{"id":6570,"date":"2014-05-28T16:20:13","date_gmt":"2014-05-28T20:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/documentation\/"},"modified":"2025-04-22T18:14:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T22:14:19","slug":"gform_export_fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/gform_export_fields\/","title":{"rendered":"gform_export_fields"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-description\">Description<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Use this filter to add custom columns to the entry export. The new fields show in the field selection list. Use this filter in conjunction with the filter <a data-autolink=\"autolink_gform_export_field_value\" href=\"\/gform_export_field_value\">gform_export_field_value<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-usage\">Usage<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: php; auto-links: false; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\nadd_filter( 'gform_export_fields', 'your_function_name' );\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-parameters\">Parameters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>$form<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/form-object\">Form Object<\/a><br>The current form.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-examples\">Examples<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1-add-custom-field\">1. Add custom field<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This example adds two custom fields to the field selection list.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: php; auto-links: false; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\nadd_filter( &#039;gform_export_fields&#039;, &#039;add_fields&#039;, 10, 1 );\nfunction add_fields( $form ) {\n    array_push( $form&#x5B;&#039;fields&#039;], array( &#039;id&#039; =&gt; &#039;custom_field1&#039;, &#039;label&#039; =&gt; __( &#039;Custom Field 1&#039;, &#039;gravityforms&#039; ) ) );\n    array_push( $form&#x5B;&#039;fields&#039;], array( &#039;id&#039; =&gt; &#039;custom_field2&#039;, &#039;label&#039; =&gt; __( &#039;Custom Field 2&#039;, &#039;gravityforms&#039; ) ) );\n    \n    return $form;\n}\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2-remove-fields\">2. Remove fields<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This example shows how you can remove fields from the field selection list.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: php; auto-links: false; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\nadd_filter( &#039;gform_export_fields&#039;, function ( $form ) {\n    \/\/ only limit the fields available for export form form ID 3\n    if ( $form&#x5B;&#039;id&#039;] == 3 ) {\n        \/\/ array of field IDs I never want to see on the export page\n        $fields_to_remove = array(\n            &#039;payment_amount&#039;,\n            &#039;payment_date&#039;,\n            &#039;payment_status&#039;,\n            &#039;transaction_id&#039;,\n            &#039;user_agent&#039;,\n            &#039;ip&#039;,\n            &#039;post_id&#039;\n        );\n        \n        foreach ( $form&#x5B;&#039;fields&#039;] as $key =&gt; $field ) {\n            $field_id = is_object( $field ) ? $field-&gt;id : $field&#x5B;&#039;id&#039;];\n            if ( in_array( $field_id, $fields_to_remove ) ) {\n                unset ( $form&#x5B;&#039;fields&#039;]&#x5B; $key ] );\n            }\n        }\n    }\n     \n    \/\/ always return the form\n    return $form;\n} );\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-3-remove-advanced-field-inputs\">3. Remove advanced field inputs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This example shows how you can remove hidden name and address field inputs from the field selection list.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: php; auto-links: false; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\nadd_filter( &#039;gform_export_fields&#039;, function ( $form ) {\n    $types = array( &#039;name&#039;, &#039;address&#039; );\n     \n    foreach ( $form&#x5B;&#039;fields&#039;] as $key =&gt; $field ) {\n        if ( is_object( $field ) &amp;&amp; in_array( $field-&gt;get_input_type(), $types ) ) {\n            foreach ( $field-&gt;inputs as $i =&gt; $input ) {\n                if ( rgar( $input, &#039;isHidden&#039; ) ) {\n                    unset ( $field-&gt;inputs&#x5B; $i ] );\n                }\n            }\n        }\n    }\n     \n    return $form;\n} );\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-4-single-columns-for-multi-input-fields\">4. Single columns for multi-input fields<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This <a href=\"http:\/\/gravitywiz.com\/how-do-i-export-multi-input-fields-in-a-single-column-with-gravity-forms\/\">tutorial (by Gravity Wiz)<\/a> adds a choice for each multi-input field allowing the field to be exported as a single column.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-5-include-section-fields\">5. Include Section Fields<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This example shows how you can make Section type fields available for selection, you&#8217;ll also need to use the <a data-autolink=\"autolink_gform_export_field_value\" href=\"\/gform_export_field_value\">gform_export_field_value<\/a> hook to include the field description in the csv file.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: php; auto-links: false; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\nadd_filter( &#039;gform_export_fields&#039;, &#039;restore_section_fields&#039;, 10 );\nfunction restore_section_fields( $form ) {\n    foreach ( $form&#x5B;&#039;fields&#039;] as $key =&gt; $field ) {\n        if ( is_object( $field ) &amp;&amp; $field-&gt;type == &#039;section&#039; ) {\n            $new_field = array(\n                &#039;id&#039;          =&gt; $field-&gt;id,\n                &#039;label&#039;       =&gt; $field-&gt;label,\n                &#039;description&#039; =&gt; $field-&gt;description,\n            );\n            $form&#x5B;&#039;fields&#039;]&#x5B; $key ] = $new_field;\n        }\n    }\n    \n    return $form;\n}\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-placement\">Placement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This code should be placed in the <a href=\"http:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Theme_Development#Functions_File\">functions.php<\/a> file of your active theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-source-code\">Source Code<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This filter is located in GFExport::add_default_export_fields() in <em>export.php<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use the gform_export_fields filter to add custom columns to the entry export. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_autodraft_ids":[],"_sb_is_suggestion_mode":false,"_sb_show_suggestion_boards":false,"_sb_show_comment_boards":false,"_sb_suggestion_history":"","_sb_update_block_changes":"","_is_real_time_mode":false,"_realtime_collaborators":"","_cf_multicollab_revision_bundle":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","cf_checklist_status":[]},"categories":[224],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-importexport-filters","wpautop"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.1 (Yoast SEO v28.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>gform_export_fields - Gravity Forms Documentation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Use this filter to add custom columns to the entry export. 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