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custom fields wordpress org forums 1 428 captures 02 dec 2018 23 aug 2026 nov dec jan 04 2021 2022 2023 success fail about this capture timestamps the wayback machine http web archive org web 20221204191550 https wordpress org support article custom fields skip to content log in register wordpress org news download extend get wordpress themes patterns plugins openverse mobile hosting learn learn wordpress support forums wordpress tv developers community make wordpress wordcamp meetups photo directory job board five for the future about about wordpress showcase gutenberg enterprise get wordpress search get wordpress skip to content support forums guidelines documentation get involved search for search forums categories getting started installing wordpress basic usage basic administration customizing maintenance security advanced topics troubleshooting custom fields topics usage displaying custom fields wordpress has the ability to allow post authors to assign custom fields to a post this arbitrary extra information is known as metadata this metadata can include bits of information such as mood happy currently reading cinderella listening to rock around the clock weather hot and humid with some extra coding it is possible to achieve more complex actions such as using the metadata to store an expiration date for a post metadata is handled with key value pairs the key is the name of the metadata element the value is the information that will appear in the metadata list on each individual post that the information is associated with keys can be used more than once per post for example if you were reading two different books perhaps a technical book at work and a fiction at home you could create a reading key and use it twice on the same post once for each book here is an example of what this information might look like on your post currently reading calvin and hobbes today s mood jolly and happy usage based upon our example above let s add two custom fields one called currently reading and the other today s mood please follow the below steps to add this information to a post using custom fields custom fields options on the post page edit screens are hidden by default if they have not been used before using the block editor click the three dots button at the top of the right sidebar and visit options to enable it if you are using the classic editor check the screen options after you have written your post scroll down to the area titled custom fields to create a new custom field called currently reading enter the text currently reading without the quotes in the text entry field titled name the newly created key currently reading should now be assigned a value which in our case is the name of the book currently being read calvin and hobbes type calvin and hobbes in the value field again without the quotes click add custom field button to save this custom information for that post custom fields to add your today s mood repeat the process and add today s mood to the key and a description of your mood in the value text boxes and click add custom field to save this information with the post on your next post you can add a new book and mood to your metadata in the custom fields section the key will now feature a pull down list with the previously entered custom fields choose currently reading and then enter the new book you are reading in the value click add custom field and then repeat the process to add today s mood you only need to create a new key once after which you can assign a value to that key for every post if you so desire you can also assign more than one value to a key for a post this will come in handy for people who read more than one book at a time top displaying custom fields to display the custom fields for each post you have to use a template tag that customizes your theme for more details about it please refer to the_meta template tag that automatically lists all custom fields of a post get_post_custom and get_post_meta retrieves one or all metadata of a post get_post_custom_values retrieves values for a custom post field template tags wordpress theme developers handbook page on template tags you may install a plugin that manages custom fields by searching custom fields in the plugins directory was this article helpful how could it be improved you must be logged in to submit feedback about news hosting donate support developers get involved learn showcase plugins themes patterns wordcamp wordpress tv buddypress bbpress wordpress com matt privacy public code wordpress org wordpress org visit our facebook page visit our twitter account visit our instagram account visit our linkedin account