Title: Custom field doesn’t show
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Custom field doesn’t show

 *  Resolved [themerdreamer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/themerdreamer/)
 * (@themerdreamer)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-field-doesnt-show/)
 * 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/](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

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 *  [t31os](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t31os/)
 * (@t31os)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-field-doesnt-show/#post-1029492)
 * 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..
 *  Thread Starter [themerdreamer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/themerdreamer/)
 * (@themerdreamer)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-field-doesnt-show/#post-1029498)
 * 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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 * [custom fields](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/custom-fields/)
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 * [value](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/value/)

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 * Last reply from: [themerdreamer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/themerdreamer/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-field-doesnt-show/#post-1029498)
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