Meta field types

Select the custom meta field type from the drop-down in the Field type option below. Let’s find out about the use of each type.

Text

If you want to add an extra field with custom text to the post type, this type perfectly meets your requirements. You can add supplemental information about posts using this field. Also, you can specify the available number of characters in the field.

• Description — an additional piece of information to notify about the meta field purpose;
• Field width — a value that is set to the “100%” option by default. Change the width to make the meta field layout more compact;
• Character limit — a field responsible for the meta field input limitation;
• Default value — a default input for the meta field that can be changed if desired;
• Is required — if enabled, this toggle makes the field required;
• Quick edit support — a toggle that makes the field editable during the Quick edit mode;
• Conditional Logic — a toggle that makes a meta field visible under the set conditions.

Date

Provide information about the date of events, meetings, and conferences with the help of this meta field.

Except for the fields mentioned above in the Text type meta field description, those settings are entirely repeated in the Date field. Nonetheless, the Date field also includes one more switcher.

Save as timestamp option saves the date as a timestamp allowing you to query the posts by date, display the date on the front end using the Dynamic Field widget, and set the needed format via callback.

When setting the query, you can use the date with macros that will return it as a timestamp.

Time

This type is suitable for adding a time marker for posts. Add the particular time of events, meetings, and conferences in this meta field.

Datetime

This custom meta field allows picking date and time in the same place conveniently.

Textarea

You can use this field type to add a textual area to posts and arrange the text line by line.

WYSIWYG

By selecting this type, you will add a basic editor in the custom field. It is possible to add content with a particular layout and customize its appearance directly in the WordPress Dashboard.

Switcher

You can add a toggle as a custom field to posts, products, events, etc., which allows you to turn on/off the appropriate option in the meta field block.

Checkbox

This type allows you to add checkboxes to default and custom posts with different options to choose from.

Check more information about Allow Custom, Get Options from the glossary, and Save as array fields below in the Custom values in Checkbox and Radio Field types article section.

Also, learn more about displaying checkbox meta field data in the How to use Checkbox type Meta Field with Listing Grid tutorial.

Iconpicker

Create an icon picker meta field to choose an appropriate icon for the posts.

Media

This type will assist in adding media files, images in particular, to the posts.

• Value Format — the media format that will be stored in the database. Choose between “Media ID,” “Media URL,” and “Array with media ID and URL” options to display media with the help of both ID and URL.

Gallery

With the help of this meta field type, you will be able to add multiple images to the posts and products in the form of a gallery.

Radio

Radio type is perfect for adding radio options for choosing one option from all the available ones.

Find out more about the Allow Custom and Get options from the glossary fields below in the Custom values in Checkbox and Radio field types article section.

Repeater

This type will help you add the repeating content block for every post, product, event, etc., which you will be able to fill with value in the WordPress Dashboard.

Here the “New Repeater Field” button becomes available. Click on it to set the needed fields.

• Label — a label displayed while editing the post;
• Name — a repeater field name that will be used as the value to display meta field information filled in the post on different pages;
• Type — repeater field type that will define how the meta field will look during editing the post.

Find out how to showcase your posts on a Single Post page in the form of a grid using Repeater meta fields from this tutorial.

Select

Use this content type to add a drop-down selector to the post.

• Placeholder — a text displayed as the placeholder in the Select field;
• Multiple — a toggle that allows setting several values in the Select field at once. This value can also be shown using the proper callback for the Dynamic Field.

Once the “New Field Option” button is pushed, you will see the following customization fields.

• Option Value — a value that will be stored in the database;
• Option label — a label displayed as the option title;
• Is checked (selected) — a switcher that makes an option selected by default.

Number

If you need a field filled with numbers only, this will be a perfect one.

• Min value — a value that will be the minimal for completing the meta field;
• Max value — a value to represent the maximal number;
• Step value — a field that represents the amount between the selectable values. For instance, if the “2” value is picked and there are no minimal and maximal values set, you can choose 1, 3, 5, etc., values for completing the meta field.

Colorpicker

You can add a color picker tool to the posts by choosing this type of meta field.

Posts

This type will allow setting and displaying related posts from the WordPress Dashboard. To do that, one needs to use the Related posts list callback in the Dynamic Field widget, added to a listing.

• Search in post types — a drop-down list to choose the post type as the searching source.

HTML

You can add custom information to the post editing page with the HTML meta field.

This meta field is not intended to be completed in the custom post but to display some information on the backend statically. It is obligatory to add an HTML markup for data to be shown.
Paste the code in the HTML Code and style it with CSS Classes in the following field.

Map

This field allows adding the address or the location coordinates to a post.

You can set one of the three formats of the value that will be stored in the database: 

• String with location Lat and Lng separated with a comma;
• Array with location Lat and Lng;
• Location Address.

In addition, there is an option to set the needed height of the map. The default map height is 300px.