Wp_update_post meta key

I Just want to update (edit existing) the custom meta box variable from front-end. I got a form Front end post editing using a form & process things but in this code post-title i can edit & update, but i cannot edit & update values custom metabox variable values. … [Read more...] about Update Post meta with custom variable

<form action="#" method="post"> <select name="Week"> <option value="week_1">1</option> <option value="week_2">2</option> <option value="week_3">3</option> <option value="week_4">4</option> <option value="week_5">5</option> <option value="week_6">6</option> <option value="week_7">7</option> <option value="week_8">8</option> </select> <button class="btn btn-lg btn-primary" type="submit" name="submit" value="Selected a Week" >Selected a Week</button> </form> <?php if(isset($_POST['submit'])){ $week = $_POST['Week']; // Storing Selected Value In Variable echo "You have selected : ".$week." to be edited"; // Displaying Selected Value } ?> If you echo $week all is ok. … [Read more...] about Use a Variable in update_post_meta as the $meta_key

<?php global $current_user; wp_get_current_user(); global $post; // top of page if ( isset( $_POST['zon_testimonial_nonce'] ) && wp_verify_nonce($_POST['zon_testimonial_nonce'],'zon_testimonial') ) { //if nonce check succeeds. $post_id = $post->ID; $data = array( 'package' => sanitize_text_field( $_POST['zon_package'] ) ); update_post_meta( $post_id, '_zon_testimonial_key', $data ); } $args = array( 'post_type' => 'testimonial', 'post_status' => 'publish', 'post_per_page' => 5, 'author' => $current_user->ID, 'meta_query' => array( array( 'key' => '_zon_testimonial_key', 'value' => 's:8:"approved";i:1;s:8:"featured";i:0;', 'compare' => 'LIKE' ) ) ); $query =new WP_Query($args); if ($query->have_posts() || is_user_logged_in() || current_user_can('edit_post', $args->ID)) : while ($query->have_posts()) : $query->the_post(); echo '<p>'.get_the_title().'</p>'; $data = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_zon_testimonial_key', … [Read more...] about Update Post Meta Front End with a form

Is this backward compatibility after all - and has just been moved to meta.php in 2.9.0? Or is there any real reason to have both of those? For me, the actions hooked to the update_post_meta() function could easily maybe_unserialize() the data, if needed, so I really do not see the point of having both. … [Read more...] about What is the difference between update_post_meta and update_postmeta hooks?

$readMeta = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), 'post_is_read', true ); $current_user = wp_get_current_user(); if ( $readMeta != $current_user->ID ) { echo 'unread post'; } I tried many variations of the first block of code, altered add_post_meta, update_post_meta etc. One problem I recognized is when printing the array stored in the meta key "post_is_read" the output is just "array". I think this is a major problem if it is not the only one in the code. … [Read more...] about get_post_meta / update_post_meta array