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updating one custom meta field only
i am trying to update only one custom field that is store in serialized form. By updating that field my other custom meta fields becomes blank/empty.
how can i update only a specific meta value ...
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update_post_meta problem with post visit counter [duplicate]
I've a very strange problem when trying to store the visit for posts.
When the update post meta runs it insert two records on my database instead of one, the first is correct it has the ID of post ...
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WordPress front-end media (image) upload ERROR!
I pasted my codes HERE in Pastebin.
Thing is that, I have posts, where the post thumbnail is the first image and the custom fields are used to store the other 3 images of the post. The form fields ...
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Select Options Meta Data is Not Updating in Edit Meta Box
I have a Meta box with two user inputs 1: Text-field and 2:a Select drop Down options. I used following Save Method in mt Meta box and second part of the code belong to saving the Selected option from ...
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How to update/delete array in post meta value?
I using post meta like..
$meta = get_post_meta(99,'_mymeta',true);
$value = $meta['somekey'];
echo $value;
But how to update $meta['somekey'] to some another value ?
How to use update_post_meta to ...
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Copying Custom Meta Values from existing post to a duplicate post
I'm trying to revise an existing WP plugin BU Versions to accept different custom meta field values from items I've set-up using the Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) plugin.
BU Versions will copy over ...
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Wordpress custom field being lost on wp_update_post, with a twist
I'm using wp_update_post to programmatically add a title and tags to posts from the front end. I'm running into a hair-tearing issue with custom fields in the process: one of the two custom fields ...
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wp_schedule_event not working
I am trying to make a scheduled event which trigger two 'update_post_meta' registered in function_1 and function_2.
Here is the code I have so far.
function function_1($post_ID=0){
~~~~
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update_post_meta not working?
The value is not updated when using the following code:
add_action( 'save_post', 'updatethumb' );
function updatethumb( $post_id ) {
//verify post is not a revision
if ( ...
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update_post_meta not saving when value is zero
I have a problem with the update_post_meta function.
I have a user submitted value, which I pass via $_POST and then saving to post meta.
All is working fine, but when the value is '0' the post meta ...
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Update post meta on bulk edit / update
I have a small problem with a code that works most of the time. I just discovered it cannot be used when I bulk edit custom post type.
If I'm on individual post page and hit publish, the custom post ...
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updating meta_key from the frontend
I am wanting to update the meta_key in the database to reorder postmeta from the frontend.
I'm using jQuery UI drag and drop to move items into an order, I can update the values but the meta_key is ...
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Scheduled Post Meta Update in Wordpress
I have a system that sums up values from various sources and pass those to post_meta in order to query posts in accordance with the order of meta_value_num.
I was successful at passing those value to ...
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Store SNS share value via function.php
I am trying to store SNS share value + comment count on my postmeta, DB.
I put code below to accomplish this task,
function get_sns_share($post_ID=0) {
$url1=get_permalink($post->ID);
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editing check box value
I have custom meta fields that users fill out through a form. I then have a second form that loads the data they posted and updates it if they want to make changes using update_post_meta.
It works ...
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Inserting Hundreds of Thousands of Posts at Once
I have a project in which I create an array of 200k+ lines w/ 25 fields that run the wp_insert_post and update_post_meta. To start it processes pretty fast the slows down a lot after 10k records or ...
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Change wordpress meta tag description using WP functions
I do apprecciate this may sound like the usual question, but it is not. Just to let you understand I do not need to install one of the many SEO Plugin and change it on the box before content is ...
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update_post_meta only updating on last loop of foreach
I'm building a way to upload multiple files for an announcement custom post type on the front end. My function here uploads any number of files succesfully so I can see them under "Media" in ...
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update_post_meta() not working in save_post
I have added some text input fields to metabox in my custom post. Now whenever I put some data in those text fields in admin panel and click 'save', all data vanishes. Here is the code:
<?php
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Create a new custom field for all posts based on current custom field
I have a custom field for a large number of posts that contains the url for a youtube video. I used to grab the ID from the video and use that to build the thumb but in a new version I'm actually ...
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How to prevent further updates of custom meta when using actions to set one meta based on another
I'm using rilwis' Meta Box plugin (see https://github.com/rilwis/meta-box) to add custom meta boxes to a custom post type.
I then want to populate one piece of meta data based on the value of ...
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Function is Missing an Action Hook
I have tied an action into a status change, which works on the backend. However,using a frontend button for updating post status does not trigger the ...
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“update_post_meta” not working in “wp_insert_post_data” hook
I have created the following hook in my functions.php
add_filter('wp_insert_post_data', 'ad_change_title');
function ad_change_title($data)
{
if($data['post_type'] != 'ad_listing')
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update_post_meta after form is submited
I'm using the plugin "Formidable" to easily manage and create forms. I have set a custom post type, and created an extra post_meta.
I can use meta('test'); within the loop to show my meta value on ...
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Wordpress update_post_meta is not functioning as expected [closed]
I am creating a form with the goal of creating a post and assigning it a feature image. I have the post creation working 100% as expected, but I don't understand why update_post_meta is not ...
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Storing meta fields multiple times OR once with multi dimensional array?
