WCK Custom Fields API

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WordPress Creation Kit features an easy to use Custom Fields API. Below is a list of all the available functions:

the_cfc_field()

This function echoes out the information found inside the field.

1	<!--?php the_cfc_field($meta_name, $field_name, $post_id = false, $key = 0, $do_echo = true ); ?-->

$meta_name (string)(required) – A string containing the name of the meta box-> Default: None
$field_name (string)(required) – A string containing the slug of the field. This is generated from the field title by replacing uppercase letters with lowercase and spaces with dashes-> Default: None
$post_id: (integer)(optional) – The ID of the post to which the custom field is attached to-> Default: false
$key: (integer)(optional) – Represents the number of the entry for a repeater metabox (starting at 0)-> Default: 0
$do_echo: (bool)(optional) – Weather the function does an echo or a return-> Default: true

The function will return a string.

This function returns a pre-processed custom field.

1	<!--?php $field = get_cfc_field( $meta_name, $field_name, $post_id = false, $key = 0 ) ?-->

$meta_name (string)(required) – A string containing the name of the meta box-> Default: None
$field_name (string)(required) – A string containing the slug of the field. This is generated from the field title by replacing uppercase letters with lowercase and spaces with dashes-> Default: None
$post_id (integer)(optional) – The ID of the post to which the custom field is attached to-> Default: false
$key (integer)(optional) – Represents the number of the entry for a repeater metabox (starting at 0)-> Default: 0

In case of a Text, Textarea, WYSIWYG, Select, Radio, Country Select, Date, User Select the function will return a string.
In case of a Checkbox field the function will return an array with all the checked options.
In case of an Upload field the function will return a string with the image URL
In case of a Custom Post Type select the function will return the ID..

This function returns the entire non processed post meta.

1	<!--?php $meta_values = get_cfc_meta( $meta_name = false, $post_id = false ) ?-->

$meta_name (string)(required) – A string containing the name of the meta box-> Default: None
$field_name (string)(required) – A string containing the slug of the field. This is generated from the field title by replacing uppercase letters with lowercase and spaces with dashes-> Default: None
$post_id (integer)(optional) – The ID of the post to which the custom field is attached to-> Default: false
$key (integer)(optional) – Represents the number of the entry for a repeater metabox (starting at 0)-> Default: 0

The function will return a string.