Plugin info

Total downloads: 1,513
Active installs: 10
Total reviews: 1
Average rating: 5
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 2
Last updated: 1/31/2019 (2526 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 12/4/2014 (11 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 3.6
Tested up to WordPress version: 5.0.21
Minimum PHP version: f

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Possibly abandoned • Last updated 2526 days ago • 1 reviews

22/100

Is Complex Meta Fields abandoned?

Possibly abandoned (last update 2526 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 3.6
Tested up to: 5.0.21
Requires PHP: f

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Description

You may notice there are a lot of plugins that do almost the same things as this one. But there always is a small difference.

In current case plugin allows to add REPEATABLE field sets for any Post Type. Meaning you can add any amount of the same field sets to a post or page while editing it.

Then you can output them in a post loop using built-in API.

Moreover, it is light, simple and useful in the same time.

Installation

Manual Installation

  1. Upload the entire /complex-meta-fields directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
  2. Activate Complex Meta Fields through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why this plugin?

You may notice there are a lot of plugins that do almost the same things as this one. But there always is a small difference.

In current case plugin allows to add REPEATABLE field sets for any Post Type. Meaning you can add any amount of the same field sets to a post or page while editing it.

Then you can output them in a post loop using built-in API.

Moreover, it is light, simple and useful in the same time.

What is FieldSet?

FieldSet is simply a set of fields that you are going to use while editing posts. FieldSet may consist of any amount of fields inside and may be repeated multiple times in order to provide multiple objects into the post.

When creating new FieldSet you will need to provide Name and select a post type to specify where you want this FieldSet to be used. FieldSet Slug is used to show FieldSet data on front-end and it is generated automatically depending on Name. See Front-end API for more.

What is Field?

There is nothing special about Fields. It is simply html inputs of different types inside a FieldSets. There are some predefined types for common use.

What is Post Type?

This question is not related to the plugin and Post Types are completely described here: https://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Types

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Screenshots

  1. Workspace

    Workspace

  2. New FieldSet

    New FieldSet

  3. Add Fields

    Add Fields

  4. Edit Post

    Edit Post

  5. Add Sets

    Add Sets

Changelog

1.0.7

  • Fixed admin styling issues.
  • Updated AngularJS library to 1.4.7.

1.0.6

  • Tracking code removed to speed up manage page

1.0.5

  • Hooks added
  • Localization updates

1.0.4

  • Added new field type Image
  • Localization updates

1.0.3

  • Added new field types

1.0.2

  • Added ru_RU localization

1.0.1

  • Different small fixes

1.0.0

  • First public release

0.2.0

  • Raw functionality

0.1.0

  • First release