Possible to display only values of

<?php get_post_meta($post->ID, "key", true); ?>

where key is your key, this will spit out the value. Used in the loop, in your template where you want it displayed

I tried this in my loop in the template, but nothing is showing. ??

<p>
<?php get_post_meta($post->ID, "For Featured Clients: Person Quoted", true); ?> <br />
<?php get_post_meta($post->ID, "For Featured Clients: Position of Person Quoted", true); ?> <br />
<?php get_post_meta($post->ID, "For Featured Clients: Company of Person Quoted", true); ?> <br />
</p>

I’ve also tried:

<p>
<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "For Featured Clients: Person Quoted", true); ?> <br />
<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "For Featured Clients: Position of Person Quoted", true); ?> <br />
<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "For Featured Clients: Company of Person Quoted", true); ?> <br />
</p>

oh jeez, I forgot the echo, my apologies…

get just ‘gets’ the info, it must be echoed out to be visible

<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "key", true); ?>

oh, your second example has that

I wonder if it’s your key names? I usually use all lowercase, no spaces

like my_custom_field_key

Maybe make a test key/value like that, or just using one word and see how that works

Ok, I will try changing the keys and see if that works. ??

Hmm, still nothing…

Is there something I need to put in functions.php in order for this to work?

Oh, I should mention that I’m trying to do this on a page, although I do have the plugin Exec-PHP enabled so that I can use PHP in pages and posts.

And since the value is usually more than one word, such as “FirstName LastName”, does that mean that I want the data returned as an array rather than a string?

Nah, multiple words in the value are fine

You’re inputting that code directly into a post/page?

I have no idea if that will work or not.

Nothing needs to go into your functions.php for a simple get_post_meta to work.

I use this all over the place and it works all the time. Only thing I can think of really is if you are inputting the code into a page, rather than directly into a template…..

try to add <?php global $post; ?> before your code.

The rest of the loop works fine — I have it displaying the two most recent posts from a specific category, and that functions exactly as it should. Maybe Exec-PHP only allows SOME php to work, but not others? That confuses me since you’d expect that WordPress specific functions should work anywhere…

I’ll do some plug-in searches and see if I get more info from that. Maybe I need another plugin to make it work.

Alchy: Immediately before the get-the-meta code?

Alchy: That seems to be what I’m missing!

Thanks guys! You’ve both been super helpful. I seem to have it under control now. ??