Get custom meta to display within post

[gebigoma]

I want to add custom meta I’ve created to show/use in my post or child theme. Which or what variable/function do I need to use?

Would I use something like get_custom_meta(); or something along those lines?

[thai]

Hi There,

You should copy this file to the child theme(in the same directory path): x/framework/views/global/content.php

After that you can try with this function:

get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), 'your_post_meta' );

Hope it helps

[gebigoma]

@thai Thanks, will give that a try.

[Prasant]

Sure, let us know how it goes.

[gebigoma]

Added the reference code, did not work. Realized I did not need to add to the child theme. However, the code returned nothing.

<?php get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), 'my_post_meta' ); ?>

[paul.r]

Hi,

Please change your code to this.

<?php echo get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), 'my_post_meta' ); ?>

Hope that helps

[gebigoma]

@paul.r the echo helped, but it’s still not returning the correct value. It’s currently displaying ARRAY. Custom meta created using Essential Grid Custom Settings.

[paul.r]

Hi,

Please change to

   <?php echo get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), 'my_post_meta', true ); ?>

By adding true, it will get single data instead of array.

This is more of a wordpress question rather than the theme.

For more information kindly refer to the links below

https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_post_meta/
https://www.themepunch.com/essgrid-doc/custom-meta-data/