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Gravity Forms Populate Anything

Dynamically filter and populate field choices and values with posts, users, taxonomies, terms, Gravity Forms entries, databases, and REST APIs. Pretty much anything!

What does it do?

GF Populate Anything allows you to dynamically filter and populate field choices and values with posts, users, taxonomies, terms, Gravity Forms entries, databases, and REST APIs. Pretty much anything! Choices and values can be filtered based on the values entered/selected in other fields allowing you to fetch and populate fresh, dynamic data as the user interacts with the form.

GF Populate Anything also provides support for Live Merge Tags which allows you to display dynamic, filterable data in your field labels, descriptions, and content.

With Populate Anything you can create:

Features

  • Dynamically populate field choices.
    Populate any choice-based field (e.g. Drop Down, Radio Buttons, Checkboxes) with dynamic, filterable data.
  • Dynamically populate field values.
    Automatically populate field values with dynamic, filterable data.
  • Dynamic filtering by user-specified input.
    Filter and populate fresh, dynamic data based on values/selections made in other fields.
  • Chain selects, radio buttons & more!
    Chain the available field choices based on selections in other fields.
  • Live Merge Tags.
    Add auto-updating merge tags anywhere inside your form (e.g. labels, descriptions, choices, values, HTML content).
  • Specialized, built-in data sources.
    Populate Posts, Users, Taxonomies, Terms, and Gravity Forms entries with specialized options for each. For everything else, populate directly from the WordPress database.
  • Flexible choice and input templates.
    Complete control over the populated value and label for choices and inputs.
  • Results preview.
    See the exact data that will be populated based on your filters right in the field settings.
  • Improve data accuracy.
    Improve accuracy by allowing users to select from an existing datasource rather than entering the information manually.
  • Automatic updates.
    Get updates and the latest features right in your dashboard.
  • Legendary support.
    We’re here to help! And we mean it.

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This plugin is part of Gravity Perks, a suite of 51+ essential Gravity Forms addons with support you can count on.

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  • Version 2.1.57
  • Updated February 4, 2026
  • Released January 9, 2019
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Documentation

  1. How do I enable this functionality?
  2. Feature Details
    1. Populating Choices Dynamically
      1. Example Configuration
      2. Frontend
      3. Usage Examples
    2. Populating Values Dynamically
      1. Example Configuration
      2. Frontend
      3. Usage Examples
    3. Custom Value Templates
    4. Object Types
      1. Post
        1. Usage Examples
      2. Taxonomy Term
        1. Usage Examples
      3. User
        1. Usage Examples
      4. Gravity Forms Entry
        1. Usage Examples
      5. Database
        1. Usage Examples
      6. Field Value Objects
      7. Integrations
      8. Custom Object Types
    5. Filtering Objects
      1. Filter Groups
      2. Filter Operators
      3. Filter Property
        1. Post
        2. Taxonomy Term
        3. User
        4. Gravity Forms Entry
        5. Database
      4. Filter Values
        1. Default
        2. Form Field Values
      5. Usage Examples
    6. Ordering
    7. Field Value Objects
      1. Example Field Value Object Configuration
    8. Live Merge Tags
      1. Fallback Modifier
      2. Example: Use Field Value in Another Field’s Label
      3. Example: Show Total in Submit Button
      4. Usage Examples
    9. Count the Number of Results
      1. Usage Examples
      2. Related Snippets
  3. Integrations
    1. Google Sheets
      1. Usage Examples
    2. Notion
    3. API Alchemist
  4. Snippets
    1. Convert ACF Date Into Gravity Forms Date
    2. ACF Repeater Mapper
    3. Populate ACF Relationships
    4. Include Static Choices
    5. Add a Static Choice
    6. Explode Commas into Choices
    7. Explode Commas into Selected Choices
    8. Extract First Character From Live Merge Tag
    9. Populate All Results
  5. Developer’s Notes
  6. Known Limitations
  7. Troubleshooting Issues
  8. FAQ
    1. Why aren’t users created with the Gravity Forms User Registration Add-on populating in my multisite?
    2. I’m not seeing all results?
    3. How do I add a placeholder or a blank space to the first populated option in a Drop Down?
    4. How do I add Checkbox Values as Choices?
    5. How can I differentiate similar items when populating into a Drop Down?
    6. How can I filter Posts published in the last month?
    7. Why isn’t my Custom Post meta key selectable when filtering?
    8. Some Post meta values are missing from the filter drop down.
    9. How can I disable GF Multi-Page Navigation links while Populate Anything is loading data?
    10. Can I populate data from another database?
    11. Can I populate from multiple database tables at once?
    12. Why doesn’t conditional logic work when using Live Merge Tags in choice-based fields?
    13. How can I use empty field values as filter values?
    14. How can I return only posts with future dates?
    15. How do I use comma-separated values as individual choices?
    16. Can I populate choice fields with values from an ACF repeater field?
    17. How can I retrieve data from the current post the form is embedded on?
  9. Translations
  10. Hooks
  11. Related Resources

How do I enable this functionality?

After GF Populate Anything is installed, you’ll want to enable “Populate Choices Dynamically” or “Populate Value Dynamically” for a given field in the Gravity Forms Form Editor. Here’s what that looks like when populating choices.

Add a field that supports choices such as Drop Down or a text-based field such as Single Line Text.
Enable dynamic population for the fields that you wish to dynamically populate.
Select an object type that you wish to populate the field with.
Optionally add filters to show the desired objects.
Designate what object properties should be displayed by setting the Choice or Value Template.

Feature Details

Populating Choices Dynamically

If you wish to dynamically populate a choice-based field’s choices, you can do so by enabling “Populate choices dynamically” in the field’s settings.

Example Configuration

In the example below, we configured a radio button field to have its choices dynamically populated with users who have the “Administrator” role.

Frontend

Here’s what the configured radio button field looks like on the frontend.