If you’re using ACF (Advanced Custom Fields) and want a dropdown list of US states, then look no further.
Simply copy and paste this into the list of options in your ACF select field.
List of US States
AL : Alabama AK : Alaska AZ : Arizona AR : Arkansas CA : California CO : Colorado CT : Connecticut DC : District of Columbia DE : Delaware FL : Florida GA : Georgia HI : Hawaii ID : Idaho IL : Illinois IN : Indiana IA : Iowa KS : Kansas KY : Kentucky LA : Louisiana ME : Maine MD : Maryland MA : Massachusetts MI : Michigan MN : Minnesota MS : Mississippi MO : Missouri MT : Montana NE : Nebraska NV : Nevada NH : New Hampshire NJ : New Jersey NM : New Mexico NY : New York NC : North Carolina ND : North Dakota OH : Ohio OK : Oklahoma OR : Oregon PA : Pennsylvania RI : Rhode Island SC : South Carolina SD : South Dakota TN : Tennessee TX : Texas UT : Utah VT : Vermont VA : Virginia WA : Washington WV : West Virginia WI : Wisconsin WY : Wyoming
Boom! Now you have an ACF field for the 50 US states showing the full state name in the dropdown, but having the value of the 2-digit capitalized abbreviation of the state.
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DC: District of Columbia
Added! Thanks.
What if you wanted to take it one step further? If I had another field called “City”, how would I filter it to only show cities in New York if I chose New York as the state?
That sounds like it would be pretty difficult to manage.