Can I access the data using WP functions? | WordPress.org

theMikeD
(@themiked)

11 years, 2 months ago
Once this plugin has done it’s thing, can I then access the stored metadata in normal WP ways? For example:
```
$meta = wp_get_attachment_metadata($image->ID);
$tag = $meta['image_meta']['my_custom_image_meta_tag'];
```
Will that work?

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/image-metadata-cruncher/

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Plugin Author peterhudec
(@peterhudec)

11 years, 1 month ago
Yes,

Attachments (uploaded images) are represented in the DB as posts. You can get any post with $post_object = get_post( $post_id, $output ). But you need the attachment ID. I’m not sure but I think that you can get the post attachments with get_posts( $args ). You must specify 'post_parent' and 'post_type' => 'attachment' in the $config.

When you have the $post_object, the metadata extracted by IMC plugin are accessible in:
- $post_object->post_title The title field in settings.
- $post_object->post_excerpt Caption field.
- $post_object->post_content Description field.
The Alt field as well as all the custom meta you specified in IMC settings is stored in the post meta and you can get it with get_post_meta($post_id, $key, $single).

Here are some usefull links:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_post_meta
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_get_attachment_metadata
http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_posts

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