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Saving a meta value as an object using useEntityProp

And yet, the post meta is stored in the database as a serialized array! This is because all meta values are strings, that’s what the database table schema says. So if you try to pass structured data into it, WordPress tries to be helpful and uses serialize to turn it into a string, then deserialises … Read more

How do I access the current post object within a block theme template or pattern?

While working with the block themes and block patterns, we can access post data or metadata through given methods. By using render_callback in register_block_pattern register_block_pattern( ‘your-theme/custom-pattern’, array( ‘title’ => ‘Custom Pattern’, ‘content’ => ‘<!– wp:paragraph {“placeholder”:”Write something…”} /–>’, ‘categories’ => array( ‘text’ ), ‘render_callback’ => function() { $post_id = get_the_ID(); // Here we have access … Read more

Optimizing storage of Post Meta Entries

Add specific postmeta to search query

For WP_Query(), you don’t need to add the % before and after the keyword when using LIKE as comparison. WP_Query() will handle it for you. If you add %, WP_Query() thinks that you want to add that character itself to the search. That’s the first reason you don’t see any results. The second problem is … Read more

Get post meta in function hooked to transition_post_status

Footnotes are not copied as a block

There were attempts to add footnotes support to core for several years, with several approaches being explored. It was decided to store them in post meta to make it easier to render the footnotes outside of the post content in templates. See: https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/51201

Block that displays post meta as nested block of Query Loop

You don’t want to use getCurrentPostId() from the core/editor store. This gets the current post ID from the post being edited, not the post in the query loop. To get that, ensure your block accepts postId (and possibly postType) as block context values via the usesContext key in the block type metadata. This can be … Read more