---
title: Exploring the Advanced Settings in Custom Checkout Fields
description: "Advanced options for WooCommerce custom checkout fields: field sorting, duplicate-field labels, settings layout and meta keys."
url: "https://wpfactory.com/docs/custom-fields-settings/"
updated: "2026-09-27"
category: How to
tags:
  - Custom Checkout Fields Editor for WooCommerce
---

# Exploring the Advanced Settings in Custom Checkout Fields

The General tab of [Custom Checkout Fields for WooCommerce](https://wpfactory.com/item/custom-checkout-fields-for-woocommerce/) includes an Advanced Options group that controls field sorting, duplicate-field labels, the settings-screen layout, and the meta key used for your fields. This guide explains each one.

![Custom Checkout Fields advanced options](https://wpfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/Custom-Checkout-Fields-new-WPF-1.jpg)

### Open the advanced options

Go to **WPFactory > Custom Checkout Fields** (also reachable at **WooCommerce > Settings > Custom Checkout Fields**) and scroll the **General** tab down to **Advanced Options**.

### Options reference

| Label | Option ID | Default |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Force fields sort by priority | `alg_wc_ccf_force_sort_by_priority` | No |
| Label template for duplicated fields: For each product in cart | `alg_wc_ccf_duplicate_label_template_each_product` | `%product_title%` |
| For each product item in cart | `alg_wc_ccf_duplicate_label_template_each_product_item` | `%product_title% (%item_nr%)` |
| Glue | `alg_wc_ccf_duplicate_label_glue` | `:` |
| Hide unrelated type options | `alg_wc_ccf_hide_unrelated_type_options` | No |
| Fields ID | `alg_wc_ccf_key` | `alg_wc_checkout_field` |

### What each option does

- **Force fields sort by priority:** some themes reorder checkout fields and ignore the Priority values you set. Enable this to force the order to follow your priorities regardless of the theme.
- **Label template for duplicated fields:** when a field is set to duplicate for each product (or each product item) in the cart, these templates build the per-copy label. Use `%product_title%` and, for the per-item template, `%item_nr%`. The **Glue** is the text placed between the field's own label and the product suffix.
- **Hide unrelated type options:** this is an admin-screen convenience only. When enabled, a field's settings tab hides the type-specific option groups (Select/Multiselect/Radio, Checkbox, Datepicker/Weekpicker, Timepicker) that do not match the field's selected **Type**, so you see only the options that apply. It does not change anything on the checkout page shown to customers.
- **Fields ID:** the middle part of each field's key and meta key. With the default value, a billing Field #1 uses the key `billing_alg_wc_checkout_field_1`. Change this only if you understand the effect on stored order data, since existing orders keep the key they were saved with.

### Related

- [Duplicate a checkout field for each product](https://wpfactory.com/docs/)
- [Where custom field data is stored on the order](https://wpfactory.com/docs/)

### Get more fields

These advanced options apply whether you run one field or many. [Custom Checkout Fields for WooCommerce](https://wpfactory.com/item/custom-checkout-fields-for-woocommerce/) Pro raises the field limit to 100. [See what Pro unlocks](https://wpfactory.com/item/custom-checkout-fields-for-woocommerce/).

Related articles

- [Adding a Checkout Fee Based on a Custom Field](https://wpfactory.com/docs/custom-field-charges/)
- [Configuring Timepicker Fields in Custom Checkout Fields](https://wpfactory.com/docs/timepicker-checkout-fields/)
- [Where to Position Your Custom Fields in WooCommerce Checkout](https://wpfactory.com/docs/custom-fields-placement/)
- [Configuring a Custom Checkout Field’s General Options](https://wpfactory.com/docs/individual-checkout-fields/)
- [How to Add a Custom Field to WooCommerce Checkout](https://wpfactory.com/docs/adding-checkout-fields/)

 

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