[TDO Mini Forms] How to pull information from Custom field to homepage

Assuming you are talking about display custom fields in a loop, then Custom_Fields should get you the answer.

Thank you MichaelH!

Are the custom field widgets of TDO Mini Forms regular WordPress Custom fields? IF so, how to I get a specific custom field to show up in a specific box for example.

It says I should use the <?php the_meta(); ?> template tag. But how to I narrow it down to a specific custom field?

do77

I am still having problems with using a template tag to pull the information entered in a custom fields. This is what I did:

1.) Added custom fields widget to the TDO form

2.) Added a key to the custom field –> best (random)

3.) Added the following template tag to my index.php file within the loop
<?php $best_values = get_post_meta(76, ‘best’); ?>

Result: It does not pull the information entered in the custom field with they key ‘best’

Any idea why? I would appreciate any help!!

Thank you,
do77

In a loop put the_meta() to displays the custom fields.

Also edit post 76 to see if the custom fields are there.

Hi MichaelH,

I now added the following string within the loop:

<?php $best_values = the_meta(‘best’); ?>

The problem is that it pulls all custom fields and not only the one with the key best. It also displays the custom field values in a list.

How do I narrow it down to only the custom field with the key best?

Thank you!
do77

See Function_Reference/get_post_meta

<?php
$best_values = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'best', true);
if ($best_values){
echo 'Best values is: ' .$best_values;
}
?>

This worked for me! Thank you a lot for your help MichaelH!!