Title: add_settings_field – not saving.
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# add_settings_field – not saving.

 *  [Galanthus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/galanthus/)
 * (@galanthus)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add_settings_field-not-saving/)
 * Hello there,
 * I am trying to figure this out for 2 hours now. When i create one settings field
   it works and i can display it on the website, however when i create a second 
   one.. what ever i do i keep getting a empty value on save which results that 
   the first also stops working.. i have tried everything but it’s making me crazy.
 * Can somebody help?
 * My code:
 *     ```
       /*********************************************
        * Menu's
       **********************************************/
       function add_custom_settings_page() {
       		add_options_page(
       			'Demo theme options', 				// The text to be displayed in the browser title
       			'Demo theme options', 				// The text to be used for the menu
       			'manage_options', 						// The required capability of users to access this menu
       			'demo-theme-options',				 // The slug by which this menu item is accesible
       			'demo_theme_options_display' // The name of the function used to display the page content
       		);
       }
       add_action('admin_menu', 'add_custom_settings_page');
   
       /*********************************************
       * Sections, Settings and fields
       **********************************************/
       function demo_theme_options() {
   
       	// Define the settinge section
       	add_settings_section(
       		'footer_section', 							// The ID to use for this section in attribute tags
       		'Footer options', 							// The title of the section rendered to the screen
       		'demo_footer_display', 	// The function used to render the options for this section
       		'demo-theme-options' 					// The ID of the page on which this section is rendered
       	);
   
       	// Define the settings field
       	add_settings_field(
       		'footer_message', 					// ID of the field
       		'Theme footer message',		 	// The text of the label field
       		'footer_message_display', 	// The callback function used to render the field
       		'demo-theme-options', 			// The page on which we'll be rendering this field
       		'footer_section' 						// The section to which we're adding the setting
       	);
   
       	// Register the 'footer_message' setting with the 'General' section
       	register_setting(
       		'footer_section', 	// Register the footer section
       		'footer_message' 		// Register the ID of the field
       	);
       }
       add_action('admin_init', 'demo_theme_options');
   
       /*********************************************
       * CALLBACKS
       **********************************************/
   
       function demo_theme_options_display() {
       ?>
       		<div class="wrap">
       			<h2>Demo theme options</h2>
       			<form method="post" action="options.php">
   
       			<?php
       			// Render the settings for the settings section indentified as 'Footer Section'
       			settings_fields('footer_section', 'footer_section_number');
   
       			// Renders all of the settings for 'demo-theme-options' section
       			do_settings_sections('demo-theme-options');
   
       			// Add a submit button to save our changes
       			submit_button();
       			?>
   
       			</form>
       			<!-- form -->
       		</div>
       		<!-- .wrap -->
       <?php
       }
   
       function demo_footer_display() {
       	echo '<p>These options are designed to help you control what\'s displayed in your footer.</p>';
       }
   
       // Display the FIELD for the footer message inside general settings.
       function footer_message_display() {
       	echo '<input type="text" name="footer_message" id="footer_message" class="regular-text" value="' . get_option('footer_message') . '" />';
       }
       ```
   
 * Thanks for the help!

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 *  Thread Starter [Galanthus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/galanthus/)
 * (@galanthus)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add_settings_field-not-saving/#post-7029879)
 * Crap support

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