What is a dynamic Field used for?

A dynamic field is used to load its options from another form’s entries. Based on the documentation I found, the basic setup is:

How to use a dynamic field

  1. p]:inline” data-streamdown=”list-item”>Add a Dynamic field.
  2. Dropdown for the field display, if needed.
  3. Load options from form entries.
  4. form you want to pull data from.
  5. field from that form whose values should appear as the choices.

Example

For example, a dynamic dropdown could:

  • Job Posting form
  • Job Title field

That would make the dropdown show job titles from entries already submitted in that other form.

Notes from the documentation

The examples I found show dynamic fields being used to:

  • read-only in some cases
  • dynamic default value when connecting the field to a specific entry

If your original goal is specifically to pull in WordPress categories, I don’t have enough information from the documentation I found to confirm the exact steps for categories specifically. I can help you look that up more closely if you want.

If you want, I can also help with either of these next:

  • using a dynamic field with another form’s entries, or
  • checking whether categories/taxonomy terms can populate a dropdown

Don’t forget to add Create WordPress Post in settings and edit the Categories section.