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1. seemsse
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   I have read a lot about using global ID to display a custom field in a sidebar, but I'm having no luck.

   I have a page setup to display 3 posts from a specific category:
   <?php query_posts("cat=$cat&showposts=3"); while ( have_posts() ) : the_post() ?>

   which is working just fine. After this line I have the following:
   <?php global $wp_query; $postID = $wp_query->post->ID; ?>

   Then in the sidebar I have the following:
   <?php
   global $postID;
   $key1 = get_post_meta($postID, 'sidebar1', true); if($key1) { echo "<p>$key1</p>"; }
   ?>

   But the custom field sidebar1 is not appearing. What am I doing wrong? Thank You

2. MichaelH
   moderator
   Posted 9 months ago #

   In your sidebar.php add echo to test variable
   

   <?php
   global $postID;
   echo 'this is $postID ' . $postID;
   $key1 = get_post_meta($postID, 'sidebar1', true);
   if ( $key1 ) {
   echo '<p> This is the sidebar1 value: ' . $key1 . '</p>'";
   }
   ?>

3. seemsse
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   Ok, I got the postID to output, but nothing for the custom field. I double checked and the custom field is setup correctly with key of "sidebar1" and value of "test".

4. pollyplummer
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   I just posted a blog about creating custom sidebars, headers, footers, etc. using custom fields. Check out the quick tutorial here:
   http://wpmu.org/making-wordpress-more-modular-with-multiple-sidebars-headers-and-footers

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