Custom Fields are fields that can holds arbitrary extra information known as meta-data.
3
votes
2answers
190 views
Sort posts by custom field numeric value using dropdown
I've read umpteen answers and questions about things that are very similar to this but I just can't get it to work for my specific situation.
I have some posts with a category of "property". In ...
3
votes
1answer
365 views
Change behavior of “Insert into Post” based on attachment metadata
For a custom plugin I'm working on, I have added a checkbox element to the attachments editor in a manner like the answer provided here:
How to add a checkbox element to attachments editor with ...
2
votes
3answers
513 views
Save page data to an xml file
Is it possible to continually update an xml file on the server with data from a wordpress page? If so, how could I do it?
I use this plugin http://plugins.elliotcondon.com/advanced-custom-fields/ to ...
2
votes
2answers
147 views
How do I read the value of a custom field of the page?
When creating custom page templates, how do I get the value of a custom field of the displayed page?
2
votes
2answers
777 views
How to add a checkbox element to attachments editor with example
The code below adds a custom input field to the attachments editor. How can I convert the text input to a checkbox and get/set the value of the checkbox on load and save?
Note: "input" => ...
2
votes
2answers
731 views
Metabox nonce PHP notice
I've been getting a notice when I try to add a new post in two different taxonomies, in one i use a custom meta box and in the other not, however the notice appears for both when trying to add a new ...
2
votes
1answer
13k views
How to enable custom fields for pages (if not a bad practice)?
My main page has a intro image beside the main content.
I would like to add that image using custom fields.
I've noticed that pages don't have. I would like to enable them.
Is it a bad practice?
2
votes
1answer
2k views
How can I add extra attribute in the 'Page Attribute' section in wp-admin for pages?
I would like to add a select list in the Page Attribute box you see on the right side in the administration interface for pages.
Does anyone know if that is possible?
Or at least add a custom box ...
2
votes
3answers
468 views
Custom post type / custom fields
I'm working on a client site and need the following:
A custom post type called 'Agreements'
On the Agreements edit panel, show a list of "Offices" checkboxes. Users can select multiple Offices per ...
2
votes
1answer
779 views
Check before publishing, if already exist post with current custom field value
I have a custom post type with only 3 custom fields in it.
$post_types = get_post_meta($post->ID,'post_types',true);
$post_taxonomies = get_post_meta($post->ID,'post_taxonomies',true);
...
2
votes
4answers
1k views
meta_query for keys that aren't yet set
I'm trying to query for a custom post type for a gallery system. I have a checkbox to set a gallery as a "featured" gallery (set up through More Fields plugin) - if this is checked then the meta value ...
2
votes
1answer
550 views
The “_encloseme” Meta-Key Conundrum
While working with metaboxes / custom fields I've seemed to indirectly create many of these _encloseme meta_keys all over my wp_postmeta.
Seen here:
So far no problems have arisen from this and ...
2
votes
2answers
4k views
How to activate “custom fields” section in WP3
This is probably a stupid question, but I am setting up a finnish Wordpress installation. The "custom fields" section in the "write post" section is gone; I gather it is hidden by default.
That is a ...
2
votes
2answers
598 views
Extending the search context in the admin list post screen
I have a created a custom post type and have attached some custom fields to it. Now I would like for the search that authors can perform on the custom post list screen (in the admin backend) to also ...
2
votes
1answer
427 views
Truncating custom fields
I'm using custom fields to pull a secondary description. I'd like to use the built in WordPress truncate but can't seem to figure it out.
$desc = get_post_meta($post->ID, "youtube-desc", true);
...
2
votes
1answer
280 views
template_redirect for single posts w/ custom fields
Is there any way I can use is_single() inside of my plugin's functions.php file? Currently, this is what my code looks like:
if(is_single()) :
function my_template() {
include(PLUGINDIR . ...
2
votes
4answers
952 views
Custom field values repeating
I'm at a loss. I've got a custom meta box with the 'multicheck' code that Jan created. It's working great. My issue now is getting the data to return properly.
