Using custom fields in Wordpress

Question

I am new to wordpress and I tried to set up a custom post types for my blog using custom fields.

To do so, I used the Custom Post Types UI plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-post-type-ui/ I created a new type "Movies" which supports custom fields. I have added a custom field named 'Release Date' in my post but I can't find a way to print it.

I display my posts using the following code:

  <ul>

  <?php
  $args = array( 'post_type' => 'movies', 'posts_per_page' => 3 );
  $the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
  ?>
  <?php if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) { ?>
  <?php while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) { $the_query->the_post(); ?>

    <li class="news-item">
        <h3><?php the_title()?></h3>
        <h6><?php the_field('release_date')?></h6>
        <p><?php the_content()?></p>
    </li>
          <?php
      }
    }
    else {
      echo 'no movies here!';
    }
  ?>

  </ul>

But nothing gets printed. However if I removed the <h6><?php the_field('release_date')?></h6> everything else works just fine.

What am I doing wrong here?

Answer 1

Try this: (Assuming you are not using ACF plugin.)

$release_date = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'release_date', true);
if( $release_date ) {
    echo $release_date;
} else {
    echo "Error getting release date";
}

Answer 2

check here how to get post meta field . you can use something like this

 <?php 
    $key_1_value = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), 'release_date', true );
    // check if the custom field has a value
    if( ! empty( $key_1_value ) ) {
      echo $key_1_value;
    } else
   {

   echo "release date not present ";
   }
    ?>

Answer 3

为了更好的开发，我建议使用Advance自定义字段插件