Title: [Plugin: Query Posts] entry_meta > Custom Field?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Query Posts] entry_meta > Custom Field?

 *  [squidz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/squidz/)
 * (@squidz)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-query-posts-entry_meta-custom-field/)
 * Is it possible to have Query Posts show a custom field value? I see that the 
   information about “entry_meta” states it is “short-code ready” to allow you to
   show entry meta data after the post.
 * Does this mean that if I can create a shortcode to snag a specific custom field…
   I’ll call it [news_blurb], that I could then type [news_blurb] into the Query
   Post “entry_meta” field and deliver what I want?
 * What I’d like to do is have a custom field show in the widget’s output. Basically
   listing a News category’s Titles, then a custom field “news blurb.” In my case
   the using the excerpt is too long. Entry content can be truncated with a “more”
   but I’d really like just have a blurb that could be input into a post’s custom
   field and show that. It’s a cleaner method for the site author than inserting“
   more” into the actual entry content.
 * Anyone have a good “get custom fields shortcode” tutorial?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/query-posts/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/query-posts/)

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