Custom Fields are fields that can holds arbitrary extra information known as meta-data.
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How do I query for a post by custom field?
I have a custom field called "song-id" and I'd like to lookup a post by a song-id value. Can someone give me the code snippet for it?
(bonus: also looking for a code to use the permalink in the post ...
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How to put enctype=“multipart/form-data” in categories form?
I had success putting the code below to include enctype (for images) in custom post type forms, but I'm not able to use it in categories form... is this possible?
Thanks.
add_action( ...
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add_meta_box: Datepicker like the one for postdate?
I've built a custom post type called "Events". Each event has a future date and I don't want to use the normal postdate of the post.
I want to use add_meta_box to add some inputs for this ...
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Including Database Generated Pages in Site Search [closed]
Our library uses a separate little php/mysql app and wordpress template pages to display lists of resources for users.
The resources are not included in site search, of course, since the pages are ...
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Add a Jquery Datepicker to custom field in post edit
I would like to add a custom field that is set by a jquery datepicker ui in the post edit panel. Im new to wordpress, so Im not sure how to go about adding something like this. I haven't had much luck ...
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Ordering posts by metadata
In my plugin, I use these instructions to obtain a list of posts:
$args = array(
'numberposts' => -1,
'offset' => 0,
'meta_query' => array(
array(
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Is it bad to use a lot of Custom Meta Fields?
I am curious without doing a ton of benchmarks, how others feel about using several custom meta fields on a blog post? I am talking strictly performance wise, does it slow things down a lot if using ...
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Transients vs CRON +Custom Fields: Caching Data Per Post
Wanted some opinions on a solution I'm trying to come up with:
I have a fan/enthusiast plugin I'm working on for fans of TV shows. One of the custom post types attached to the plugin is a release ...
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meta query not showing any results?
I'm trying to show result for a custom field that is not empty on a custom post type but getting no results?
<?php
if (have_posts()) :
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Importing data for advanced custom fields plugin?
I have a member section built using the http://www.advancedcustomfields.com plugin. There are 300 members that each have the following data:
Company name
Specialism (check boxes)
Web address
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Do_Shortcode not working for Embed
I'm trying to use Custom Field types to embed Youtube videos in a more organized fashion and using the Do_Shortcode() would seem to work perfectly, however this:
<?php echo ...
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Saving custom profile fields
I'm adding a custom profile field to users of a specific role, like this :
function add_custom_profile_fields( $fields ) {
// get current user ID
$user = new WP_User( $_GET['user_id'] );
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Query Posts or Get Posts by custom fields, possible?
If I were to take a standard query post.
<?php query_posts('post_type=payment'); while (have_posts()) : the_post();?>
Only this time I would like to query the post by 2 custom fields that it ...
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Saving custom data for each user
I allow users to save some notes on my wordpress site. They can only do this after they login to the site.
Now I want to save their notes in a database table and associate them with the user's id ...
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How to use query_posts() with a date filter on a custom field?
I have defined a custom post type that uses a meta field to store dates.
In my functions.php I have the following code which saves the start date. The format of the date that is sent in the startdate ...
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Per site configuration
I'm building a custom theme that I will reuse on more than one site and would like to be able to configure some things from the admin. For example setting the Twitter and Facebook pages links without ...
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custom field to always to .get_the_title()?
Is there a way to have always the the_title(); tag also includes a custom field called subtitle?
I want to have a title like this: "subtitle-custom-fild: Posttitle"
Like "Cool: The new TV show from ...
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Force hide custom field metaboxes
How can I completely remove the custom fields and the collapse button in the Edit Post/Edit Page custom screen, but without removing the capability to add custom fields with a PHP function?
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making sense of admin-ajax
So I'm working with ThemeTrust's "reveal" theme, and there is an ajaxed in chunk-of-content that I'm really trying to change (grab custom meta fields (images) + insert into a slideshow). As far as I ...
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How to customize default wordpress editor?
Good to hear that Sonny (wordpress3.3) has the new editor API wp_editor() that gives us the ability to use multiple instances of the editor in our custom fields with ease.
But I needed to customize ...
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MySQL query to set wp_postmeta using term_taxonomy_id value
I have a need to set the wp_postmeta value (in table: wp_postmeta) on every post that has a specific term_taxonomy_id (in table: wp_term_relationships):
Specifically:
run a query against every ...
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Filtering by Post Meta Custom Fields - Performance
I could use some advise on how to structure my data for performance. I have a custom post type with a lot of custom meta data stored in the wp_postmeta table as a serialized array under one meta key ...
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Populating a page with content from post custom fields
I'm doing up a blog at the moment where each post is accompanied by the name of a song. Adding the songs to the posts is fairly easily done via custom fields.
However, I also need to have a page ...
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Custom Post Type with Custom Title
I have a custom post type without title support and I'm trying to generate one from post's taxonomies and custom fields. To do so, I'm using this code:
function custom_post_type_title_filter( $data , ...
