Custom Fields are fields that can holds arbitrary extra information known as meta-data.
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How can I add an image upload field directly to a custom write panel?
I've added a new page under "Pages" in the wordpress admin, and added several custom fields. I'd also like to be able to add an upload image field to the page editor - is there some way to do this via ...
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Adding Fields to the Category, Tag and Custom Taxonomy Edit Screen in the WordPress Admin?
The question is "How do I add one or more fields to the Category, Tag and Custom Taxonomy Edit Screen in the WordPress Admin?" This question was asked on the wp-hackers list August 1st 2010 and I ...
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Add validation and error handling when saving custom fields?
I have a function that defines a custom field on a post type. Say the field is "subhead".
When the post is saved, I want to do some validation on the input, and display an error message on the post ...
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how to filter post listing (in WP dashboard posts listing) using a custom field (search functionnality)?
despite the fact I googled a lot, I've not found the answer to a very simple question :
I have some posts with a custom field (ie supplier_name). I would like to be able to search and filter my posts ...
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what is the correct way to compare dates in a WP query_posts meta_query
I have a query_posts call in a WP template. Through the use of the More Fields Plugin I can give the site admin the ability to create an event (custom post type) and then enter a date which is ...
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How to add a custom field in the advanced menu properties?
Is it possible to add a custom field to menu items?
What I want to do is be able to add a field for 'French Navigation Label' and a 'French Title Attribute' in the wp menu interface.
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Advanced search form with filters for custom taxonomies and custom fields
I'd like to build an advanced search form for a specific custom post type, having filters for that custom type's custom fields and custom taxonomies AND for another custom type's properties (fields ...
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Help Creating a Slideshow Custom Post Type with Custom Meta Boxes?
I need to create a custom post meta box(es) for my custom post type "Slideshow" (this post type is already created). Each metabox will hold the content in each slide slide and save it to ...
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Custom field/meta populated by dropdown of existing posts?
(My first WP question ever asked! Be gentle!)
I'm building a site that is mostly pages (i.e., static), using WP as CMS. At the bottom of several of the pages, there will appear 1, 2, or 3 "promo ...
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Custom Post Type Data in Sidebar widgets?
(note: this question was originally about Custom Fields, but @MikeSchinkel had a better solution involving Custom Post Types)
On my site I have several pages which I want to show the same data in the ...
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Validating Custom Meta Box Values & Required Fields
Something which I have never seen covered is the best way to validate that specific form fields are filled out correctly for custom post type meta boxes.
I am looking to get expert opinions on how ...
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WP insert post PHP function and Custom Fields
The wordpress function is used for submitting data programatically. Standard fields to submit to incude the content, excerpt, title, date and many more.
What there is no documentation for is how to ...
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getting all values for a custom field key (cross-post)
I know how to get a custom field value for a specific post.
get_post_meta($post_id, $key, $single);
What I need is to get all the values associated with a specific custom post key, across all ...
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Individual Widgets per Page
In my (page-only, no posts) Wordpress site I have a number of static blobs in need to put in a sidebar. We could call/tream thoses 'blobs' as widgets. At least they'll have a fixed html content, like ...
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Is it safe to store a user setting you don't want the user to ever modify as a user option?
I have added some custom user options to the profile page on my site, and most are all OK for the user to modify themselves. These options live in their own section. The users have read access and ...
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Best way to programmatically remove a category/term from a post
I am working on a script to convert all posts in a given category to use a postmeta flag instead (testing of MySQL has shown me that on a site as large as mine this will lead to a meaningful decrease ...
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Any way to add custom options to Gallery Settings?
Now that Wordpress has updated to version 3.5, the media gallery has been overhauled and this custom options solution doesn't appear to work anymore. I'd like to add a couple of fields to the gallery, ...
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How can I make wp-pagenavi work on a custom query built upon a form submission?
I've also posted this on the wordpress support forums, for scribu's wp-pagenavi plugin:
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-pagenavi-custom-query-form-submit-part-2?replies=1
My situation:
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Custom Post Type - Taxonomy Dropdown Menu?
I have created a custom post type and added various meta boxes/fields to this custom post type. All is working excellent except for one element...
Instead of utilizing the default interface for ...
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Put the media uploader in a metabox
I find it very unnecessary to have an "add image" button that brings me to yet another screen that will let me upload content to my post.
Ideally I would like to have a meta box with the option to ...
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What should I use - Taxonomies, custom fields, Post Type?
I've setup a traveling/photography blog. I want to have different post types: Traveling, Hotel Reviews, etc. For the traveling post, I want to add unique data like: City, Weather (for the current time ...
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Need small coding with Custom Fields Search
WP Custom Fields Search is a great plugin but I've a problem regarding the plugin returning results using the homepage.
When I click the submit button, results are shown on the homepage instead of ...
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Display custom post type and custom fields within a Bootstrap Carousel
I am using the "Types" wordpress plugin for the first time. I created a custom post type, as well as some custom fields.
How do I dynamically call all the custom posts into a Bootstrap carousel, ...
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add meta box - custom field : which to choose?
i've just find out about the custom field, which makes it possible to add something near a post, but what is the difference between "add_meta_box" and "custom field"?
Custom field is inside the ...
