Noby

<p>The “Meta Functions Shortcode” Plugin installs the Shortcode ‘meta’. With it you can access the custom fields of your articles by a simple shortcode.</p>
<p>Shortcode Syntax: <code>[meta func="" name="" alt=""]</code></p>
<p>The shortcode has three functions yet:</p>
<ol>
<li>func=”url”<br />
  Displays a link using your custom field in “name” as the link target and “alt” as the caption. If “alt” is empty the link target is used as the caption.</li>
<li>func=”plain”<br />
  Simply displays the custom field in “name” as plain text. If the field is empty it displays the text in “alt”.</li>
<li>func=”img”<br />
  Inserts the image at the url in your custom field “name” into the article. The “alt” argument is used as the images alternative text attribute.</li>
<li>More functions in later versions of the plugin… Or extend the plugin on your own. See Extending the Plugin (under Other Notes) for details.</li>
</ol>
<h4>Example</h4>
<pre><code>[meta func="url" name="download_url" alt="Download here"]
</code></pre>
<p>This little code in your article displays a link using your custom field “download_url” as the link target and “Download here” as the caption. If you leave the “alt” argument empty then it uses the link target as the caption.</p>
<p>The resulting html code is:</p>
<pre><code><a href='{download_url}'>{alt}</a>
</code></pre>
<h3>Extending the Shortcode</h3>
<h4>Method 1: Hardcoded</h4>
<p>You can extend the plugin by adding the PHP function</p>
<pre><code>function meta_functions_shortcode_{func}($meta, $alt="") {
       return "your desired text or generated html content";
}
</code></pre>
<p>by writing your own plugin file with the function in it. Be sure to replace {func} with your desired function name (will result in the parameter “func” in the shortcode). $meta will be the value of the custom field and $alt the “alt” parameter.</p>
<p>The function should return the text by which the shortcode will be replaced. For example the “_plain” function simply returns $meta or $alt if $meta is empty.</p>
<h4>Method 2: In the admin panel</h4>
<p>This method is more convenient. You can add new functions in the admin panel. For this go to the options page called “Meta Functions Shortcode”.<br />
Here you can enter a new function name, specify parameter names and set the output html code with the parameters.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<ul>
<li>Function Name: link</li>
<li>Function Parameter Names: link_url, link_caption</li>
<li>Function Result Code: <code><a href='{link_url}'>{link_caption}</a></code> </li>
</ul>
<p>If you now enter the shortcode [meta func=”link” link_url=”download_url” link_caption=”download_caption”] then in the article/page<br />
it will be replaced by <code><a href='contents of custom field download_url'><i>contents of custom field download_caption</i></a></code>.</p>


Meta Functions Shortcode

The “Meta Functions Shortcode” Plugin installs the Shortcode ‘meta’. With it you can access the custom fields of your articles by a shortcode.

