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  • October 11, 2016 at 3:25 PM #4278
    NamennajNamennaj
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    Hi guys,

    My page have two columns. On the left I want to show posts with 'Latest News' taxonomy selected. On the right I want to show 'Events'. Both work and they are pulling in data. However, when I save them. They switch to the same category (in the admin panel). I tried both select and select advanced and a mix of the two.

    Here is my code:

    
            array(
                'id'   => 'latest_news_cat',
                'name' => __( 'Latest News Category', 'latestnews' ),
				'tab'  => 'latest_news_section',
                'placeholder' => 'Select ...',
                'type'  => 'taxonomy',
                //'taxonomy'    => 'categories',
                'field_type'  => 'select_advanced',
                'query_args'  => array(),
                'js_options'  => array( 'multiple' => false, ),
                'multiple'    => false,
            ),
            array(
                'id'   => 'events_cat',
                'name' => __( 'Events Category', 'eventscategory' ),
				'tab'  => 'latest_news_section',
                'placeholder' => 'Select ...',
                'type'  => 'taxonomy',
                //'taxonomy'    => 'categories',
                'field_type'  => 'select_advanced',
                'query_args'  => array(),
                'js_options'  => array( 'multiple' => false, ),
                'multiple'    => false,
            ),
    October 11, 2016 at 4:20 PM #4279
    NamennajNamennaj
    Participant

    Just to add some more information. I just tried it with posts and I can have multiple post select fields. Just not Taxonomy select fields.

    October 13, 2016 at 4:06 PM #4292
    Anh TranAnh Tran
    Keymaster

    You shouldn't use 2 taxonomy fields with the same taxonomy, because taxonomy field sets the post terms, which makes 2 fields share the same value.

    You should use taxonomy_advanced instead. It works exactly the same as taxonomy, but doesn't set the post terms (and saves value as CSV in the post meta).

    October 16, 2016 at 3:00 PM #4309
    NamennajNamennaj
    Participant

    Thanks @rilwis. Tested and working.

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