Lookup Tables – One Place to Manage Every Dropdown on Your Website

If you’ve ever had to hunt through multiple pages of code just to add or change a dropdown option, you’ll love this one.

Lookup Tables let you manage every dropdown, status list, category, and selection field from a single central location in your admin area. No more hard-coding options on every form.

Here’s why it’s powerful:

Add, edit, reorder, or deactivate values without touching code

Changes can automatically update existing records in your database (so you don’t end up with orphaned or outdated data)

Safe delete/replace logic — the system checks how many records use a value before letting you remove it

Export/import functionality so you can move settings between development and production environments easily

I also built smart handling for system-critical values that should never be accidentally deleted.

The result? Your whole system stays consistent, and you stay in control. Whether it’s ticket statuses, repair types, customer categories, or equipment types — everything lives in one manageable place.

This is one of the “quietly brilliant” tools that makes the rest of the system much easier to maintain as your business grows.

If you’re building (or planning to build) forms, tickets, or any kind of data-heavy section on your site, just reach out and we’ll set up a time to evaluate your current website. Send me a message through our contact form at https://fireytech.com/contact or give me a call at 918-258-3473. I’ll take a look at what you have, show you what’s possible, and we can talk specifics and pricing from there.