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How to insert multiple postmeta values with one query?

You can’t insert multiple rows via wpdb’s insert, you have to do it with raw SQL:

INSERT into $meta_table (post_id, meta_key, meta_value) 
VALUES
('val1', 'val2', 'val3'),
('otherval1', 'otherval2', 'otherval3')

However-

You should always use the API where a function exists- use add_post_meta so your plugin integrates with the WordPress environment and its behavior can be modified without having to edit the plugin’s files directly.

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