Title: Search for Custom Fields
Last modified: June 30, 2020

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# Search for Custom Fields

 *  Resolved [Garth Gutenberg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ggutenberg/)
 * (@ggutenberg)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-for-custom-fields/)
 * There is already a request about this here – [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-for-custom-fields-acf/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-for-custom-fields-acf/)–
   however the section shown in the screenshot is not appearing for my Custom Post
   Types with custom fields.
 * Re. the screenshot, Libraries Pages is a CPT which has numerous metadata fields,
   but I’m not seeing the option to include them.
 * [https://www.dropbox.com/s/kjhoz4uaac95lb1/Screenshot%202020-06-30%2013.31.21.png?dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/s/kjhoz4uaac95lb1/Screenshot%202020-06-30%2013.31.21.png?dl=0)

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 *  Plugin Author [Vinod Dalvi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vinod-dalvi/)
 * (@vinod-dalvi)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-for-custom-fields/#post-13057114)
 * I hope you are well today and thank you for your question.
 * Does the custom fields option display for you in posts and pages section?
 * Could you please share the screenshot of the custom fields stored in Libraries
   Pages so that I can troubleshoot it?
 * Best regards,
 *  Thread Starter [Garth Gutenberg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ggutenberg/)
 * (@ggutenberg)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-for-custom-fields/#post-13078833)
 * > Does the custom fields option display for you in posts and pages section?
 * They show up on regular Pages and Posts in WP, but not in the Posts and Pages
   section of Ivory Search.
 * [https://www.dropbox.com/s/2xly3tq71b0z223/Screenshot%202020-07-06%2011.02.43.png?dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/s/2xly3tq71b0z223/Screenshot%202020-07-06%2011.02.43.png?dl=0)
   
   [https://www.dropbox.com/s/b4zf93vk0ofaxiz/Screenshot%202020-07-06%2011.03.41.png?dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/s/b4zf93vk0ofaxiz/Screenshot%202020-07-06%2011.03.41.png?dl=0)
   [https://www.dropbox.com/s/xp9zxrj5421pwfj/Screenshot%202020-07-06%2011.04.14.png?dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/s/xp9zxrj5421pwfj/Screenshot%202020-07-06%2011.04.14.png?dl=0)
 * > Could you please share the screenshot of the custom fields stored in Libraries
   > Pages so that I can troubleshoot it?
 * [https://www.dropbox.com/s/2bm7sz9bfnqqtxg/Screenshot%202020-07-06%2010.55.33.png?dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/s/2bm7sz9bfnqqtxg/Screenshot%202020-07-06%2010.55.33.png?dl=0)
 * The Social Graph metabox at the bottom are custom metadata fields. Note that 
   they are saved with a leading underscore (_) on their metadata name so that they’re
   not shown as open-ended custom fields ([https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/a/183860/1979](https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/a/183860/1979)).
 *  Plugin Author [Vinod Dalvi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vinod-dalvi/)
 * (@vinod-dalvi)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-for-custom-fields/#post-13090423)
 * > They show up on regular Pages and Posts in WP, but not in the Posts and Pages
   > section of Ivory Search.
 * I can see in your shared screenshots that you have not created any custom fields
   for the posts or pages therefore the fields are not displaying in the plugin 
   settings.
 * > The Social Graph metabox at the bottom are custom metadata fields. Note that
   > they are saved with a leading underscore (_) on their metadata name so that
   > they’re not shown as open-ended custom fields
 * The custom fields are hidden custom fields as they are using a leading underscore(_)
   on their metadata name so the plugin does not search hidden custom fields.
 * I will implement the feature in the future version of the plugin so that hidden
   custom fields will become searchable.

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 * Last reply from: [Vinod Dalvi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vinod-dalvi/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-for-custom-fields/#post-13090423)
 * Status: resolved