Title: Custom field value doesn’t save.
Last modified: September 23, 2016

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# Custom field value doesn’t save.

 *  Resolved [sydneydk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sydneydk/)
 * (@sydneydk)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-field-value-doesnt-save/)
 * Hi, after the last update to version 2.0 two of my custom fields don’t seem to
   save. I edit the value, hit “Update” and it goes back to empty. When I check 
   the values in phpmyadmin, they are there, but they appear empty both when I try
   to print them out using:
 * $authors = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), ‘authors’, true );
    foreach( $authors
   as $author){ echo $author[‘name’]; }
 * and when I am in the post edit screen. Any thoughts on what could be causing 
   this?
 * Note that I have 6 custom fields created. 4 of them work, only two of them have
   this problem and only after the update to 2.0.

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 *  [Teodor Cosofret](https://wordpress.org/support/users/teodor-cosofret/)
 * (@teodor-cosofret)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-field-value-doesnt-save/#post-8213799)
 * Hi,
 * Can you tell me what Field Types are not working correctly? Did you tried to 
   recreate them?
 * Did you tried to deactivate all other plugins and use a default WordPress theme?
   Maybe there is a theme/plugin conflict.
 * Also try this:
 *     ```
       $authors = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), "authors", true );
       foreach( $authors as $author){
           echo $author["name"];
       }
       ```
   
 * Looking forward to your reply.
 * Best regards,
 *  Thread Starter [sydneydk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sydneydk/)
 * (@sydneydk)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-field-value-doesnt-save/#post-8213873)
 * Hi! Field types: number and text. Although like I said, I have 4 other custom
   fields (that are also numbers/text) that do work.
 * I already have over 200 posts that use these custom fields, so if possible I’d
   like to avoid recreating them and having to re-enter the values. Using ” in the
   example code doesn’t seem to make a difference. Like I said, when I’m in the 
   post edit page, the box on the custom field remains empty even after updating
   the post (although the values show up correctly in phpmyadmin, wp_postmeta in
   meta_key/meta_value)
 * It’s as if, after the update, those values weren’t correctly registered. I can
   see them all in the database, but they don’t show up in post edit screens or 
   on frontend.
 * I did disable theme/plugins.
 *  Thread Starter [sydneydk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sydneydk/)
 * (@sydneydk)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-field-value-doesnt-save/#post-8213964)
 * I might have figured it out. Changelog says: We now save every custom field in
   it’s own separate post meta with an editable meta_key.
 * My custom meta box that doesn’t work has the group name: authors and 2 meta box
   fields:
 * field slug: book-count
    field slug: authors
 * I believe the error is because I’m using authors both for field slug AND for 
   meta box group name?
 *  [Teodor Cosofret](https://wordpress.org/support/users/teodor-cosofret/)
 * (@teodor-cosofret)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-field-value-doesnt-save/#post-8230751)
 * Hi,
 * Yes starting with version 2.0.0 we save every custom field in it’s own separate
   post meta with an editable meta_key.
 * I tested this issue and indeed if I use the same value for the Group Name and
   Field Slug, custom fields will not save the entry.
 * I reported this bug to the dev team and the fix will be available in the upcoming
   update.
 * I am sorry for this inconvenience.
 * Best regards,
 *  [Teodor Cosofret](https://wordpress.org/support/users/teodor-cosofret/)
 * (@teodor-cosofret)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-field-value-doesnt-save/#post-8235195)
 * Hi,
 * Please make a database backup using a plugin like [WP-DBManager](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dbmanager/)
   and then update WCK to the latest version.
 * Let me know if everything is working correctly.
 * Best regards,

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