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Description

This is a simple built-in function for displaying custom fields for the current post, known as the "post-meta" (stored in the wp_postmeta table). It formats the data into an unordered list (see output below).

It must be used from within The Loop or in a theme file that handles data from a single post (e.g. single.php). the_meta() will ignore meta_keys (i.e. field names) that begin with an underscore.

For more information on this tag, see Custom Fields.

Usage

 <?php the_meta(); ?> 

Parameters

This tag has no parameters.

Example

<p>Meta information for this post:</p>
<?php the_meta(); ?>

Output from the_meta:

<ul class='post-meta'>
<li><span class='post-meta-key'>your_key:</span> your_value</li>
</ul>

Source File

the_meta() is located in wp-includes/post-template.php.

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• Function: next_image_link()
• Function: next_post_link()
• Function: next_posts_link()
• Function: post_class()
• Function: post_password_required()
• Function: posts_nav_link()
• Function: previous_image_link()
• Function: previous_post_link()
• Function: previous_posts_link()
• Function: single_post_title()
• Function: sticky_class()
• Function: the_category()
• Function: the_category_rss()
• Function: the_content()
• Function: the_content_rss()
• Function: the_excerpt()
• Function: the_excerpt_rss()
• Function: the_ID()
• Function: the_meta()
• Function: the_shortlink()
• Function: the_tags()
• Function: the_title()
• Function: the_title_attribute()
• Function: the_title_rss()
• Function: wp_link_pages()

Custom Fields: the_meta(), get_post_meta(), add_post_meta(), update_post_meta(), delete_post_meta(), get_post_custom(), get_post_custom_values(), get_post_custom_keys() (See Also: post_meta Function Examples)