How to incorporate a custom field within entry-content

[Aleksandr]

Hi,

I have been asked to incorporate a custom field within the body text of a post on the Genesis Child Theme.

Initially I said that this is not possible, but I decided to make sure.

Is there a way to search entry-content and replace a string in it with a custom field?

Thank you

[Victor Font]

You can create a shortcode to display the field content.

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[Brad Dalton]

Here's some custom field code

add_action( 'loop_start', 'before_single_post_content' );
function before_single_post_content() {
if ( is_singular( 'post') ) {
$cf = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), 'custom_field_name', true );
if( ! empty( $cf ) ) {
echo '<div class="before-content">'. $cf .'</div>';
    }
  }
}

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[Aleksandr]

Thanks Victor and Brad. A shortcode is exactly what I need. It needs to output the custom field in a way similar to Brad's example.

Brad, I notice that in your example you use get_post_meta function, which is a WordPress function. I used the genesis_get_custom_field('field_name') function. Your way seems better because it is based on core functionality - am I correct in this?

In this case I need this output on a custom post type, so the get_post_meta did not work (I am guessing that was the reason). Do you know of the recommended WordPress way to get metadata for custom post types?

[Brad Dalton]

The code uses a conditional tag so it only executes on single posts. Its a example of how to print a custom fields value using a hook.

You'll need to modify the code so it works with add_shortcode so you won't need a conditional tag.

You can use get_post_meta or genesis_get_custom_field with Genesis.

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