{"id":4985,"date":"2019-01-30T09:30:30","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T09:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/?post_type=article&#038;p=4985"},"modified":"2023-07-28T09:07:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T09:07:05","slug":"how-to-add-the-custom-meta-fields-to-the-posts","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/jetengine\/how-to-add-the-custom-meta-fields-to-the-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add Custom Meta Fields to WordPress Post via Meta Boxes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Once you\u2019re adding a new post, you might not be satisfied with the content that can be added to it by default. E.g., you might need to add a gallery or a date picker in order to pick the custom additional date for displaying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the context of WordPress, this can be done by adding <strong>Custom Meta Fields<\/strong>. So, what are the custom meta fields? It is a feature in WordPress which allows users to add extra info when writing a post. If you need more details, go through our <a href=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/articles\/how-to-create-a-custom-meta-field-with-jetengine-custom-meta-field-types-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Meta Fields Overview<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now let\u2019s explore how to add the custom meta field to your post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"enable-custom-meta-fields-for-post\">Enable Custom Meta Fields for Post<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<p>Open the <strong>Posts<\/strong> tab in your WordPress Dashboard. Click on three vertical dots in the upper right corner and press on the <strong>Options<\/strong> at the bottom of the newly opened window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/posts-options.png\" alt=\"settings window of the post\">\n\n\n\n<p>Tick the <strong>Custom Fields<\/strong> checkbox in the <strong>Advanced Panels<\/strong> block.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/advanced-panels.png\" alt=\"advanced-panels block\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"check-meta-fields\">Check Meta Fields<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<p>Now you can scroll down the Post-editing page and view the <strong>Custom Fields<\/strong> meta box below the post editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/custom-field-posts.png\" alt=\"custom field blocks\">\n\n\n\n<p>Here, in the <strong>Name <\/strong>drop-down list, you can select one of the fields that are offered by the template you are using on the website. The meta fields added by other plugins will also be on the list.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"add-meta-box\">Add Meta Box<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<p>In case you need to create a custom field with the content of a specific type (e.g., add a gallery), you can easily do it with the JetEngine plugin&#8217;s functionality. Open the <strong><em>JetEngine &gt; Meta Boxes<\/em><\/strong> submenu option in the WordPress Dashboard, and here, click the &#8220;<strong>Add New<\/strong>&#8221; button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/metaboxes-list-1.png\" alt=\"the list of meta boxes\">\n\n\n\n<p>Fill in the fields in the <strong>General Settings<\/strong> section. Specify the <strong>Meta Box Title<\/strong>, select the &#8220;Post&#8221; option in the <strong>Meta Box for<\/strong> drop-down menu, and choose &#8220;Posts&#8221; in the <strong>Enable For Post Types<\/strong> field. More details about the Meta Box creation you can find in <a href=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/articles\/how-to-group-the-custom-meta-fields-for-the-certain-post-types-into-meta-boxes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this tutorial<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/metabox-general-settings.png\" alt=\"meta box general settings\">\n\n\n\n<p>Click the &#8220;<strong>New Meta Field<\/strong>&#8221; option to add a new meta field of the needed type. Set a title, specify its <strong>ID<\/strong>, type, etc. Learn more about the meta field&#8217;s options from this detailed <a href=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/articles\/how-to-create-a-custom-meta-field-with-jetengine-custom-meta-field-types-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tutorial<\/a>. Then, click the &#8220;<strong>Add Meta Box<\/strong>&#8221; button to save the changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/meta-fields-2.png\" alt=\"meta fields\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Now you can easily add all the needed extra content of the specific type to your post or custom post type. The meta fields can be accessed when one edits the post page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From this tutorial, you will learn how to add any type of custom meta field to the default WordPress Post using JetEngine plugin functionality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"template":"","format":"standard","builder-category":[],"article-category":[400],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Add Meta Fields to Posts \u2014 JetEngine | Crocoblock<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This tutorial will explore you how to add meta fields to the posts from the WordPress Dashboard with the previous creation in JetEngine.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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