I got some options that I expand using a repeater type field. The values I save for each field is already an array so in essence I'm saving a multi dimentional array per option. (See this weekly ...
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How to update post meta with xml data
I am trying to get this to work, but it doesn't. What is wrong?
$tutorgeocodesrc = "http://where.yahooapis.com/geocode?location=" . urlencode($tutoraddressfull) . "&appid=...";
$tutorgeocode = ...
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Check for page template on save_post hook
I'm reading into the save_post Codex and I find that you need to check the $_REQUEST['post_meta_data'] in the edit window to hook into save_post.
I altered the example code:
function ...
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How to sum 2 variables [closed]
I'm trying to finish a simple script that will run on localhost only I'll use it to store some variables 'cause I would like to use wordpress also as 'money manager' (as a proof of concept).
But maybe ...
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Use ajax to update_post_meta
2 days ago I asked this then I tried to work on my code to be able to understand how ajax and php work and now I have a new issue that, probably would be easily solved.
These are my codes:
<?php
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Custom Post Type, Saving Multiple Checkboxes
For a custom post type, I'm pulling in a list of another custom post types that I need to select for saving ...
<input type="checkbox" name="32"> My CPT <br>
<input type="checkbox" ...
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Saving Revision of post meta key/value on each update_post_meta event
I have some code that updates a meta-key's value by incrementing...
$post_id = $wpdb->get_var( $query );
$meta = get_post_meta( $post_id, 'stuff', TRUE );
$meta++;
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Saving custom fields to a custom taxonomy
I am trying to create a custom field for a custom taxonomy. update_post_meta works great with posts. Taxonomies are not posts so this won't work.
<?php update_post_meta($post_id, $meta_key, ...
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How to avoid overwriting meta with empty metaboxes? [closed]
I have a custom post type with about 20 different metaboxes. What I would like to do is be able to hit "New post" for this type, enter the post title, fill in an unique identifier on one of the ...
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Code to make a post sticky
How is it possible to upgrade a post to make it sticky directly from code, not by admin area?
Is it possible through a code like:
update_post_meta($post_id, $meta_key, $meta_value, $prev_value);
In ...
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is there an update_post_meta action
Are there any actions I can hook into for update_post_meta()? I don't see anything obvious in the source. Woocommerce lets you change the featured status of items via ajax from the edit screen. I ...
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Custom Post type forgetting data
I just set up a custom post type, mostly following this tutorial.
I'm setting up things on my site now, doing a lot of CSS modifications and such, and every few minutes the post just forgets ...
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Custom Post type - how to get checkbox to update meta field to null
I have 7 meta fields for a custom post type in Wordpress. These 7 in particular are days of the week (Sunday thru Saturday) and have checkboxes for each. I've successfully gotten the checkbox to POST ...
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Having trouble with custom post type / meta box
I've been working on a custom post type meta-box implementation that allows me to change the post_date to match the value in my "date" meta-box.
The function works perfectly except when I try to add ...
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Why do I have to press the “Update” button twice to save my meta box values?
I'm having a problem with updating the post_date in a custom function I've written.
I'm trying to change the "post_date" to my custom "meta_date" value.
Here is the function:
function ...
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Change the post date from a meta box
I'm having a problem with updating the post_date in a custom function I've written.
I'm trying to change the "post_date" to my custom "meta_date" value.
Here is the function:
function ...
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Problem Saving Custom Post Type Meta Values
I need a second set of eyes. I am unsure why this code is not saving properly. Basically I hit save and my field values disappear.
I have two other post-types saving fine using this structure. I ...
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Custom post type - update_meta not working
I'm sure this must be something simple, but I can't for the life of me work out why this isn't working.
if (!class_exists('FeaturedItem')) :
class FeaturedItem {
var $plugin_url;
function ...
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Save modified Custom Field content into another Custom Field on article save [closed]
In my articles I allow editors to enter a date in a human readable dd.mm.yyyy format into a custom field. But I also need this date as unix timestamp in the DB. So I wrote a function which takes the ...
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Media attachment date and post date
I have just migrated a massive site (2500+ users, 5000+ posts/images) to Wordpress using custom code. Basically every post has one image and that image is attached to the post as the featured image, ...
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Change post_date to post_modified date on post template?
I'm looking to change the post created date to a modified date on my post template (single.php). Moreso, I'm looking to control when I update that date based on whether I make significant changes to ...
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save radio button selection in post-meta on submit
Right now I'm reading tags from the tag box, and putting them in a form with radio buttons so the user can choose a "main tag" from the tags they just typed in:
function write_tags(){
var rawtags ...
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Custom field values deleted when trashing custom post type
I've created a custom post type with 2 custom fields attached to it... When I create a post of this type and fill in the custom fields, the data is, in fact, saved to the db... However, if I trash one ...
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update_post_meta, xml parser
I'm hitting the wall for nearly two hours now, trying to figure this out.
Here is the thing' I have made a xml parser to read xml file and add posts (with content) from xml:
$ch = curl_init( ...
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Wordpress User Frontend Editing Custom Fields
I'm using the plugin Wordpress User Frontend and editing the title and content of a post is nice (I managed to change it so I can edit custom post types), but there's no support for editing custom ...
