# Fill a WPForms Drop-Down With Your Posts

> Fills a WPForms drop-down with the titles of published posts, pages or a custom post type, both when the form is shown and when it is processed, so entries keep the chosen title.

- Type: PHP
- Runs: Run everywhere
- Category: [Forms](https://wpide.com/library/category/forms/)
- Tags: wpforms, dynamic, select
- Author: WPIDE Team
- Installs: 0
- Updated: 2026-10-28
- Page: https://wpide.com/library/wpforms-dropdown-from-posts/

## Code

```php
$wpide_wpf_post_choices = function ( $type ) {
    $cache   = 'wpide_wpf_choices_' . $type;
    $choices = get_transient( $cache );

    if ( false === $choices ) {
        $choices = array();
        $ids     = get_posts( array( 'post_type' => $type, 'post_status' => 'publish', 'numberposts' => 200, 'orderby' => 'title', 'order' => 'ASC', 'fields' => 'ids', 'no_found_rows' => true ) );
        foreach ( $ids as $i => $id ) {
            $choices[ $i + 1 ] = array( 'label' => wp_strip_all_tags( get_the_title( $id ) ), 'value' => '', 'image' => '' );
        }
        set_transient( $cache, $choices, HOUR_IN_SECONDS );
    }

    return $choices;
};

$wpide_wpf_fill = function ( $form_data ) use ( $wpide_wpf_post_choices ) {
    if ( empty( $form_data['fields'] ) || ! is_array( $form_data['fields'] ) ) {
        return $form_data;
    }

    foreach ( $form_data['fields'] as $id => $field ) {
        if ( 'select' === $field['type'] && ! empty( $field['css'] ) && preg_match( '/\bwpide-posts-([a-z0-9_-]+)\b/', $field['css'], $m ) && post_type_exists( $m[1] ) ) {
            $form_data['fields'][ $id ]['choices'] = $wpide_wpf_post_choices( $m[1] );
        }
    }

    return $form_data;
};

add_filter( 'wpforms_frontend_form_data', $wpide_wpf_fill );
add_filter( 'wpforms_process_before_form_data', $wpide_wpf_fill );

add_action( 'save_post', function ( $post_id, $post ) {
    delete_transient( 'wpide_wpf_choices_' . $post->post_type );
}, 10, 2 );
```

## Notes

Give the drop-down the CSS class wpide-posts-<post type> (for example wpide-posts-page) in the field's Advanced settings.

## How to use it

Install the free WPIDE plugin (https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpide/), find "Fill a WPForms Drop-Down With Your Posts" in its snippet library and add it in one click; or create a new PHP snippet in WPIDE (or any code snippets plugin) and paste the code above. More snippets: https://wpide.com/library/