You should use register_meta to add the meta field to the rest controller. Here the example from the link to expose the field my_meta of the custom post type my_article: register_meta(‘post’, ‘my_meta’, [ ‘object_subtype’ => ‘my_article’, ‘show_in_rest’ => true ]);
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From the OPs edit moved to an answer. I found an answer, also not a straight path, I’m sure there’s a better way to do this. basically I use a little helper method that queries the SQL with the meta_id and return the post_id: <?php function get_key_by_id( $meta_ids ) { global $wpdb; $meta_ids = absint( … Read more
When hooking the save_post action, you really need to isolate your operations so that every page/post/post_type save doesn’t try to add your post meta to the post. function foo_save(){ if(isset($_REQUEST[‘bar’) update_post_meta($_REQUEST[‘post_ID’], ‘bar’, $_REQUEST[‘bar’]); } add_action(‘save_post’, ‘foo_save’); The main issue with your code above is posts_numericalvalue needs quotes. Also, to use $post->ID you will need to … Read more
Try using media_handle_upload() instead, solved a similar problem for me.
Always use get_permalink( $post_id ) to get the URI of a post. It takes care of changed permalink structures and SSL. Be aware that the similar named function the_permalink() does not accept a parameter. To get the permalink of a custom post type (or a regular post outside of the loop) you have to use … Read more
Well, the code you are using to count views does store the count data as a custom_field value. If I want the functionality you mentioned in question, I’d rather use a custom plugin to create a separate table in database to store view count and respective dates. So doing some queries you can display popular … Read more
If I understand your question correctly, this should work: function get_event_info($event_id = 0, $info = ” ) { global $wpdb; return $wpdb->get_col( $wpdb->prepare( “SELECT meta_value from $wpdb->postmeta WHERE meta_key = ‘%s’ AND post_id IN (SELECT DISTINCT post_id FROM $wpdb->postmeta WHERE meta_key = ‘event_id’ AND meta_value= %s )”, $info, $event_id ) ); } Use this like … Read more