Title: User input from Control panel outputted to template files?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# User input from Control panel outputted to template files?

 *  [mrjonnywood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jwoodcreative/)
 * (@jwoodcreative)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-constant-text-variable/)
 * I’m developing a series of child themes from one master parent for a client who
   has 5 sites. Each of the sites has a different telephone number as a point of
   contact.
    I need to display the number in the sidebar, footer and other places
   through out each site.
 * Is there a way to create a “holding element” for the number in the template files
   and pass the number to it from the Control Panel?
 * This way the client can update the phone number via the Control Panel as and 
   when they need without having to change template files.

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 *  [zartgesotten](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wearitwell/)
 * (@wearitwell)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-constant-text-variable/#post-2639375)
 * Found this…
    [Youtube Video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQaDFbQbaCM)… and
   also this… [Description](http://digwp.com/2009/09/global-custom-fields-take-two/).
   Maybe that’ll help. Good Luck Anja
 *  [zartgesotten](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wearitwell/)
 * (@wearitwell)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-constant-text-variable/#post-2639378)
 * Oh… and this…
    [Link](http://codegurus.eu/2012/01/add-custom-fields-under-wp-general-settings/)
 *  Thread Starter [mrjonnywood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jwoodcreative/)
 * (@jwoodcreative)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-constant-text-variable/#post-2639398)
 * [@wearitwell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wearitwell/) – Thanks! It always
   helps to know what search term to use “Custom Fields”.
 * The [last link](http://codegurus.eu/2012/01/add-custom-fields-under-wp-general-settings/)
   you posted works fine for my needs but [other description](http://digwp.com/2009/09/global-custom-fields-take-two/)
   is good too. Not keen on editing WP core files so the YouTube video is the least
   effective.

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