After adding the new field in “Trip Enquiry Field”, “Billing Fields” and “Traveler info fields” it does not directly appear in the email.
To make the newly added field in the forms, you need to include them in the template using the name of the added field.
For more information, refer to the Field Editor feature page
Please follow the steps below for clear information.
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Step 1: Add the New Field
- Navigate to WP Travel > Settings > Trips > Field Editor > Trip Enquiry Fields.
- Add the desired new field to the form. For example, if you’re adding a field in the “Enquiry Form,” configure it here.
Step 2: Copy the Name of the Field
- After adding the field, copy the name of the newly added field. This can be found under the Field Editor section as shown in the admin dashboard.
Step 3: Modify the Email Template
- Go to WP Travel > Settings > Email > Enquiry Email Templates.
- Open the relevant email template where you want to display the new field (e.g., Enquiry Email).
- Add a new column (or row) to the email template where you want to display the field. You can do this in Visual Mode or by switching to Text Mode (HTML).
Copy the HTML of an existing row that displays another field and paste it below.Replace the existing id and name with the ID and Name of your newly added field
Here, replace {name_of_new_field} and {new_field_value} with the actual field data from Step 2.
Perform a test enquiry or form submission to ensure the newly added field appears correctly in the email.
For more details, please watch given below YouTube video:
Conclusion
Adding a new field in the Trip Enquiry, Billing, or Traveler Info form doesn’t automatically include it in emails. To display the new field in email notifications, you must manually insert the field name into the email template. Following the steps above ensures your custom fields appear correctly in your booking-related emails.
Check WP Travel documentation to learn more about configurations, modules, payments, and shortcodes.
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