{"id":9300,"date":"2019-05-31T08:05:48","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T08:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/?post_type=article&#038;p=9300"},"modified":"2023-07-19T09:49:44","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T09:49:44","slug":"how-to-display-the-content-from-meta-fields-in-smart-posts-list-and-posts-tiles-widgets","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/jetblog\/how-to-display-the-content-from-meta-fields-in-smart-posts-list-and-posts-tiles-widgets\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Display the Content From Meta Fields in Smart Posts List and Posts Tiles Widgets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<p>Meta fields are used to add extra information or content of almost any type. For example, it could be special data for all events created before to arrange the necessary ones. Or it might be the goods on the site that you want to range by the data when the sale-on discount is expiring. The examples of practice are plenty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So if you read this tutorial, we hope you&#8217;ll know more about this option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now let\u2019s start our handy guide to perform the changes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"preparations\">Preparations<\/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>Before the following steps ensure that you\u2019ve installed and activated the <a href=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/plugins\/jetengine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">JetEngine<\/a> plugin. It will help us to add the necessary information simply without the deep knowledge of the code. Thanks to our developers we can manage to display the content from meta fields in posts.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"jetengine-settings-in-the-wp-dashboard\">JetEngine Settings in the WP Dashboard<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Proceed to the <strong><em>WP Dashboard &gt; JetEngine &gt; Meta Box<\/em><\/strong>. Here add the new one with the so-named button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>I<\/b>n the following screen fill in the <strong>Name<\/strong>, select in the <strong>Meta Box<\/strong> for dropdown <strong>Post option<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/meta-1.png\" alt=\"Meta Box settings in WP Dashboard\">\n\n\n\n<p>The next dropdown is called <strong>Post types<\/strong> and here you have to choose <strong>Posts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/meta-2.png&quot;\" alt=\"Posts settings\">\n\n\n\n<p>The next block is <strong>Meta Fields<\/strong> where you need to fill in gaps with the correspondent information: add the <strong>Title, ID<\/strong>, type, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scroll up and click on <strong>Add Meta Box<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-posts-setting-in-the-wp-dashboard\">The Posts Setting in the WP Dashboard<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p> We are still in the WP Dashboard. Now choose the <strong>Posts &gt; All posts<\/strong> option. Select the one you want to change and click on the <strong>Edit link<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click to the <strong>Settings<\/strong> button that is in the upper-right of the screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/meta-3.png\" alt=\"Posts settings\">\n\n\n\n<p> Choose <strong>Options<\/strong> in the end of the list and tick in the following screen <strong>Custom Fields<\/strong>. It is situated in the <strong>Advanced Panels<\/strong> block.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then scroll until you reach the block with the name of <strong>Meta Box<\/strong> you\u2019ve created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here you should choose the content to be displayed. In my case, it contains the image, link and time options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When everything is done, <strong>Update<\/strong> your settings on the right corner button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-final-settings-in-elementor-editor\">The Final Settings in Elementor Editor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Go to the <strong>Elementor<\/strong> editor with dropped the <strong>Smart Posts list and Posts Tiles<\/strong> widgets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on <strong>Edit<\/strong> button of the selected widget. Then proceed to the <strong>Content &gt; Custom Fields<\/strong> tab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Choose the position of <strong>Meta<\/strong> to be shown with the toggle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on the <strong>Item #1<\/strong> dropdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/meta-4.png\" alt=\"Adding the image in Elementor\">\n\n\n\n<p> Fill in the <strong>Key<\/strong> field with the <strong>Name<\/strong> (or the ID) of the section you\u2019ve previously created. In my case, the names are \u201cimage\u201d, \u201clink\u201d and \u201ctime\u201d. If you have several ones, as I do, disjoint them. For each <strong>Meta Field<\/strong> data, you have to add the new item.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enter the <strong>Label<\/strong> if you have, for example, the link. You might skip this option you haven\u2019t got text data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the dropdown <strong>Prepare meta value with callback<\/strong> choose the most suitable option. For example, for an image, it could be the \u201cwp_get_attachment_image\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Update and preview your changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following our simple steps, it\u2019s possible to showcase the content with the help of meta fields.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find out from this tutorial how to display the content from meta fields in Smart Posts List and Posts Tiles widgets with the JetBlog plugin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"template":"","format":"standard","builder-category":[],"article-category":[432],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to display content from the posts meta fields | Crocoblock<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn how to display the content from meta fields in Smart Posts List and Smart Posts Tiles widgets with the help of JetBlog plugin.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, 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