Gravity Support Forums Topic: Custom Fields

Gravity Support Forums Topic: Custom Fields https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/custom-fields-4 Gravity Support Forums Topic: Custom Fields en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 23:18:33 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 <![CDATA[Search]]> q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php David Smith on "Custom Fields" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/custom-fields-4#post-44131 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:03:51 +0000 David Smith 44131@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Great! Glad you were able to get this resolved. :)</p> <p>I'm going to close this topic now; but feel free to post a new topic if any other questions come up. </p> Anonymous on "Custom Fields" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/custom-fields-4#post-44125 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:19:42 +0000 Anonymous 44125@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi David,</p> <p>The original tutorial is this one:<br /> <a href="http://wefunction.com/2009/10/revisited-creating-custom-write-panels-in-wordpress/" rel="nofollow">http://wefunction.com/2009/10/revisited-creating-custom-write-panels-in-wordpress/</a></p> <p>I've actually managed to modify the code so that each custom field creates a new row in the database - as I understand it, although this will add extra load on the database, this will make the data/fields more easily searchable and usable (for creating custom field archives, filters, etc.)</p> <p>For anyone else having a similar issue here's the new, modified code, which GF can pick up:</p> <pre><code>/* Custom Fields */ $key = "key"; $meta_boxes = array( "cf_link" => array( "name" => "cf_link", "title" => "URL/Link", "description" => "Enter the URL/Link here."), "cf_image" => array( "name" => "cf_image", "title" => "Image", "description" => "Enter the image URL here."), "cf_instructions" => array( "name" => "cf_instructions", "title" => "Instructions", "type" => "textarea", "description" => "Enter any specific instructions here.") ); function create_meta_box() { global $key; if( function_exists( 'add_meta_box' ) ) { add_meta_box( 'new-meta-boxes', ucfirst( $key ) . 'Product Details', 'display_meta_box', 'products', 'normal', 'high' ); } } function display_meta_box() { global $post, $meta_boxes, $key; ?> <div class="form-wrap"> <?php wp_nonce_field( plugin_basename( __FILE__ ), $key . '_wpnonce', false, true ); foreach($meta_boxes as $meta_box) { $data = get_post_meta($post->ID, $meta_box['name'], true); ?> <div class="form-field form-required"> <label for="<?php echo $meta_box[ 'name' ]; ?>"><?php echo $meta_box[ 'title' ]; ?></label> <?php if( $meta_box['type'] === 'textarea' ) { ?> <textarea name="<?php echo $meta_box[ 'name' ];?>" rows="4"><?php echo htmlspecialchars($data); ?></textarea> <?php } else { ?> <input type="text" name="<?php echo $meta_box['name']; ?>" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($data); ?>" /><?php }?> <p><?php echo $meta_box[ 'description' ]; ?></p> </div> <?php } ?> </div> <?php } function save_meta_box( $post_id ) { global $post, $meta_boxes, $key; foreach( $meta_boxes as $meta_box ) { $data[ $meta_box[ 'name' ] ] = $_POST[ $meta_box[ 'name' ] ]; } if ( !wp_verify_nonce( $_POST[ $key . '_wpnonce' ], plugin_basename(__FILE__) ) ) return $post_id; if ( !current_user_can( 'edit_post', $post_id )) return $post_id; foreach ($data as $d => $v) { update_post_meta( $post_id, $d, $v ); } } add_action( 'admin_menu', 'create_meta_box' ); add_action( 'save_post', 'save_meta_box' );</code></pre> David Smith on "Custom Fields" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/custom-fields-4#post-44059 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:28:25 +0000 David Smith 44059@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi ideaboxx,</p> <p>What tutorial did you follow to get this started? That will help in determining who to best assist you from here. :) </p> Anonymous on "Custom Fields" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/custom-fields-4#post-43567 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:48:14 +0000 Anonymous 43567@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I have the following custom function code which i'm using to create custom fields for a custom post type.</p> <p>The issues is that I need the custom fields to show up individually and at the moment they just show up as 'key' which means that when i try to link a form field (Gravity Forms) to a custom field, I can only link to the 'key' field.</p> <p>Can anyone assist with how this can be modified to show each custom field individually so that Gravity Forms can pick up the individual Custom fields?<br /> <pre><code>/* Custom Fields */ $key = "key"; $meta_boxes = array( "cf_link" => array( "name" => "cf_link", "title" => "URL/Link", "description" => "Enter the URL/Link here."), "cf_image" => array( "name" => "cf_image", "title" => "Image", "description" => "Enter the image URL here."), "cf_instructions" => array( "name" => "cf_instructions", "title" => "Instructions", "type" => "textarea", "description" => "Enter any specific instructions here.") ); function create_meta_box() { global $key; if( function_exists( 'add_meta_box' ) ) { add_meta_box( 'new-meta-boxes', ucfirst( $key ) . 'Product Details', 'display_meta_box', 'products', 'normal', 'high' ); } } function display_meta_box() { global $post, $meta_boxes, $key; ?> <div class="form-wrap"> <?php wp_nonce_field( plugin_basename( __FILE__ ), $key . '_wpnonce', false, true ); foreach($meta_boxes as $meta_box) { $data = get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true); ?> <div class="form-field form-required"> <label for="<?php echo $meta_box[ 'name' ]; ?>"><?php echo $meta_box[ 'title' ]; ?></label> <?php if( $meta_box['type'] === 'textarea' ) { ?> <textarea name="<?php echo $meta_box[ 'name' ];?>" rows="4"><?php echo htmlspecialchars($data[$meta_box['name']]); ?></textarea> <?php } else { ?> <input type="text" name="<?php echo $meta_box['name']; ?>" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars( $data[$meta_box['name']]); ?>" /><?php }?> <p><?php echo $meta_box[ 'description' ]; ?></p> </div> <?php } ?> </div> <?php } function save_meta_box( $post_id ) { global $post, $meta_boxes, $key; foreach( $meta_boxes as $meta_box ) { $data[ $meta_box[ 'name' ] ] = $_POST[ $meta_box[ 'name' ] ]; } if ( !wp_verify_nonce( $_POST[ $key . '_wpnonce' ], plugin_basename(__FILE__) ) ) return $post_id; if ( !current_user_can( 'edit_post', $post_id )) return $post_id; update_post_meta( $post_id, $key, $data ); } add_action( 'admin_menu', 'create_meta_box' ); add_action( 'save_post', 'save_meta_box' );</code></pre>