https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/custom_post_type-with-a-custom-field Gravity Support Forums Topic: custom_post_type with a custom field en-US Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:48:40 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/custom_post_type-with-a-custom-field#post-23985 Fri, 22 Apr 2011 17:28:10 +0000 coryshaw 23985@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I was scratching my head until I found this post. Thanks! </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/custom_post_type-with-a-custom-field#post-17742 Sat, 05 Feb 2011 16:30:00 +0000 Carl Hancock 17742@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>@rzn8media Post meta with a key that begins with an underscore (ex. _keyname) are considered hidden. You use the underscore in front of the key name when you don't want it to appear in lists that display post meta key names. This is by design and is built in WordPress functionality. Underscores should only be used for hidden post meta values. If you want it visible in the drop downs that list existing keys you should not use an underscore. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/custom_post_type-with-a-custom-field#post-17740 Sat, 05 Feb 2011 16:21:45 +0000 rzn8media 17740@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Somehow I missed this post update. I managed to go figure out what's going on.. I had to click "New Field" even though it's not "new". I think custom post fields with an _varname (note usage of underscore) prevents meta_fields from showing up in the meta_filed list in the dropdown in the form field editor. FYI </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/custom_post_type-with-a-custom-field#post-17048 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:07:31 +0000 David Smith 17048@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Sure, go ahead and send the login to <a href="mailto:david@rocketgenius.com">david@rocketgenius.com</a>. Just a heads up, I will probably not be able to take a look until tomorrow morning. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/custom_post_type-with-a-custom-field#post-17047 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:05:50 +0000 rzn8media 17047@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I had tried both earlier. The field exists - I manually added a review and filled in the ts_rName field. Then filled out the form from the front-end and the new "review was posted but the ts_rName field was blank.</p> <p>I had seen earlier that this field didn't already exist so I chose "new" thinking it was worth a shot. this had no effect I think it created it as a custom filed for a regular post but not for a "custom_post_type" I can provide ftp and admin access if you want to have a closer look. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/custom_post_type-with-a-custom-field#post-17045 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 17:49:34 +0000 David Smith 17045@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Two things to try/check:</p> <p>1) Does any post have a value stored for this custom field? If not, it technically doesn't exist and won't be populated in the dropdown for the Gravity custom field type.</p> <p>2) If another post is using this custom field and it does have a value stored, try just manually typing the custom field name on the Gravity custom field type and see if it works anyways. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/custom_post_type-with-a-custom-field#post-17014 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 19:13:20 +0000 rzn8media 17014@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I've got a gForm that is submitting a post to a custom_post_type called "reviews". The "reviews" custom_post_type has a custom field in it called "ts_Name". When I add a custom field to the gForm as a single-line-text and try to assign it to a custom field from the drop-down my "ts_Name" isn't available - which makes sense because the gForms 1.4.5 isn't custom_post_type aware. </p> <p>Since we are intercepting the submission and changing the "post_type" anyway I assume the custom field re-assignment has to be done in a hook as well. I tried "add_post_meta" but that doesn't work because it seems the post_id is changed when the post is reassigned a new type. </p> <p>I just need to assign a gField to a custom-field in a custom post type. HELP?!?!? </p>