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1. themerdreamer
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I created and saved a custom field Key: Author Value: Joe Public

   then I added following code to header.php:

   <?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Author', TRUE); ?>

   (as per instructions at http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/11/02/wordpress-custom-fields/)

   However, nothing shows.

   Got the feeling I should be adding this code to another template (and if so which one and where in the template?)

   Hope someone can help me out

   thanks

2. t31os
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   It needs to be inside the loop in order to use the post ID, which more then likely will not be in the header.

   index.php
   category.php
   archive.php
   single.php

   Depending on when you want it shown... and what template files you have..

3. themerdreamer
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thanks for your help - I actually used this code: <?php the_meta(); ?> in Loop of index.php - now I'm going to try that out in other template pages as per your list above - :)

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