Title: Query custom fields
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Query custom fields

 *  [ashi01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashi01/)
 * (@ashi01)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/query-custom-fields/)
 * I am not sure how to write this query.
 * I want this query in sidebar template, to query a particular post (eg ID=10) 
   which has a custom field group(has multiple values) .
 * To make sense – here is the how the content post looks like.
    Name: Local programs
   Content: blah…… Custom field group: Event event_name = evt1 event_name = [http://www.evt1.com](http://www.evt1.com)
 *  event_name = evt2
    event_name = [http://www.evt2.com](http://www.evt2.com)
 * How can I get this query done in sidebar.php ?

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 *  [LucP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/towonder/)
 * (@towonder)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/query-custom-fields/#post-2356997)
 * You can easily get the post content by using:
    `get_post($post->ID);`
 * And as for your custom fields, you can get them with this function:
    `get_post_custom(
   $post->ID);`
 *  Thread Starter [ashi01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashi01/)
 * (@ashi01)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/query-custom-fields/#post-2357087)
 * Thank you for the response.
 * I did try them earlier but don’t seem to get the custom fields.
 * Here is the code –
 *     ```
       global $post;
       $post->ID = 10;
       $post = get_post($post->ID);
       echo the_title();
       echo $post->ID;
       if (have_posts()) :
       	$custom = get_post_custom($post->ID);
       	$events = get_group('event');
       	if ($events) {
       	       foreach ($events as $event) {
       			echo $event['event_link'][1];
       			echo $event['event_name'][1];
       		}
       	}
       endif;
       ```
   
 * The above code displays the title and the ID , but doesn’t display the custom
   fields. What am I missing here?
 * _[Please post code snippets between backticks or use the code button.]_
 *  [LucP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/towonder/)
 * (@towonder)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/query-custom-fields/#post-2357088)
 * Are you using the Advanced custom fields plugin? Because i’m not familiar with
   the get_group() function. Next to that; you’re getting your custom fields, but
   you aren’t looping through the results. Try:
 *     ```
       $custom = get_post_custom($post->ID);
       foreach($custom as $event){
          echo $event;
       }
       ```
   
 * Next to that, why do you check for posts (if->have_posts()) AFTER you’ve echoo’ed
   the title and post ID?
 *  Thread Starter [ashi01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashi01/)
 * (@ashi01)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/query-custom-fields/#post-2357090)
 * The output of $event just dumps everything in the custom fields together as follows-
   
   Array ( [0] => 1 ) Array ( [0] => 1319043854:1 ) Array ( [0] => 2 ) Array ( [
   0] => Central Valley [1] => Fresno ) Array ( [0] => [http://kpnet.kp.org/centralvalley/wellness/index.html](http://kpnet.kp.org/centralvalley/wellness/index.html)[
   1] => [http://insidekp.kp.org/california/fresno/services/livewellbewell/index.html](http://insidekp.kp.org/california/fresno/services/livewellbewell/index.html))
   Array ( [0] => default ) Array ( [0] => a:0:{} )
 * I am using the Magic Fields Plugin to add custom fields to a post.
    get_group(‘
   groupname’) is a method to retrieve values that are grouped together.
 * This group event has 2 fields – name and link. How can I retrieve it as a name/
   value pair?
 * eg.
    Post:Programs Group: Event (can be multiple groups) name:event1 link:www.
   event1.com name:event2 link:www.event2.com
 *  [LucP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/towonder/)
 * (@towonder)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/query-custom-fields/#post-2357107)
 * I’m not familiar with that plugin, i think your best guess is to find if the 
   pluing has a community or ask the plugin’s creator.
 *  Thread Starter [ashi01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashi01/)
 * (@ashi01)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/query-custom-fields/#post-2357138)
 * I apologize, my mistake. I published the content and it worked. I had updated
   content and it was saved as a draft earlier, and hence wasn’t getting the events.
 * Here is the updated code –
    GLOBAL $post; $post->ID = 10; $post = get_post($post-
   >ID); //== GET CUSTOM DATA $custom = get_post_custom($post->ID); $sections = 
   get_group(‘event’); // uses multiple values if ($sections) { foreach ($sections
   as $section) { echo $section[‘event_link’][1]; echo $section[‘event_name’][1];}}
 * Appreciate your help.
    Thanks, Anitha
 *  [hiraiqbal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hiraiqbal/)
 * (@hiraiqbal)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/query-custom-fields/#post-2357207)
 * hi,
    sort of similar problem i have custom field city for multiple posts and 
   on that field i want to have group by query,so that only hyper linked city names
   should show and on click it should show all posts those lie in that city. `query_posts('
   cat=17&groupby=City');` not worked

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