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Prevent duplicate posts in wp_insert_post using custom fields

To save the link in the post meta you can use update_post_meta like this for example: $url = “http://sample.com/entertainment/default.aspx?tabid=2305&conid=102950” $my_post = array( ‘post_title’ => “$title”, ‘post_content’ => “$content”, ‘post_status’ => ‘draft’, ‘post_author’ => 1, ‘post_category’ => array(1), ); $post_id = wp_insert_post( $my_post ); update_post_meta($post_id,’source_link’,$url); and to prevent the insertion add a simple conditional check: $args … Read more

set and unset the custom field value

I realize this is almost 2 years too late, but I hope it’s still useful to some people that land here looking for an answer. Disclaimer: this is not a great pattern according to WordPress admin design patterns, but it’s actually nice to use in a pinch. Insert the following into your functions.php file in … Read more

Display thumbnail from custom field

can you explain why do you need custom fields ? (personally i think they are HUGELY over-used.. especially for images ) if there is no specific reason why you need it , you could use the the_post_thumbnail(); function . like so : the_post_thumbnail(‘thumbnail’); // Thumbnail (default 150px x 150px max) the_post_thumbnail(‘medium’); // Medium resolution (default … Read more

Order posts by custom field and if custom field is empty return remaining posts

When you specify a meta_key, query_posts() does an INNER JOIN between the wp_posts and wp_postmeta table. That means that any posts that don’t have any meta value for the key you specified won’t ever be returned in that query. In order to do what you need, you should use the same query you posted in … Read more

How to add upload field in a custom taxonomy?

Updated 06/06/2016: to use term_meta implemented into WordPress 4.4 but I haven’t tested the updated code, if there’s issues leave a comment below. Here’s what I do to add an upload field to my taxonomy terms, in this example I add it to the built in Posts Categories but you could modify it to add … Read more

How to add/save Custom Field in user settings/profile “Checkbox list”

Justin Tadlock has a good tutorial to get you started: http://justintadlock.com/archives/2009/09/10/adding-and-using-custom-user-profile-fields There are some specifics to dealing with checkboxes however, and some custom code if you want to make checkboxes that correspond to tags/categories. To generate the form fields and save the data use the following snippet: <?php function user_interests_fields( $user ) { // get … Read more

Rewrite custom post type url’s adding meta box values

It sounds like you’re very close here and your only remaining issue is that your permalinks for genres and movies collide. ‘movies’ CPT permalink /genres/%custom field meta box value%/%movie%/ ‘genres’ CPT permalink /genres/%genre%/ The issue here is using the add_permastruct. When it creates the rules for movies, they look something like this: genres/([^/]+)/([^/]+)(/[0-9]+)?/?$ => index.php?genre=$matches[1]&movies=$matches[2]&page=$matches[3] … Read more

Assign/update the custom field value for all posts

You can run a loop through all your posts and change their meta value. To do so, create a plugin and run a loop upon its activation, using get_posts(): <?php /* Plugin Name: Update MetaData for Posts Description: Enable this plugin to update the metadata for all the posts Author: JackJohansson Version: 1.0 Author URI: … Read more

I am trying to create a simple frontend form for posting

To post from the front-end you can use wp_insert_post() function. So its simply a matter of a form and processing it the form: <!– New Post Form –> <div id=”postbox”> <form id=”new_post” name=”new_post” method=”post” action=””> <p><label for=”title”>Title</label><br /> <input type=”text” id=”title” value=”” tabindex=”1″ size=”20″ name=”title” /> </p> <p><label for=”description”>Description</label><br /> <textarea id=”description” tabindex=”3″ name=”description” cols=”50″ … Read more

2 orderby in wp_query with 2 custom fields

If you look at the Codex for WP_Query you will notice that orderby is not a valid parameter for a meta_query, nor is order, and in fact nor is meta_key. But even if that were sorted out, I don’t think you can do what you are trying to do with WP_Query. A meta_query is a … Read more

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