Scenario: there are 5 possible values, ...
2
votes
3answers
1k views
Add custom option to Standard Page Attributes Meta Box
I'd like to add a simple checkbox option to the exsisting standard Page Attributes Meta Box.
Is there an obvious/intended way to do that using the WordPress API, rather than registering a new ...
2
votes
1answer
338 views
Many to Many Relationship between Two Custom Post Types
How to I create a many-to-many relationship between two custom post types?
Give type A and type B, I'd like to be able to show all B's that relate to a given A, and all A's that relate to a given B.
...
2
votes
2answers
1k views
Edit Custom Database Tables in Wordpress
I have a site that uses custom database tables to manage info that is inserted by a process completely independent from Wordpress. The data from the table is used in the Wordpress site but it is not ...
2
votes
2answers
2k views
How do I add media to a custom post type?
I want to add some custom fields to allow a user to select items from the Media library for the custom post (in the add/edit view)
Is there a way to do this?
2
votes
1answer
1k views
custom field value date convert to unix timestamp problems
For some reason, I'm having difficulty converting a date value stored in a meta field to a unix timestamp (and back again). If I save the date as a string it all works fine, but if I convert it to a ...
2
votes
1answer
2k views
Automatically set post title to same value as a meta box
I've removed "Title" from a custom post type that I created. Which makes it that all new posts gets the name "Auto Draft".
To get around this I want to be able to fetch a value/post name from a meta ...
2
votes
2answers
661 views
How to change what the post creation page looks like?
Is there a way (plugin, or something else) to set it where there is a drop down on the "New Post" page that allows you to choose a post type and the fields change allowing you to filter what content ...
2
votes
4answers
204 views
Multiple information using custom post type
I made a new custom type, it's working fine. My question is: If i want to add in a single post that custom-type with different informations for about x times...how should I do this?
Example:
Let's ...
2
votes
3answers
26 views
Custom fields: In what order are they saved into the DB?
If I insert multiple custom fields to my article, they get sorted in "I don't know what" way. So when I insert some multiple fields in an article and call those via
$cf = get_post_custom();
foreach ...
2
votes
2answers
63 views
Multiple custom fields with the same name
Is it possible to have several custom fields with the same name?
For example, I have a custom field called "promotion" for a CPT called "event". Sometimes there are more than one promotion applied ...
2
votes
3answers
103 views
Function to change meta value in database for each post
I have a meta key called 'prijs' in each post. The value of this meta key consist of numbers in the follow structure: 2,100.00
I want to remove the comma in the meta value to get this output: 2100.00
...
2
votes
1answer
244 views
Advanced Custom Fields query
I have, hopefully easy question. I have my query here, which is using ACF
<?php query_posts(array('post_type' => 'our-clients-list', 'posts_per_page' => 1, 'order' => 'DSC', 'orderby' ...
2
votes
1answer
96 views
Adding a custom field or metabox to the post-thumbnail widget?
Is it possible to add a custom field to an existing "widget" in the backend?
What I wanna do is provide a way to have a checkbox to apply a thumbnail that is double the size of the normal one on the ...
2
votes
1answer
158 views
WP doesn't show Array Custom Fields?
I'm wondering why WordPress doesn't list PHP array() and any serialized data in Custom Fields in Admin Panel (for Pages, Posts etc.)? Only Custom Fields containing strings and numbers show up and can ...
2
votes
2answers
231 views
Adding meta values to permalink
I have publications and I want to simply add year and month to the permalink. Currently the year and month of publication is added to the post as a meta value. I've set up publications as a custom ...
2
votes
1answer
318 views
Add a checkbox to post screen that adds a class to the title
I'm needing some posts to have different title colors than others, and I figured this would be most conveniently accomplished by some sort of check box on the post creation/edit screen. How would I go ...
2
votes
1answer
3k views
How set featured posts using checkbox in post edit screen?