Hiroaki Miyashita

<p>The Custom Field Template plugin adds the default custom fields on the Write Post/Page. The template format is almost same as the one of the rc:custom_field_gui plugin. The difference is following.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.wpcft.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">English Custom Field Template Manual</a></li>
</ul>
<p>We have finally published a manual site for the custom field template plugin. You can also use the custom field refinement search for posts in the admin panel. Please check here.</p>
<ul>
<li>You can set any number of the custom field templates and switch the templates when you write/edit the post/page.</li>
<li>This plugin does not use the ini file for the template but set it in the option page of the plugin.</li>
<li>Support for TinyMCE in the textarea.</li>
<li>Support for media buttons in the textarea. – requires at least 2.5.</li>
<li>Support for multiple fields with the same key.</li>
<li>Support for hideKey and label options.</li>
<li>You can see the full option list in the setting page of the plugin.</li>
<li>You can customize the design of custom field template with css.</li>
<li>You can replace custom keys by labels.</li>
<li>You can use wpautop function.</li>
<li>You can use PHP codes in order to set values. (experimental, <code>code = 0</code>)</li>
<li>You can set an access user level in each field. (<code>level = 1</code>)</li>
<li>Supprt for inserting custom field values into tags automatically. (<code>insertTag = true</code>)</li>
<li>Adds [cft] Shortcode to display the custom field template. (only shows the attributes which have <code>output = true</code>)</li>
<li>Adds template instruction sections.</li>
<li>Adds the value label option for the case that values are diffrent from viewed values. (<code>valueLabel = apples # oranges # bananas</code>)</li>
<li>Adds the blank option. (<code>blank = true</code>)</li>
<li>Adds the break type. Set CSS of ‘#cft div’. (<code>type = break</code>)</li>
<li>Adds [cft] Shortcode Format.</li>
<li>Adds the sort option. (<code>sort = asc</code>, <code>sort = desc</code>, <code>sort = order</code>)</li>
<li>Support for Quick Edit of custom fields. (tinyMCE and mediaButton are not supported yet)</li>
<li>Support for the custom field search. (only shows the attributes which have <code>search = true</code>.)</li>
<li>Adds [cftsearch] Shortcode Format. (under development)</li>
<li>Adds PHP codes for the output value. (<code>outputCode = 0</code>)</li>
<li>Adds PHP codes before saving the values. (<code>editCode = 0</code>)</li>
<li>Adds the save functionality.</li>
<li>Adds the class option. (<code>class = text</code>)</li>
<li>Adds the auto hook of <code>the_content()</code>. (experimental)</li>
<li>You can use the HTML Editor in the textarea. (<code>htmlEditor = true</code>)</li>
<li>Adds the box title replacement option.</li>
<li>Adds the select option of the post type.</li>
<li>Adds the value count option.</li>
<li>Adds the option to use the shortcode in the widhet.</li>
<li>Adds the attributes of JavaScript Event Handlers. (<code>onclick = alert('ok');</code>)</li>
<li>Adds the Initialize button.</li>
<li>Adds the attributes of before and after text. (<code>before = blah</code>, <code>after = blah</code>)</li>
<li>Adds the export and import functionality.</li>
<li>Adds the style attribute. (<code>style = color:#FF0000;</code>)</li>
<li>Adds the maxlength attribute. (<code>maxlength = 10</code>)</li>
<li>Adds the attributes of multiple fields. (<code>multiple = true</code>, <code>startNum = 5</code>, <code>endNum = 10</code>, <code>multipleButton = true</code>)</li>
<li>Adds the attributes of the date picker in <code>text</code> type. (<code>date = true</code>, <code>dateFirstDayOfWeek = 0</code>, <code>dateFormat = yyyy/mm/dd</code>)</li>
<li>Adds the filter of page template file names (Thanks, Joel Pittet).</li>
<li>Adds the attribute of <code>shortCode</code> in order to output the shortcode filtered values. (<code>shortCode = true</code>)</li>
<li>Adds the attribute of <code>outputNone</code> in case there is no data to output. (<code>outputNone = No Data</code>)</li>
<li>Adds the attribute of <code>singleList</code> attribute in order to output with <code><ul><li></code> if the value is single. ex) <code>singleList = true</code></li>
<li>Adds the file upload type. (<code>type = file</code>)</li>
<li>Adds the fieldset type. (<code>type = fieldset_open</code>, <code>type = fieldset_close</code>)</li>
<li>Adds the option to deploy the box in each template.</li>
</ul>
<p>Localization</p>
<ul>
<li>Belorussian (by_BY) – <a href="http://www.fatcow.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Marcis Gasuns</a></li>
<li>Catalan (ca) – <a href="http://andreullos.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Andreu Llos</a></li>
<li>Czech (cs_CZ) – <a href="http://www.webees.cz/" rel="nofollow ugc">Jakub</a></li>
<li>German (de_DE) – F J Kaiser</li>
<li>Spanish (es_ES) – <a href="http://www.darioferrer.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Dario Ferrer</a></li>
<li>Farsi (fa_IR) – <a href="http://sabood.ir/" rel="nofollow ugc">Mehdi Zare</a></li>
<li>French (fr_FR) – Nicolas Lemoine</li>
<li>Hungarian (hu_HU) – <a href="http://www.netpok.hu" rel="nofollow ugc">Balazs Kovacs</a></li>
<li>Indonesian (id_ID) – <a href="http://www.openscriptsolution.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Masino Sinaga</a></li>
<li>Italian (it_IT) – <a href="http://gidibao.net/" rel="nofollow ugc">Gianni Diurno</a></li>
<li>Japanese (ja) – <a href="https://wpgogo.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Hiroaki Miyashita</a></li>
<li>Dutch (nl_NL) – <a href="http://wordpresswebshop.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Rene</a></li>
<li>Polish (pl_PL) – <a href="http://www.difreo.pl/" rel="nofollow ugc">Difreo</a></li>
<li>Brazilian Portuguese (pt_BR) – <a href="http://www.gn10.com.br/" rel="nofollow ugc">Caciano Gabriel</a></li>
<li>Russian (ru_RU) – <a href="http://www.sonika.ru/blog/" rel="nofollow ugc">Sonika</a></li>
<li>Swedish (sv_SE) – <a href="http://www.fristil.se/" rel="nofollow ugc">Pontus Carlsson</a></li>
<li>Turkish (tr_TR) – <a href="http://ramerta.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Omer Faruk</a></li>
<li>Ukranian (uk_UA) – <a href="http://www.portablecomponentsforall.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Andrew Kovalev</a></li>
<li>Uzbek (uz_UZ) – <a href="http://www.comfi.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Alexandra Bolshova</a></li>
<li>Chinese (zh_CN) – hurri zhu</li>
</ul>
<p>If you have translated into your language, please let me know.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://ja.wpcft.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Japanese Custom Field Template Manual</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Are you interested in other plugins? See the following site <a href="https://www.cmswp.jp/" rel="nofollow ugc">CMS x WP</a>.</p>
<h3>Known Issues / Bugs</h3>
<h3>Uninstall</h3>
<ol>
<li>Deactivate the plugin</li>
<li>That’s it! 🙂</li>
</ol>


Custom Field Template

The Custom Field Template plugin extends the functionality of custom fields.

Meta Functions Shortcode vs Custom Field Template