{"id":16917,"date":"2019-10-25T10:03:03","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T10:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/?post_type=article&#038;p=16917"},"modified":"2023-07-28T12:30:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T12:30:06","slug":"how-to-add-a-counter-to-dynamic-repeater-widget","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/jetengine\/how-to-add-a-counter-to-dynamic-repeater-widget\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add a Counter to the Dynamic Repeater Widget"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"info-banner\">\n<h2><span style=\"color: revert; font-size: revert; font-weight: revert; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Repeater meta field creation<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"backend-preparations\"><strong>Backend Preparations<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Beforehand you need to create your <strong>Custom Post Type<\/strong> and <strong>meta boxes<\/strong>, with the help of which you will fill in the information in custom posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In our case, let it be <strong>Team <\/strong>CPT, in which we add the team members and enrich them with the information using meta fields. You may build any structure and use as many meta fields as you need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"adding-a-repeater-meta-field\"><strong>Adding a Repeater Meta Field<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn the entire process of creating a repeater meta field, check <a href=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/articles\/how-to-create-a-repeater-with-jetengine-repeater-usage-examples\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this tutorial<\/a>.<br>For this tutorial we used textual fields and here\u2019s what we\u2019ve got:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/repeater-meta-field.png\" alt=\"repeater meta field\">\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"listing-template-creation\">Listing Template Creation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"adding-a-new-listing-item\"><strong>Adding a new listing item<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A detailed guide on how to create a listing template from scratch can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/articles\/jetengine-listing-functionality-how-to-create-a-new-listing-to-apply-for-the-certain-post-type\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, you need to navigate to <strong>JetEngine &gt; Listings&gt; Add new<\/strong> option. Then fulfill appropriate fields and create a new listing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/listing-item-1.png\" alt=\"listing item\">\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"building-listing-layout\"><strong>Building listing layout<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the listing is created, and Conditions are set, you need to create its layout using <strong>Dynamic widgets<\/strong>. Check <a href=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/features\/dynamic-widgets-and-blocks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">these tutorials<\/a> to know how to do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"dynamic-repeater-widget-set-up\">Dynamic Repeater Widget Set Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ll take a closer look at how to adjust the <strong>Dynamic Repeater<\/strong> widget to overview the <strong>counter<\/strong> option properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"adding-dynamic-repeater-widget\"><strong>Adding dynamic repeater widget<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Now you need to drag and drop the <strong>Dynamic Repeater<\/strong> widget to the <strong>Elementor <\/strong>page:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/adding-widget.png\" alt=\"dynamic repeater widget\">\n\n\n\n<p>In the widget\u2019s <strong>Content <\/strong>block, select the repeater you\u2019ve made in the <strong>Source field<\/strong> and fulfill the <strong>Item format block<\/strong> with appropriate repeater name IDs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/dynamic-repeater-setup.png\" alt=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/dynamic-repeater-setup.png\">\n\n\n\n<p>To make sure you&#8217;re doing everything correct, follow <a href=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/articles\/jetengine-dynamic-repeater-widget-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this tutorial<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"enabling-counter-option\"><strong>Enabling counter option<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve reached the essence of our tutorial.<br>Scroll down a bit, and in the Content block, find the <strong>Add counter to repeater items<\/strong> toggle. Enable it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/counter-option.png\" alt=\"dynamic repeater counter\">\n\n\n\n<p>As you can see, here you may adjust it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>add leading zero before counter items;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>add text after counter number;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>change the position of the counter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s how it works:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/counter-on-elementor.png\" alt=\"counter in elementor widget\">\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"styling-up-the-counter\"><strong>Styling up the counter<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Now we can change the appearance of Dynamic Repeater and counter. Switch to <strong>Style tab<\/strong> and in <strong>General<\/strong> accordion block change the <strong>direction<\/strong>, for instance:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/repeater-styles.png\" alt=\"dynamic repeater style\">\n\n\n\n<p>Then, open a <strong>Counter <\/strong>accordion block and see the variety of settings you can use. Play around with them to get the best result:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/counter-styles.png\" alt=\"counter styles elementor\">\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s all! 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