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Added 20 Custom Fields. Only 10 showing in drop down
Just like the title states. I've added around 20+ custom fields into my wordpress site and only around 10 are showing in the drop down.
The custom fields are all functioning fine on the site side, ...
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post meta data clearing on autosave
For starters I am using this GREAT answer to achieve custom post types as well as a custom way to insert those post types into other pages, you can view that answer here:
Custom field/meta populated ...
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Separate table or usermeta
We are creating custom fields for users like annual income, gender, city, country, etc. There are about 10 odd new fields. We will be importing approx. 30,000 records for each user in a month through ...
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Change content before writing to database
I've searched around but I can't quite pin down the answer for this. I am attempting to use the content of a custom field as post_data and save it to the database as such when a post is created or ...
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Saving Custom Field in Attachment Window in WordPress 3.5
I'm using the code below to add a custom text field in WP 3.5 Attachment Window (from this question # Expanding new Media Uploader in WordPress 3.5) ...
add_filter( 'attachment_fields_to_edit', ...
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get_post_meta not working inside loop
I was hoping for some assistance with a custom meta box that I added to my genesis child theme.
The data is being saved properly, and stored properly, but when I try to echo it out using ...
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How to add a Custom Meta Box for more than one Post Type?
I am using the following code in functions.php for adding a custom meta box.
The custom post type is themes. I want to add more post types, how can I?
add_meta_box(
'my-meta-box-id',
'Demo ...
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How can I combine meta_query queries?
I'm trying to build combined meta_query queries but they don't work.
Any ideas how I can implement queries like the example below?
Thanks, Hinnerk
Array
(
[relation] => AND
[0] => ...
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Most efficient way to add javascript file to specific post and/or pages?
I am wondering what the most efficient method is to add a javascript file specifically for a post and/or page.
Here are a few solutions I came up with:
Switch to HTML editing view and post your ...
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Ordering posts by date custom field
Trying to order posts by custom field. Dates are entered into the custom field "event_time" as in this format: "June 6 2012 6:00 PM". Trying to order them by that date. All of the code below functions ...
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Is it possible to order posts by two meta values?
Hopefully this is a reasonably straightforward question!
Is it possible to order posts, on the front-end of my WP install, by two meta values?
I have a meta key called genus and another called ...
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Order posts by custom field and if custom field is empty return remaining posts
I have an archive page ordered by a numeric value in a custom field. This returns the ordered posts correctly, but does not display posts that don't have a custom field.
$paged = ...
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Why do I lose the content of meta boxes when I leave the page?
So I've been coding a theme and I'm working on a custom post type. When I edit a custom post and save the changes (click Update) everything is ok.
But - I noticed that when I leave the Edit page open ...
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What is the cleanest way to extract custom variables from a post
At the moment I am doing something like the following from inside the main loop;
$custom_values = get_post_custom_values('tenderfields');
$custom_values = unserialize($custom_values[0]);
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How to show custom field's value under post/page title in wp-admin
I'm trying to add the value of a custom field under the post/page title in wp-admin list of posts/pages (much like excerpt mode in posts list) without hooking into the columns process since other ...
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Alternative to simple fields plugin?
I have been building websites with WordPress for a couple years now, and have become very reliant on the Simple Fields Plugin. Essentially this plugin lets me attach extra fields to the bottom of my ...
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Adding a Nav menu to post admin
i want insert a dropdown menu with list of menus, that i've created in nav-menu.php, to post-admin...
For example, when i'm creating a post, i want insert a menu "Paul" in a post (only a post that i ...
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Using custom field as custom post title
I've setup a custom post type with a series of custom fields using the WPAlchemy class. I'm trying to take the value of one of the custom fields and use that as the post title. So far, though, I've ...
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how to interconnect custom post types?
I'd like to make a site about choirs, composers, conductors and singers. And so far I decided that I need to make a custom post type for "piece" -- any piece can be associated with choir[s], composer, ...
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Custom fields gone (not screen option issue) [closed]
I don't know how but the custom fields box disappeared completely from the New Post Admin page and the screen options as well.
What could cause this ?
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Add url from Custom Field as 'Featured Image'. Code not working
I'm trying to migrate a site to WP. We have a whole bunch of pictures, and I have done some research and figured -- I think -- my best bet is a CSV import of the data, storing the relative URL of the ...
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how can i use custom field in query post
I want to get all featured items using query post. featured is meta_key using custom field plugin.
I tried bellow,but it failed
$featured_item = new ...
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How to Add Custom Fields to a Custom Post Type?
Ok, so I have registered a few custom post types and a few taxonomies. Now, for the life of me, I cannot figure out the code I need to add a Custom Field to my Custom Post Type.
I need a drop down ...
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Display custom field only if value present?
I am working on a creating a directory style page template that uses custom meta fields in Wordpress that are used to generate up to 10 directory listings on a page.
The below code works very well ...
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query_posts and only show results if a custom field is not empty
How do I query_posts and only show results if a custom field is not empty or has a value.
I want to put in a url in a custom field and only show these pages if there is a url?
current code but I ...
