your query looks good and seems workning. I’ve made a test on my database and the image remained visible in the media library after the ID change. Maybe there was already other posts existing with that IDs
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