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clients list using wordpress
I am using wordpress for my new website and i have list of clients(name and their logos). I am confused how to make those editable using wordpress? Html as follows...
<ul>
<li><img ...
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don't publish custom post type post if a meta data field isn't valid
I have a custom post type (CPT) called event. I have a meta box for the type with several fields. I would like to validate some fields before publishing an event. For example, if an event's date is ...
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Adding Custom Field to Taxonomy Input :Panel
I am looking to achieve something which I figured would be fairly simple to accomplish but it seems there are no real examples available to achieve my needs.
Essentially I have a custom post type of ...
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Attaching Metadata to a Taxonomy Item
I have a taxonomy of menus i.e. Coffee, Tea, Sandwiches, Cakes etc. I want to add more information 'about' the taxonomy such as an image that represents it alongside the other pieces of taxonomy ...
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WP_Query - Order results by meta value
I've checked around and haven't seen an answer which works as of yet. I have a WP_Query with the following arguements:
$args = array(
'post_status' => 'publish',
'post_type' => ...
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Possible to turn off autosave for single custom post type
So I'm having an issue with my custom fields in my custom post type. For whatever reason the fields save and then clear somewhat randomly... I'm sure it's not random but I'm not sure what's triggering ...
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Using meta_query, how can i filter by a custom field and order by another one?
With the following code (in functions.php) my posts (of CPT event) are ordered by _end_date instead of _start_date. What's the proper solution to this as of WP 3.1.3? Of course I'd like to avoid using ...
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Search multiple custom fields by using meta_query
I'm trying to create a search results listing for a custom post type and the problem I'm running in to is with the way the 'meta_query' parameter is stringing the passed values together. It appears ...
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Move from old custom field to new post_thumbnails
I've just taken over a busy WordPress site that's got ~800 posts so far.
The site's been around long enough that it was started up before post_thumbnails was available. They worked around that ...
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Make Custom Field Into A Link On The Front End?
I have set some custom field 'artist' and 'song-name' displaying like:
Artist: <user input>
Song Name: <user input>
My question, how do you make the on artist and song name into a ...
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Custom search: by post data and post metadata?
I'm struggling with a WordPress search function. Maybe it will just help if someone can explain to me how the built in WordPress function works. But here's what I want:
Two search fields, by name ...
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Add custom taxonomy fields when creating a new taxonomy
I've been able to leverage this super tutorial by @Bainternet in order to add custom fields for taxonomies. I've tweaked the markup, and added a separate callback to add fields to the "Add New ...
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How to filter custom posts by tags and custom fields?
I'm planning a site for a client who wants users to be able to filter upcoming events by the following criteria:
Type i.e. Comedy, Theatre, Music etc.
Date Daily or Weekend
Duration Daily or Half ...
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How to correctly call custom field dates into a posts_where filter using SQL statements
Currently I have the loop listing posts between two dates using the posts_where filter:
function filter_where( $where = '' ) {
$where .= " AND post_date >= '2000-01-01' AND post_date <= ...
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Filter post listing by meta value which is a date
This question is almost what Im trying to achieve. Create a filter for posts based on a custom field.
My custom field is a date and I would like to create a date filter (monthly) based on this custom ...
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update_user_meta: How many is too many?
I am working on a community portal that may in future cater to extremely large user base. All users have about 50 settings that needs to be stored to the user meta. These settings would be frequently ...
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Sortable Custom Columns in User Panel (users.php)?
I'm using Register Plus Redux plugin to augment a registration form with custom metadata fields. These fields display at the bottom of each user record detail page and they can be retrieved with ...
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Programatically add options to “add new” custom field dropdown
How can I add pre-defined options to the "add new" custom field dropdown?
Here's two examples of automatically adding and showing new custom fields:
WordPress: Adding Default Custom Fields on New ...
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What is the advantage of the wp_options design pattern?
As we all know, a design pattern that is used frequently in Wordpress' DB code is the idea of persisting data for a particular object (blog/post/comment), indexed with a particular name or key.
We ...
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Hide custom post type field from author?
For a business association website, I've built a membership database using a custom post type. Businesses sign up with an online form, which creates a custom post for that business, and when the ...
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Creating Photo Gallery System with Custom Post Type
I'm creating a movie blog using WordPress.
I have Movie and Trailer custom post types and I want to add a Photo feature for this and I want to add a relationship between this photos and Movie CPT.
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explode array within shortcode
This functions at the moment but it only returns the first value from the array. I've been struggling to echo, print, explode, or whatever the multiple custom field values that share the same key ...
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Update all posts automatically when using post_meta
I recently created a new site using wordpress but I'm a rookie - everything I know is trial and error with no formal training. So please, please, please keep your answers as simple as possible. Thanks ...
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How to filter custom post type archive by meta value
I have a problem where I'm trying to build a calendar plugin for a client. I'm having trouble getting a date based archive for the custom post type I'm using. I'm not too well versed in how the ...
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Allow user to create instances of custom field
I have a custom field for a links page which takes a name and an URL and saves it in the post meta. However, I want the user to be able to click "Add new link" and a new custom box appears so they can ...
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Add custom fields within meta box class “on the fly”
I'm one of the contributors for the Meta Box Class here on Github (link) and before I get too deep, I wanted to ask if anyone knew of a straight forward way to allow users to add additional fields "on ...
