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Add custom field to the archive page?

Using the Advanced Custom Fields plugin you can assign options pages to you custom posttype like this: if( function_exists(‘acf_add_options_page’) ) { acf_add_options_page(array( ‘page_title’ => ‘YOUR_PAGE_TILE Options’, ‘menu_title’ => ‘YOUR_MENU_TITLE Options’, ‘menu_slug’ => ‘options_YOUR_SLUG’, ‘capability’ => ‘edit_posts’, ‘parent_slug’ => ‘edit.php?post_type=YOUR_CUSTOM_POSTTYPE_SLUG’, ‘position’ => false, ‘icon_url’ => ‘dashicons-images-alt2’, ‘redirect’ => false, )); } That way you get an … Read more

Can I query custom meta data through WP_Query

Normally you would just specify a meta_value, e.g.: $args = array( ‘post_type’ => ‘business’, ‘meta_query’ => array( array( ‘key’ => ‘specials’, ‘value’ => ‘these are not the specials you are looking for – Obi Wan Kenobi’ ) ) ); However because your post meta is actually a data structure, a serialised PHP array/object, that’s not … Read more

Advanced Custom Fields – Get custom fields from parent page

In your loop, you can access the id of the parent page with $post->post_parent. You just need to pass this value as second parameter: <img src=”https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/111351/<?php the_field(“header_image’, $post->post_parent ); ?>”>

How to return Meta data from the REST API?

The first parameter passed to register_meta() is always post for posts, Pages (post type of page) and custom post types. However, the REST API Handbook says that: Prior WordPress 4.9.8, meta fields set to show_in_rest using register_meta are registered for all objects of a given type. If one custom post type shows a meta field, … Read more

Preserving line breaks when saving and displaying custom fields data

I stuck with the same question and actually tested wpautop(). It worked, e.g. echo wpautop(get_post_meta($post->ID, ‘_aboutus’, true)); Still, I came around one issue. When sanitizing the user input, don’t use a sanitization method that removed the line breaks before using wpautop 🙂

add meta box – custom field : which to choose?

A meta box is an element in the graphical user interface, a custom field is an extra key and value stored with a post. Most of the time the interface to change the value of a custom field is put in an extra meta box – or in the default meta box for custom fields, … Read more

Add a Jquery Datepicker to custom field in post edit

Since you are new to WordPress I would suggest using Meta Box Script for WordPress which provides an easy way of adding your custom fields to the post edit panel and its main features are: Support various field types, including: text, textarea, checkbox, checkbox list, radio box, select, wysiwyg, file, image, date, time, color. Developers … Read more

Is there a way to get protected meta fields through any of the available built-in WordPress APIs? (xmlrpc, wp-json)

To me, the simplest solution would be creating additional field in JSON response and populating it with selected post meta: function create_api_posts_meta_field() { // “tribe_venue” is your post type name, // “protected-fields” is a name for new JSON field register_rest_field( ‘tribe_venue’, ‘protected-fields’, [ ‘get_callback’ => ‘get_post_meta_for_api’, ‘schema’ => null, ] ); } add_action( ‘rest_api_init’, ‘create_api_posts_meta_field’ … Read more

Using get_post_meta with new_to_publish

That’s because the fields weren’t set then. Note: The »Autosave« process/request also doesn’t save them. Use the values from $_POST instead for your “new_to_publish” action. EDIT: Do NOT forget to escape and properly sanitize input data! Else you will open a security hole.

How to correctly call custom field dates into a posts_where filter using SQL statements

Thanks to AmbitiousAmoeba for the answer. The following improved code solves the problem: function filter_where( $where=”” ) { global $wpdb; $where .= ” AND (($wpdb->postmeta.meta_key = ‘original_date’ AND $wpdb->postmeta.meta_value >= ‘2000-01-01’) AND ($wpdb->postmeta.meta_key = ‘original_date’ AND $wpdb->postmeta.meta_value <= ‘2004-12-31’)) “; return where; } add_filter(‘posts_where’, ‘filter_where’); query_posts($query_string); while (have_posts()) : the_post(); the_content(); endwhile;

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