Title: Hide post meta key
Last modified: February 19, 2020

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# Hide post meta key

 *  Resolved [coroleu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coroleu/)
 * (@coroleu)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-post-meta-key/)
 * Hi, im showing some custom meta on frontend of my page but your plugin show it
   your own post meta key and i dont want to show it… i try deleting the plugin 
   but still there. Can i hide that post mete without deactivate the plugin? or 
   just disable the plugin and delete it that meta from the frontend. Thanks
    [https://prnt.sc/r4uwa1](https://prnt.sc/r4uwa1)
   Thanks
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   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Rank Math SEO](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rankmath/)
 * (@rankmath)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-post-meta-key/#post-12463325)
 * Hello [@coroleu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coroleu/)
 * Thank you for contacting the support.
 * Can you please tell us how are you showing the Post Metadata on the frontend?
 * If you are using some function like `get_post_meta()` then you can exclude the
   Rank Math data using the `strpos` function:
 *     ```
       if (strpos( $meta_key, 'rank_math_') !== false) {
       //Show meta data
       }
       ```
   
 * Hope that helps.
 *  Thread Starter [coroleu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coroleu/)
 * (@coroleu)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-post-meta-key/#post-12466949)
 * Hi, thanks for your answer. On my template page only have this line:
    <?php the_meta();?
   > How can i exclude only rank math meta?
 *  Plugin Author [Rank Math SEO](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rankmath/)
 * (@rankmath)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-post-meta-key/#post-12467977)
 * Hello [@coroleu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coroleu/)
 * It seems like an issue in our plugin. We will get it fixed in one of the upcoming
   updates.
 * For now, please add the following code in your theme’s functions.php file to 
   fix it:
 *     ```
       add_filter( 'is_protected_meta', function( $protected, $meta_key ) {
       	$key = 'rank_math_';
       	return substr( $meta_key, 0, strlen( $key ) ) === (string) $key ? true : $protected;
       }, 10, 2 );
       ```
   
 * Hope that helps. Thank you.
 *  Thread Starter [coroleu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coroleu/)
 * (@coroleu)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-post-meta-key/#post-12467998)
 * Hi,
    Works like a charm. Thanks!
 *  Plugin Author [Rank Math SEO](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rankmath/)
 * (@rankmath)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-post-meta-key/#post-12469495)
 * Hello [@coroleu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coroleu/)
 * We are super happy that this resolved your issue. If you have any other questions
   in the future, know that we are here to help you.
 * If you don’t mind me asking, could you please leave us a review (if you haven’t
   already) on [https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/seo-by-rank-math/reviews/#new-post](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/seo-by-rank-math/reviews/#new-post)
   about your overall experience with Rank Math? We appreciate your time and patience.
 * If you do have another question in the future, please feel free to create a new
   forum topic, and it will be our pleasure to assist you again.
 * Thank you.

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