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1. narkiej
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I have created a short tag that pulls in a specific post. Everything works great But I can't get get_post_meta to function. Could you tell me why it isn't displaying please?

   <?php function sleeve_shortcode( $atts )
   {
   extract(shortcode_atts(array(
           'id' => '',
   	), $atts));
   	//The Query
   	query_posts('showposts=1&p=' . $id . '');
   	//The Loop
   	if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
   		echo '<div class="relative" style="margin-bottom:10px; height:550px;">';
   		echo ''; echo
   	the_post_thumbnail( array(550,550, true) );
   echo'';
   		echo '<div class="goliath icecoldman">';
   		echo '<div class="title"><h1><a href="'; echo the_permalink(); echo '">'; echo the_title(); echo '</a></h1>';
   		echo '<div class="liney"></div>';
   		echo '<h2><a href="'; echo the_permalink(); echo '">'; echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'artist_name', $single = true); echo '</a></h2>';
   		echo '<div class="text">'; echo ShortenExcerpt(the_excerpt()); echo'</div>';
   		echo '</div></div></div>';
   
   	endwhile; else:
   	endif;
   
   	//Reset Query
   	wp_reset_query();
   }
   add_shortcode('sleeve', 'sleeve_shortcode'); ?>

2. narkiej
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   TO make it easier, this is the bit that isn't working:
   echo '<h2><a href="'; echo the_permalink(); echo '">'; echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'artist_name', $single = true); echo '</a></h2>';

3. narkiej
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Finally sorted by adding: global $post;

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