Title: Cannot get meta
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Cannot get meta

 *  [torozov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/torozov/)
 * (@torozov)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-get-meta/)
 * Hello,
 * I’ve added the following code to my categories.php but the meta is not showing:
 *     ```
       if (function_exists('get_terms_meta'))
       {
           $metaValue = get_terms_meta($category_id, $meta_key);
       }
       ```
   
 * I have value for certain category but it’s not showing in the template. Should
   I add something else in order to dispay the meta?
 * Regards
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-category-meta/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-category-meta/)

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 *  [Papik81](https://wordpress.org/support/users/papik81/)
 * (@papik81)
 * [10 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-get-meta/#post-5111106)
 * It returns a single dimensinal array as:
 *     ```
       array {
        [$meta-key] => 'value'
       }
       ```
   
 * to get a meta key as a string directly, I rcemmond add a third boolean parameter‘
   single’ as true. I recommend this code:
 *     ```
       if (function_exists('get_terms_meta'))
       {
           $metaValue = get_terms_meta(25, 'my_key',true);
       }
       ```
   
 * if no result can be found, the empty string is returned.

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-get-meta/#post-5111106)
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