Get_post_meta returns empty

I need to get posts with specific post meta. If I inspect regular loop using following code: $args = array( 'post_status' => 'published', 'posts_per_page' => 77, 'post_type' => 'post', ); $query = new WP_Query($args); while ($query->have_posts()) : $query->the_post(); $literature = get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), 'popis_literature'); var_dump($literature); endwhile; for some posts var_dump gives an array of data like this array (size=1) 0 => array (size=2) 0 => string '32985' (length=5) 1 => string '59956' (length=5) How can I query posts by one of those IDs? This doesn't give me anything $args = array( 'post_status' => 'published', 'posts_per_page' => -1, 'post_type' => 'post', 'meta_query' => array( array( 'key' => 'popis_literature', 'value' => array('32985'), 'compare' => 'IN' ) ), ); … [Read more...] about How to set meta_query if get_post_meta returns nested array for that key?

I am working on a function that will alert a user via email when a custom post type (glossary_post) has been created on the frontend of my site. It is working well except I need to get the value of a CPT (glossary_tag) to print out in the message of the email and it is returning nothing. My code: add_action( 'transition_post_status', 'pending_post_status', 10, 3 ); function pending_post_status( $new_status, $old_status, $post ) { $author_id=$post->post_author; $address = get_the_author_meta('user_login', $author_id); $user_id = get_current_user_id(); $user_info = get_userdata($user_id); $edit_author = $user_info->user_login; $post_id = $post->ID; $post_cat = get_post_meta( $post_id, 'glossary_tag', true); if ( ( $new_status === "pending" ) && ( $post->post_type == 'glossary_post' ) ){ $post_title = $post->post_title; $to = 'XXXXXX.com'; $subject = 'A Glossary term has been created'; $message = 'A new Glossary term named "' . $post_title . '" has been created in … [Read more...] about get_post_meta returning no value in custom post type alert email

I want to get custom url added in metaboxes in post page. If the metabox is a text field, the loop show the text, but if i want to get the url from another field, it will return to me an Array or 0. I tryed in some way, but not working. <?php $args = array( 'posts_per_page' => 2,'offset'=> 0,'category_name' => 'slider','post_type' => 'post','post_status' => 'publish' ); $myposts = get_posts( $args ); foreach ( $myposts as $post ) : setup_postdata( $post ); $background_sl = get_post_custom_values($key = 'rd_background','url'); ?><li><img src="<?php echo esc_url($background_sl); ?>"></li> <?php endforeach; wp_reset_postdata();?> … [Read more...] about get_post_meta returns Array instead of image url

I want to return some post meta , but when i use the functions get_post_meta or get_post_custom the functions returns allways the values 1 for all the meta data, i tried several thinks but they returns the same value , i suspect that they returns boolean value. In the wp_postmeta table the meta_value is equal to 30. $build['time'] = get_post_meta($id, 'prep_time') ; //retun 1 $build['time'] = maybe_unserialize(get_post_meta($id, 'prep_time')) ; Any Idea what is wrong ? … [Read more...] about meta_post_meta return value 1

I have a code like below but it returns the false. There is data in $ggowlccpy_transaction_details_capture and the order id is being correctly passed. This is for woocommerce order meta. How can i debug this? in phpmyadmin which table should I look for the data $ggowlccpy_transaction_details_capture = array( 'merchant_ref' => $ggowlccpy_order_id, 'transaction_id' => $ggowlccpy_response['transaction_id'], 'transaction_tag' => $ggowlccpy_response['transaction_tag'], 'method' => $ggowlccpy_response['method'], 'amount' => $ggowlccpy_response['amount'], 'currency_code' => $ggowlccpy_response['currency'], 'positionofsave' => 'captured', ); update_post_meta($post->ID, '_ggowlccpy_trasaction_capture', $ggowlccpy_transaction_details_capture); add_post_meta( $post->ID, '_ggowlccpy_refund_details_get', base64_encode(serialize($ggowlccpy_transaction_details_capture)) ); $data = get_post_meta( $ggowlccpy_order_id, $key = … [Read more...] about get_post_meta and add_post_meta not working