Customizing the post meta

[Callum]

Hi,

I know there is some basic customization that can be achieved with the Simple Edits plugin, however I was wanting to add a custom line in the post meta for image attribution/credit.

Does anyone know if this is possible and how one would go about achieving it?

Thanks.

[nutsandbolts]

You can create a meta box for image attribution on your posts, then create a shortcode to pull that info to the post meta via Simple Edits or a custom function. However, that's a fairly complicated without installing a bunch of plugins; you may need to get a developer to help.

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[Brad Dalton]

Different for each post?

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[Callum]

I was hoping to have it different for each post. Having an input area on the new post page or such. I thought it might be a bridge too far for me and it seems like it would be.

Thanks.

[Brad Dalton]

As Andrea stated, the best way to do this is to create a meta box which displays on all edit screens.

You can then hook in using the post info hook and a custom field.

There's a bit of work involved in this but its the best solution.

Andrea may be able to help you with that otherwise let me know.

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[Brad Dalton]

Sorry i meant the Post meta hook with the ACF plugin.

add_filter( 'genesis_post_meta', 'custom_post_meta' );

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[Callum]

Hi Brad,

Thanks for your help. I've installed ACF and created the field etc. The issue I'm having is the process of adding to the posts. Any guidance you could provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[Callum]

I should mention I'm looking to add it in the post meta after the post, alongside "Filed Under" and "Tagged With".

[Brad Dalton]

Hi Callum

As Andrea mentioned,

However, that’s fairly complicated without installing a bunch of plugins; you may need to get a developer to help.

I always share my code with the StudioPress community however i don't have the code you need otherwise i would give it to you.

You need to filter the genesis post meta function or hook in your custom field using that hook with a different positioning parameter.

You could also create a shortcode which is more work however you can then add it using the Genesis Simple Edits plugin.

Fair amount of coding and work i think.

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[Callum]

Brad,

Thanks again for you time.

I actually just figured this out, a real EASY method to do it. I'm sure there are better/leaner methods but this works great for me.

For future reference of anyone seeking to do the same.

You need three plugins (I'm sure these could be eliminated if you knew what you were doing): Simple Edits, Advanced Custom Fields and Custom Fields Shortcodes.

1. Create the Custom Field using ACF Plugin.
2. Go to create a new post and insert the custom field shortcode using the option created by the Custom Field Shortcode plugin.
3. Paste that shortcode into the appropriate are in the Simple Edit plugin.

Works exactly as I wanted.

Thanks again,

Callum

[Brad Dalton]

Good solution Callum. Didn't know about Custom Fields Shortcodes addon.

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[Brad Dalton]

I did get these errors when installing the plugin:

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in C:\Users\brad\Desktop\InstantWP_4.3\iwpserver\htdocs\wordpress\wp-content\plugins\custom-fields-shortcodes\custom-fields-shortcodes.php on line 251

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at C:\Users\brad\Desktop\InstantWP_4.3\iwpserver\htdocs\wordpress\wp-content\plugins\custom-fields-shortcodes\custom-fields-shortcodes.php:251) in C:\Users\brad\Desktop\InstantWP_4.3\iwpserver\htdocs\wordpress\wp-includes\pluggable.php on line 899

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