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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. | 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. | ||
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| + | == Plugins == | ||
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| + | Using a plugin can simply the process of creating and managing Custom Fields. | ||
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| + | See [[Advanced Custom Fields (WordPress plugin)|Advanced Custom Plugin]]. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
| + | * [[Advanced Custom Fields (WordPress plugin)]] | ||
* [[Attribute–value pair]] - also known as key-value pair | * [[Attribute–value pair]] - also known as key-value pair | ||
* [[WordPress Post]] | * [[WordPress Post]] | ||
Revision as of 17:42, 25 October 2016
In WordPress, a Custom Field is customized metadata associated with a WordPress Post.
Contents
Description
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 meta-data 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.
Plugins
Using a plugin can simply the process of creating and managing Custom Fields.
See also
- Advanced Custom Fields (WordPress plugin)
- Attribute–value pair - also known as key-value pair
- WordPress Post
External links
- Custom Fields @ codex.wordpress.org
