Title: Meta boxes
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Meta boxes

 *  [fanderzzon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fanderzzon/)
 * (@fanderzzon)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/meta-boxes/)
 * Hi, i have created a custom post type (Hockey) and has registered a taxonomy (
   Categories). I have also created some meta boxes for handle som basic information
   about hockey teams like which town, year they started and so on.
 * I have follow the Codex how to add_meta and update_meta but when i’m trying to
   show that info i put in those meta boxes with the function get_post_meta i don’t
   get anything.
 * Do someone have a code i can look at that working so i can try to get this working?
 * //Fredrik

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 *  [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
 * (@rvoodoo)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/meta-boxes/#post-1868740)
 * do you do anything to save your meta?
 * [http://wordpress.pastebin.com/0yye4LKM](http://wordpress.pastebin.com/0yye4LKM)
   
   Is my working example to add metaboxes to 2 different post types.
 * I add the action to add 2 different meta boxes
 * Then I define that each uses a callback function per post type
 * Define what is displayed on each post type
 * Then save it
 * I call to it like:
 *     ```
       <a href="<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "_vetitleurl", true); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Link to <?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "_vetitleurl", true); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
       ```
   
 * for instance
 * Just a note, the underscore before all my custom field names in all my code keeps
   that custom field hidden. It doesn’t appear in the normal custom fields menu.
 *  Thread Starter [fanderzzon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fanderzzon/)
 * (@fanderzzon)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/meta-boxes/#post-1868744)
 * Yes, i wan’t to save my meta and also update them. I understand your example 
   but just wonder how you going to show the meta on a post/page?
 *  [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
 * (@rvoodoo)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/meta-boxes/#post-1868753)
 * I edited my post above to show how I display the meta
 *     ```
       <?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "_vetitleurl", true); ?>
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [fanderzzon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fanderzzon/)
 * (@fanderzzon)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/meta-boxes/#post-1868845)
 * I just copy the code right of and it works, it’s just that I don’t understand
   the whole concept, it seem you have use meta for your social media things, i 
   have follow the code from the codex and this [tutorial](http://www.deluxeblogtips.com/2010/05/howto-meta-box-wordpress.html)
   but they are very different. Do you have an easy example for just say like 5 
   text boxes?
 * Thanks for your help, just seems that i’m not at your php coding level 😉

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