get custom field post wordpress dev

To get a custom field from a WordPress post, follow these steps:

  1. Open the WordPress dashboard.
  2. Navigate to the "Posts" section and click on "All Posts" to view your list of posts.
  3. Locate the post for which you want to retrieve the custom field and click on its title to open the editing screen.
  4. Within the editing screen, find the "Custom Fields" meta box, which is located below the post editor.
  5. In the "Custom Fields" meta box, you can see the list of custom fields associated with the post, along with their respective keys and values.
  6. Identify the custom field you want to retrieve and take note of its key.
  7. To retrieve the value of the custom field programmatically, you can use the get_post_meta function in your WordPress theme or plugin files, passing the post ID and the custom field key as parameters.
  8. Once you have obtained the value of the custom field, you can use it as needed within your WordPress site.

These steps allow you to retrieve a custom field from a WordPress post and utilize its value in your theme or plugin development.