Title: JSON API not showing metadata
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# JSON API not showing metadata

 *  Resolved [michaeljmac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaeljmac/)
 * (@michaeljmac)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/json-api-not-showing-metadata/)
 * I activated the JSON API and when I make a call for posts, it works perfectly
   except for one major issue. The metadata field says “false”, even though there
   are custom fields for every post. Am I missing something?
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 *  Plugin Author [Jeremy Herve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeherve/)
 * (@jeherve)
 * Jetpack Mechanic 🚀
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/json-api-not-showing-metadata/#post-5327553)
 * The JSON API allows you to query for all metadata associated with a post, but
   won’t include protected metadata by default. That default behaviour can be altered
   thanks to the `rest_api_allowed_public_metadata` filter.
 * You can read more about it here:
    - [https://developer.wordpress.com/docs/api/1/get/sites/%24site/posts/%24post_ID/](https://developer.wordpress.com/docs/api/1/get/sites/%24site/posts/%24post_ID/)
    - [http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/a/128439/27574](http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/a/128439/27574)

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/json-api-not-showing-metadata/#post-5327553)
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