Title: Using custom field
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Using custom field

 *  [anup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anup/)
 * (@anup)
 * [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-custom-field/)
 * I understand that custom field can be used for some interesting things. My question
   is how do I use it?
 * There is a _wp_page_template, a blank box (perhaps an alternate to the drop down
   menu) and the value box. What do I put in the value box (?), if I wish to use
   the _wp_page_template.
 * never needed to use the custom field on my own website.
 * thanks.
 * visit my new playground [anup.wordpress.com](http://anup.wordpress.com)

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-custom-field/#post-282149)
 * That wp_page_template is a mistake, even if somebody says different 🙂
    In the
   Key field you can write a “key” that will be there later for use in other posts,
   too; e.g. “Reading” [without the quotes] – and then in the Value field you can
   typ”Alice in Wonderland”. Add… Save. To display what you have you’ll have to 
   insert in your template file the_meta tag. More here: [Template_Tags/the_meta](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_meta)

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