks To The Rescue Unlike the simple HTML example above, when using the Gravity Forms plugin for WordPress, we don’t exactly get direct control over the HTML out of the box. In other words, we seek the opportunity to populate the form fields with post data, user data, or other variables instead of a fixed value that is set in the backend. Of course, this is just a default value and since it’s a form input, you can change it to whatever you like.Īchieving this pre-populated state with Gravity Forms in a dynamic way is what we’re addressing in this post. Note that “My Value” is already pre-populated as the field input value, since the HTML contains the attribute value=”My Value”.

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