sroyalty

This plugin takes a simple concept of giving you fields to enter information that use the meta tags built into 
Wordpress and expands on it. Modifying conf.txt in the plugin directory will allow you to enter custom fields to 
the Posts pages to add textfields, textarea, dropdown selections, checkboxes, and radio selections.
On top of all this simplicity, it also integrates several popular WordPress plugins. With gallery selection for 
NextGen Gallery you can select a gallery to save the id to a meta field for your post to pull in your theme. Support 
for WordTube video selection is also added. WP-Download Manager is also supported in this initial release to get ids 
for downloads as well.
Now while that may seem enough to make this a popular plugin, there is more. Meta Extensions allows you mark the 
fields to auto add tags based on field title or content (explained in the readme). It also allows you to set up 
checkboxes to add a post to/remove from a category automatically as wanted. All from the single conf.txt file included 
with the plugin.
One of the latest features is the ability to place conf.txt in your current theme’s directory. By placing conf.txt in 
the theme directories this allows you to run the plugin with multiple themes on your site and have custom conf.txt per 
theme to only show the specific fields needed in that theme. If the file is not in the theme directory, it pulls from 
the default conf.txt in the plugin’s directory.
Related Links:
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.premiumdigitalservices.net/blog/" title="Meta Extensions Plugin for WordPress" rel="nofollow ugc">Plugin Homepage</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Arbitrary section</h3>
<h4>CONFIGURATION</h4>
Filed/Element Types: 
 textfield – HTML Form Textfield 
 textarea – HTML Form Textarea 
 checkbox – HTML Form Checkbox 
 radio – HTML Form Radio selections 
 select – HTML Form Select box 
 gallery – HTML Form Select box to choose a NextGen Gallery 
 video – HTML Form Select box to choose a Wordtube Video 
 download – HTML Form Select box to choose a WordPress Download Manager file
To specify the custom fields, edit the file conf.txt
Each entry begins with the subject inside square brackets. The second 
line specifies its type. The third line, which only applies to type 
“radio” and “select,” enumerates the available options. Each option 
has to be separated by a hash mark (#). Each entry for standard HTML 
form entities you can also include a default which tells it which to 
mark as selected or checked. You can also include the tag option which 
will tell the plugin to add the selection as a post tag automatically. 
Tags are explained further down. Checkbox also has unique entries called 
category_id and category_name. These are filled based on existing categories 
in your WordPress site. This can be used to auto add/remove the post to the 
entered category id (and it’s matching name for error checks) when used.
Ex.
[Plan] 
type = textfield 
subtitle = Enter the generic name of your plan here.
[Favorite Post] 
type = checkbox 
category_id = 4 
category_name = Project Plans
[Miles Walked] 
type = radio 
value = 0-9#10-19#20+ 
default = 0-9
[Temper Level] 
type = select 
value = High#Medium#Low
[Hidden Thought] 
type = textarea 
rows = 4 
cols = 40
[Picture Gallery] 
type = gallery 
tag = 0
[The Video] 
type = video 
tag = 0
[Attachment] 
type = download 
tag = 0
Tags can be very useful. Below is how each special type generates the 
tag for it.
Tag Design: 
 textfield – Title of the entry when filled 
 textarea – Title of the entry when filled 
 checkbox – Title of the entry when checked 
 radio – The name of the selection 
 select – The name of the selection 
 gallery – Not handled 
 video – Not handled
<h4>Useage</h4>
Once you build your conf.txt file, you are ready to start making posts 
using the custom fields. In order to call these fields you can either 
use the built in get methods for post meta, or you can use the ones that 
I have added to the metaext class to keep your code clean and know what 
is what. Below is the current list of functions you can use in your theme 
to call the meta information easily.
Meta Extensions Class: 
 metaext::get_single_metaext($meta_name, $limit) 
 Description: Creates a post object containing all the Posts with the meta_name passed being set in them. 
 $meta_name: the name in brackets for the field you want to pull the list of posts using this field. 
 $limit: how many of these posts to pull. Defaults to 5 if nothing is passed. 
 metaext::get_multi_metaext($meta_names, $limit) 
 Description: Creates a post object containing all the Posts the all the meta_names passed (meta_names is an array). 
 $meta_names: the names in brackets in an array for the fields you want to pull the list of posts using this field. 
 $limit: how many of these posts to pull. Defaults to 5 if nothing is passed. 
 metaext:: get_value_metaext($the_ID, $name) 
 Description: Gets the value for the passed name from the post id passed. 
 $the_ID: the post ID you are wanting to pull the custom field’s value from. 
 $name: The field name of the entry you want to pull the value for. The name is what is in [] and is case sensitive.
Meta Extensions WordPress Download Manager Class: 
 metaext_wpdm::get_metaext_downloadlink($id) 
 Description: Returns the download link for WPDM ID passed. 
 $id: The download ID (can use metaext::get_value_metaext() to get the ID) you want the link for. 
 metaext_wpdm::show_metaext_downloadlink($id) 
 Description: Echos the download link for WPDM ID passed. 
 $id: The download ID (can use metaext::get_value_metaext() to get the ID) you want the link for.
Meta Extensions NextGen Gallery Class: 
 metaext_ngg::get_metaext_firstpic($galleryid) 
 Description: Pulls the first image’s src link for the gallery id passed to it. 
 $galleryid: The gallery ID that you want to pull the first pic’s image url for. 
 metaext_ngg::show_metaext_firstpic($galleryid, $class = ”) 
 Description: Echos the first image’s src link for the gallery id passed to it using the optional class name passed. 
 $galleryid: The gallery ID that you want to pull the first pic’s image url for. 
 $class: The name of the class you want to use, optional. 
 metaext_ngg::show_metaext_gallery($galleryid) 
 Description: Echos the Gallery ID passed, the same as using the NGG show gallery shortcode. 
 $galleryid: The gallery ID that you want to show the gallery for.
Meta Extensions WordTube Class: 
 metaext_wt::get_metaext_wtvideo($videoid) 
 Description: Returns the Video code to show on a page for the video id passed. 
 $videoid: The video id to get the code for. 
 metaext_wt::show_metaext_wtvideo($videoid) 
 Description: Echos the Video code to show on a page for the video id passed. 
 $videoid: The video id to get the code for.
<h4>Code Examples</h4>
<pre><code><div id="meta-ext-test">
 <?php if ( metaext::get_value_metaext(get_the_ID(), 'the_gallery') ) : ?>
 <h2>Test for Galleries using Meta Extensions with NextGen Gallery</h2>
 <?php metaext_ngg::show_metaext_gallery(metaext::get_value_metaext(get_the_ID(), 'the_gallery')) ?>
 <?php endif; ?>
 
