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get_post_meta remains empty while looping all menu items and using the ID

You are sending the ID of the menu item not the ID of the page try using url_to_postid() like this: <?php $array_menu = wp_get_nav_menu_items(‘header-menu’); $menu = array(); foreach ($array_menu as $m) { if (empty($m->menu_item_parent)) { ?> <h4><a href=”https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/257249/<?php echo $m->url;?>”><?php echo $m->title;?></a></h4> <p> <?php global $wp_query; $pageID = url_to_postid( $m->url ); echo get_post_meta($pageID, ‘meta_box_subtitle’, true); … Read more

How can I get my iFrame to work with url from post_meta?

Almost every time when I post a question, I’m able to find the solution on the internet.. Sorry guys and girls for the spam! Solution <div class=”featured-img-blog”> <?php global $wp_embed; $get_video_url = get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), ‘video_url’, true); echo “<p align=center>” . $wp_embed->run_shortcode(”) . “</p>”; ?> </div>

How add post_meta from user_meta?

Yo might need the user meta for this https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_user_meta You can get to it by including the post author as the user_id. So: get_user_meta($post->post_author, ‘meta_key’

get_post_meta pagination

On a singular view, the current page number can be accessed with get_query_var(‘page’). You need to subtract 1 to get the corresponding array value. Note that the first page will redirect to the URL without page number, this is just a thing WordPress does. // get meta $metas = get_post_meta( $post->ID, ‘your_meta_key’, false ); // … Read more

Does “update_post_meta” check if value is the same before updating?

update_post_meta() uses update_metadata() to update the post metadata, and if you call update_post_meta() without specifying the fourth parameter (i.e. $prev_value) — or that the value is empty, then yes, update_metadata() will check if the new value is the same as the current value in the database, and if so, the metadata will not be updated. … Read more

Saving html into postmeta without stripping tags – safe?

HTML is perfectly safe in the database. As long as you’re using update_post_meta() or add_post_meta(), and not SQL directly, WordPress will make sure that you’re safe from any SQL issues. The real trouble with allowing HTML in meta is that if you are outputting this HTML on the front-end without escaping, then any user that … Read more

how to build (custom) stats for post views, per month

I think I’d build that upon and already existing plugin that does the counting for me. I have made quite good experience with Post Views Counter as it also lets you use it in WP_Query. But WP-PostViews looks promising as well. Choose one. Next I’d query posts by view count from a WordPress cron event … Read more

Filtering multiple meta_values

‘meta_query’ is what you’re looking for: http://scribu.net/wordpress/advanced-metadata-queries.html

How to use post_id with a Class?

You can use update_post_meta() to save an array of values. It will be automatically serialized and unserialized. update_post_meta($post_id, ‘math’, array($a, $b, $c));

conditional function to change post-meta background image

Have you checked the classes on your <body> element? It depends on the theme but WordPress has a function body_class() that dynamically adds a bunch of useful classes in there. It may look like this: <body class=”archive category category-news category-2 two-column content-sidebar”> As you can see it is a powerful helper as you can easily … Read more

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