post-meta

Meta keywords and descriptions plugin for manually editing meta for each page/post

the simple solution would be to paste this snippet of code in your theme’s functions.php file : add_action(‘wp_head’,’keywords_and_desc’); function keywords_and_desc(){ global $post; if (is_single()||is_page()){ if(get_post_meta($post->ID,’my_keywords’,true) != ”) echo ‘<meta content=”‘.get_post_meta($post->ID,’my_keywords’,true).'” name=”keywords”>’; if(get_post_meta($post->ID,’my_description’,true) != ”) echo ‘<meta content=”‘.get_post_meta($post->ID,’my_description’,true).'” name=”description”>’; } } And the just add keywords and description using the built in custom fields on a … Read more

How to set author for post AND post attachments

Use this in your theme’s functions.php: add_filter( ‘add_attachment’, ‘wpse_55801_attachment_author’ ); function wpse_55801_attachment_author( $attachment_ID ) { $attach = get_post( $attachment_ID ); $parent = get_post( $attach->post_parent ); $the_post = array(); $the_post[‘ID’] = $attachment_ID; $the_post[‘post_author’] = $parent->post_author; wp_update_post( $the_post ); }

Change slug with custom field

The slug is saved on the wp_posts while custom fields are on the wp_posts_meta. If you want to make it like that you can use an action hook on save_post that will get the value of the custom fields and saves it as the post slug. Here is the code add_action(‘save_post’, ‘set_slug’); function set_slug($post_id){ $new_slug … Read more

Adding an assisting editor box to Post page

add_meta_box should give you the box container like your have pictured. You have a select drop-down because that is what you created here: echo ‘<select name=”rating”>’; echo ‘<option value=””‘ . ((($value == ”) || !isset($ratings[$value])) ? ‘ selected=”selected”‘ : ”) . ‘> Untouched </option>’; // output each rating as an option foreach ($ratings as $id … Read more

wp_insert_post() getting slower the more posts

I found the solution by the comment from birgire what tells to use wp_defer_term_counting() as follows: if( ! $errors ) { // Set wp_defer_comment_counting(); wp_defer_term_counting( true ); foreach( $lines as $line ) { // Import post $args = array( ‘post_title’ => $new_vipost_title, ‘post_content’ => $new_vipost_content, ‘post_status’ => ‘publish’, ‘post_type’ => $vipost_type, ); $post_id = wp_insert_post( … Read more

Update Multiple Post Meta for the Same Post In One call?

EDIT: Original answer was inaccurate as you can do this with wp_update_post and the meta_input field As per the updated question and comments this is possible with wp_update_post (or wp_insert_post for a new record) using the meta_input key on the array, e.g.: $metaValues = array( ‘key1’ => ‘value1’, ‘key2’ => ‘value2’, // … as many … Read more

How to update/delete array in post meta value?

To update post meta that are an array: you have to fetch the original values, change the value you need and update it again. For example $list_of_values = get_post_meta($post_id, ‘_list_values’, true); if(!empty($list_of_values)) { $list_of_values[“some_prop”] = “new value”; } update_post_meta($post_id, ‘_list_values’, $list_of_values);

Is there a hook / action that is triggered when adding or removing a post thumbnail?

I think you want to use the added_post_meta hook instead of updated_post_meta because you’re not updating the meta here, only adding it. At least in the case of the _thumbnail_id, where we must delete it before adding it again (no update) through the admin UI. Investigating this further we see that this part of the … Read more

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