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1. spartana
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I'm working on a news portal-esque site and have assigned a custom field to each article ('byline') with the writer's name. How do I call this custom field in my singlepost.php and index.php within my template? I've tried a few suggestions for code, but none have worked. Thanks in advance for helping out a noob.

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Have a look at http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Custom_Fields

3. spartana
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I have already read that inside and out, bro. Check my site. For example, under the title "Hockey team delivered wake-up call," I would like it to read "Posted on 2009-12-22 by CUSTOM FIELD VALUE." How do I call that value with code?

4. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   What's the name of the key for that custom field?

5. spartana
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   byline

6. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Try `Posted on <?php the_date('Y-m-d'); ?>
   by <?php echo get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'byline', true );?>`

7. spartana
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   It works. Thanks. I was omitting the "echo."

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