I want to make selecting a featured post is just by checking a checkbox in edit screen AND be able to retrieve these featured articles from only specific category ?
in short what I'm looking for :
...
2
votes
1answer
274 views
Meta keywords and descriptions plugin for manually editing meta for each page/post
Can anyone recommend a simple plugin that allows me to add/edit meta tags for keywords and description on each page of my wordpress site? Just something that adds the fields to the page editor would ...
2
votes
4answers
1k views
Automatically Insert Custom Field on Custom Post Type Publish
I was searching for a way to automatically insert a custom field when publishing a custom post type. And I repeatedly found the same solution, from here:
...
2
votes
2answers
760 views
Correct Approach for Validating Custom Field Input
I have a custom post type with several custom fields. I am looking to do some validation on these fields because they will be used downstream by other services. So, it is important that it can't be ...
2
votes
2answers
5k views
Filter WP_Query for posts having a certain meta-value
How to filter WP_Query for posts having a certain meta-value, without using a Custom Select Query?
I have a custom posttype with meta-key: "open", and meta-value options: "yes" or "no".
I would like ...
2
votes
1answer
574 views
Advice needed for importing custom field data and database structure
Looking for advice for the best method to accomplish the following.
I have a custom page template with several custom fields/taxonomy.
The data needed for these custom fields actually resides in ...
2
votes
1answer
49 views
WP_query : meta_key with custom rule for specific value
I'm a bit stuck with a WP_Query code. Here it is :
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'post',
'meta_query'=> array(
'key' => 'karma',
'compare' => '>=',
...
2
votes
1answer
192 views
Formatting custom meta box date from YYYY/MM/DD to a more readable alternative
QUESTION
This is following a previous question that was graciously answered by Milo earlier here - How to sort CPT by custom meta value (date), and return posts month by month
In short, I'm having ...
2
votes
2answers
342 views
Populating meta box with select-list of existing posts, and assigning it to custom post types
My question is partly based on this answer:
http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/a/5778/27135
Mike's answer is really great, and the solution worked fine until I needed to include my meta box in a ...
2
votes
1answer
124 views
How to add dynamically the main parent pages's custom fields and their values to all sub-pages?
I have a main parent page with multiple sub-pages. The main parent page has some custom fields (meta boxes?) with specific values. My intent is to add dynamically these custom fields and their values ...
2
votes
2answers
666 views
Can I exclude a post by meta key using pre_get_posts function?
I see many people prefer to use pre_get_posts hook instead of query_posts. The code below works and shows all posts which have meta key "featured"
function featured_posts( $query ) {
if ( ...
2
votes
1answer
108 views
Custom text-only header
I am developing a WordPress theme and would like to make use of a custom header on a the homepage (I'm using a custom page template).
I would like this header to not include an image, but rather an ...
2
votes
1answer
116 views
how to save multiple custom fields for a post in one go?
I want to save multiple custom fields for a custom post in one go. Something like get_post_custom() except for that I need to set it this time.
2
votes
2answers
202 views
Only show metabox when date-value in other metabox is over?
probably a weird question.
I'm using the custom MetaBox and CustomFields Class by jaredatch on Github.
I have this "event-date" metabox:
$meta_boxes[] = array(
'id' => ...
2
votes
1answer
255 views
How can I change the admin search posts fields?
I have a custom post type that includes many custom fields.
I would like to add them as a search target to admin search.
Currently the admin search searches only the content and the title, I would ...
2
votes
3answers
545 views
Search everything (posts, pages, tags, cpt, meta)
I would like to know how to use the built in wordpress search to return results from all content on my site. Specifically, I want to search;
posts
pages
tags
custom post type (portfolio)
custom ...
2
votes
1answer
590 views
wordpress plugin error handling
I am looking for a way to handle errors for a custom post type with its own custom fields. This is all part of a plugin I'm writing, however, after extensive research the only way I found is through ...