 <?php if ( metaext::get_value_metaext(get_the_ID(), 'the_video') ) : ?>
 <h2>Test for Videos using Meta Extensions with WordTube</h2>
 <?php metaext_wt::show_metaext_wtvideo(metaext::get_value_metaext(get_the_ID(), 'the_video')) ?>
 <?php endif; ?>
 
 <?php if ( metaext::get_value_metaext(get_the_ID(), 'the_download') ) : ?>
 <h2>Test for Downloads using Meta Extensions with WP Download Manager</h2>
 <?php metaext_wpdm::show_metaext_downloadlink(metaext::get_value_metaext(get_the_ID(), 'the_download')) ?>
 <?php endif; ?>
</div>
</code></pre>

Meta Extension

Allows adding custom form fields to posts, storing them in custom meta fields. Integrates NGG, WT, and WP-DM.

Paras Ralhan

Effortless custom fields is the super easy, most beautiful, and the least confusing custom fields plugin you have seen so far.
It offers 32 field types including posts-dropdown, taxonomy-dropdown, users-dropdown, menus-dropdown, sidebars-dropdown, multiple-images, multiple-files, and many more.
It allows you to create fields for all post types, taxonomies, all setting pages, customizer, and user profiles.
<h3>How it makes your life 5 times easier :</h3>
  
It lets you save all your time & energy that go in “confusion, learning, organizing, waiting, and styling” with other custom field plugins. 
  
