Title: New Posts – Setting default custom field values
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# New Posts – Setting default custom field values

 *  [totalbalance](https://wordpress.org/support/users/totalbalance/)
 * (@totalbalance)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-posts-setting-default-custom-field-values/)
 * I have a WP blog that uses custom fields to allow integration with SIMILE Timeline.
   The custom fields are:
    “icon” “enddate” “duration” “visitag”
 * I’m not a programmer, but can follow directions well, so please bear with me 
   please.
 * Questions:
    1. How can I modify the WP New Post template to show & plug in default
   values for the above custom fields? 2. For those custom fields, how can I create
   dropdown lists for existingt/new values, similar to how the custom fields dynamically
   provide a drop down list as new metatags are entered.
 * If you’re interested in what I’m trying to accomplish, take a look at my proof
   of concept WP site at:
 * [http://www.totalbalance.info/](http://www.totalbalance.info/)
 * Thx. in advance.

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 *  [pandem](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pandem/)
 * (@pandem)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-posts-setting-default-custom-field-values/#post-468665)
 * You may be interested in these two plugins:
    [Custom Field GUI](http://rhymedcode.net/projects/custom-field-gui)
   [Get Custom Field Values](http://www.coffee2code.com/wp-plugins/)
 * You won’t have to hack core templates.

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 * [field](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/field/)
 * [SIMILE](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/simile/)

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 * Last activity: [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-posts-setting-default-custom-field-values/#post-468665)
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