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Create Custom Field - Plugixa Team

POST /plugixateam/v1/custom-fields

Define a new field for members. Values are then written per member through the meta object of Create Member and Update Member.

Needs Plugixa Team Pro. Needs the plugixa_team_settings capability, which only administrators get on activation, or manage_options. Editors fill these fields in on members but cannot change the definitions.

Request

POST https://your-site.example/wp-json/plugixateam/v1/custom-fields

Request body

Content type: application/json

Field Type Required Description
field_label string Yes Must not be blank.
field_key string No Lowercase letters, digits and underscores only. Made from the label when empty (Desk number becomes desk_number). Must not already be used by another field. It cannot be changed later.
field_type string No text, textarea, url, number, date, select, checkbox, color, file, email or phone. Defaults to text.
field_options array For select The choices, as strings. Required, with at least one, for a select field. A JSON-encoded array in a string is accepted too.
placeholder string No
is_required boolean No Required on the submission form. Defaults to false.
show_in_frontend boolean No Shown on the site. Defaults to true.
show_in_form boolean No Offered on the submission form. Defaults to true.
menu_order integer No Position among the fields. Defaults to 0.
{
  "field_label": "Pronouns",
  "field_type": "select",
  "field_options": ["she/her", "he/him", "they/them"],
  "show_in_form": true
}

Responses

200 OK. The field was created.

Creating answers 200, not 201.

{
  "success": true,
  "message": "Custom field created successfully",
  "data": {
    "id": 4
  }
}
Field Type Meaning
data.id integer The new field’s id

Errors

Status Code When
400 rest_error Validation failed. data.errors names each field: field_label blank, field_key with other characters or already used, field_type not in the list, or a select field without options.
404 rest_no_route The site runs the free build.
500 rest_error The database refused the row.

Plus the errors every endpoint can return.

Examples

curl -s -X POST "https://your-site.example/wp-json/plugixateam/v1/custom-fields" \
  -u "admin:$WP_APP_PASSWORD" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"field_label":"Pronouns","field_type":"select","field_options":["she/her","he/him","they/them"],"show_in_form":true}'
<?php
$ch = curl_init('https://your-site.example/wp-json/plugixateam/v1/custom-fields');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST  => 'POST',
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_USERPWD        => 'admin:' . getenv('WP_APP_PASSWORD'),
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER     => ['Content-Type: application/json'],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS     => json_encode([
        'field_label'   => 'Pronouns',
        'field_type'    => 'select',
        'field_options' => ['she/her', 'he/him', 'they/them'],
        'show_in_form'  => true,
    ]),
]);
$response = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
curl_close($ch);
const auth = btoa(`admin:${process.env.WP_APP_PASSWORD}`);
const response = await fetch('https://your-site.example/wp-json/plugixateam/v1/custom-fields', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': `Basic ${auth}`,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    field_label: 'Pronouns',
    field_type: 'select',
    field_options: ['she/her', 'he/him', 'they/them'],
    show_in_form: true,
  }),
});
const { data } = await response.json();

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