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<h3>Create your custom fields in 3 simple steps :</h3>
<ol>
<li>Choose Fields’ Destination: Choose where you want to create your fields: for posts, pages, categories, customizer, or profile, etc… Every location has its own set of fields. 
 </li>
<li>Select Field Type: Out of 32 types of fields, decide the type you want. Fields’ visuals, search, and logical categorization help you decide quickly. 
 </li>
<li>Enter Field’s Data: Just fill the data related to field: label, key, placeholder, description, default value, etc… You can also control field’s visibility with visibility filters. 
 </li>
</ol>
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<h3>Amazing new possibilities, you’ve never seen before :</h3>
<ul>
<li>You can now organize your fields with incredible ease.</li>
<li>Its beautiful and minimal design, and how elegantly it responds to actions gives an absolute delight.</li>
<li>We value your time, so there are no unnecessary ajax-calls and page-loads.</li>
<li>It demands almost zero learning. Using it is as easy as breathing. Everything just makes sense. 
 </li>
</ul>
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<h3>More reasons to love it:</h3>
<ol>
<li>Only one function to learn — “effcf_get” : This is the only function you need to get the field value in the frontend. If a single function can handle it, why to offer more. Offering more functions lead to more confusion, more complexity, and more effort—exact opposite of our core values. How big deal it can be to learn using just one function. Even for learning this, you don’t need to go anywhere else; code is provided where you create the field itself. 
 </li>
<li>Short and simple documentation : In a race to give more features than their competitors, companies end up making softwares so complex that at most times user struggles. Instead of putting efforts on design and ease of use, they try to explain everything in documentation. But ECF is different. It won’t require you to refer documentation often—everything is clear and obvious. Documentation is, however, created for ECF but is kept super simple and small. It only covers things that are not obvious. 
 </li>
<li>Fields management is not a pain anymore : In ECF, you have one place to create or manage fields for one location (let’s say post type = post) and a completely separate place for another location (post type = page), and so on. No field sharing accross locations—direct one to one mapping. Everything neatly organized. No matter how many fields you need to manage for each location, you’ll do it with ease and confidence. 
 </li>
<li>Easily copy fields to other locations : In ECF, each location own its independent set of fields. If you want similar fields—that you already created for one location—for other locations, you can use this option. 
Follow the steps: 
  
   1) Select fields you want to copy. 
   2) Choose action “Copy to other locations.” 
   3) Choose locations where you want these fields. 
   4) Click “Copy Selected Fields to Selected Locations” button. 
 </li>
<li>Fields are trashed before permanent deletion : Now, you won’t be interrupted with most irritating prompt in most software: “Are you sure you want to delete…?” Whenever you press delete on a field or field-group, it will safely move to trash—living there as long as you want. Whenever you feel the need, you can delete all or some of them in one go—by selecting and deleting. 
 </li>
<li>You can disable fields, groups, tabs, etc… : Disabling fields, groups, tabs, etc… is a great option to have. if you are unsure of an entity’s (field, tab, section, repeater section) future need, don’t delete it, disable it. It will hide disabled entities for your clients but remain in place to be shown whenever needed. You can think of this feature as a temporary deletion.</li>
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<h3>Links</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://ecfwp.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Visit our Website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://ecfwp.com/docs" rel="nofollow ugc">See Docs</a></li>
<li><a href="https://ecfwp.com/contact-us" rel="nofollow ugc">Get Support</a></li>
</ul>
  
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<h3>PREMIUM</h3>
Effortless Custom Fields plugin’s premium version is also available.
<ul>
<li><a href="https://ecfwp.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Learn more »</a></li>
<li><a href="https://ecfwp.com/pricing" rel="nofollow ugc"> Buy ECF Premium »</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Free vs Premium</h4>
<ol>
<li>Field Grouping
<ul>
<li>Free: You can group your fields only with “headings.”</li>
<li>Premium: You can group your fields only with “tabs,” “accordions,” “field groups,” and “headings.”</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Repeater
<ul>
<li>Free: No repeatable fields.</li>
<li>Premium: Create unlimited repeatable fields in any possible location.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
  
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Effortless Custom Fields :: ECF

World’s least confusing custom fields plugin.

Meta Extension vs Effortless Custom Fields :: ECF