Hi SiX Informatics,

There is no real automatic way of putting all cities in a field. However you can add a large number of options more easily by creating the field with PHP code.

As an example, here is a code snippet to add a “Location” field in BuddyPress profiles:

$field_name = 'Location';
if ( function_exists( 'xprofile_get_field_id_from_name' ) && ! xprofile_get_field_id_from_name( $field_name ) ) {
	$field_id = xprofile_insert_field( array(
		'field_group_id' => 1,
		'name'           => $field_name,
		'field_order'    => 200,
		'is_required'    => true,
		'type'           => 'selectbox',
		'can_delete'     => 1,
	) );

	if ( $field_id ) {
		$options = array(
			'New York City',
			'Los Angeles',
			'Chicago',
			'Houston',
			'Philadelphia',
		);

		foreach ( $options as $i => $option ) {
			xprofile_insert_field( array(
				'field_group_id' => 1,
				'parent_id'      => $field_id,
				'type'           => 'selectbox',
				'name'           => $option,
				'option_order'   => $i + 1,
			) );
		}
	}
}

With this example, you only need to change 'Location' with the name of the field you want to add. Then you can easily change the list of $options with your own list of cities.

If you want to add this code snippet to your website, we advise that you use the Code Snippets plugin (https://wordpress.org/plugins/code-snippets/). You can also refer to this article of our documentation for more information about Code Snippets:

Adding Custom PHP Without Changing Your Child Theme

We hope this can help you with your setup.

Best regards,

You’re welcome 🙂

Best regards,