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sanitize meta input

You need to escape data while displaying also. Use esc_attr in your case. Try this: <input type=”text” name=”field_name” value=”<?php echo (!empty($field)) ? esc_attr( $field ) : ”; ?>” /> Check this for full documentation – https://codex.wordpress.org/Data_Validation

Categories post-meta Tags post-meta, sanitization, validation

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

Categories post-meta Tags post-meta, search

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

Categories post-meta Tags post-meta

Hide individual page title using checkbox in custom meta box?

$value is always empty because post ID is missing. Pass the parameter ($post object) to the hide_title_callback() function and get the post ID right way. Also, you should take care of nonces. <?php // pass the $post object function hide_title_callback( $post ) { // you have to verify this nonce inside `mysite_save_postdata()` // https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_nonce_field wp_nonce_field( … Read more

Categories post-meta Tags metabox, page-template, post-meta, title

How to append $metadata[‘sizes’] to metadata when using ‘wp_generate_attachment_metadata?

Although the suggested answer from admcfajn wasn’t the solution to the problem/question, it did lead me to look explore it further. Thanks admcfajn. Assuming you are using either the default intermediate e.g. thumbnail or custom sizes e.g. 320w and would like to include additional sizes such as full, you can use wp_update_attachment_metadata( $attachment_id, $metadata );

Categories post-meta Tags attachments, post-meta

Search posts by meta key in admin and front

Search posts by meta key in admin and front

Categories post-meta Tags post-meta, search

How to update post view count?

Assuming this is just a plain whole number, the answer is yes, post meta values can be big, but it’s the number of characters that determines how big it is, not the value they represent. As for how big your post view count can get, that would be PHP_INT_MAX, so it depends on wether your … Read more

Categories post-meta Tags post-meta

Why isn’t my embed_video WYSIWYG field updating when using update_post_meta?

I found the issue. The issue is with Advanced Custom Fields(ACF). update_post_meta did not work for this field. ACF wanted me to reference the field by ID rather than title and to use update_field function. I know that talking about ACF here is frowned upon so feel free to take this question down. Their documentation … Read more

Categories post-meta Tags post-meta, wp-update-post, youtube

I read the postmeta and update it without changing it, then move on to the next record

I read the postmeta and update it without changing it, then move on to the next record

Categories post-meta Tags post-meta

How can i delete default title tag from wordpress?

You can use this method for functions.php function custom_remove_title_tag() { ob_start(function($buffer) { return preg_replace(‘/<title>.*<\/title>/i’, ”, $buffer); }); } add_action(‘wp_head’, ‘custom_remove_title_tag’, 0); But I recomend to use some plugin for rewrite <title>

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