Title: Meta Extension Author: sroyalty Published: June 10, 2010 Last modified: July 11, 2010 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/meta-extensions.svg) # Meta Extension By [sroyalty](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sroyalty/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/meta-extensions.zip) * [Details](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/meta-extensions/#description) * [Reviews](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/meta-extensions/#reviews) * [Installation](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/meta-extensions/#installation) * [Development](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/meta-extensions/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/meta-extensions/) ## Description This plugin takes a simple concept of giving you fields to enter information that use the meta tags built into Wordpress and expands on it. Modifying conf.txt in the plugin directory will allow you to enter custom fields to the Posts pages to add textfields, textarea, dropdown selections, checkboxes, and radio selections. On top of all this simplicity, it also integrates several popular WordPress plugins. With gallery selection for NextGen Gallery you can select a gallery to save the id to a meta field for your post to pull in your theme. Support for WordTube video selection is also added. WP-Download Manager is also supported in this initial release to get ids for downloads as well. Now while that may seem enough to make this a popular plugin, there is more. Meta Extensions allows you mark the fields to auto add tags based on field title or content (explained in the readme). It also allows you to set up checkboxes to add a post to/remove from a category automatically as wanted. All from the single conf. txt file included with the plugin. One of the latest features is the ability to place conf.txt in your current theme’s directory. By placing conf.txt in the theme directories this allows you to run the plugin with multiple themes on your site and have custom conf.txt per theme to only show the specific fields needed in that theme. If the file is not in the theme directory, it pulls from the default conf.txt in the plugin’s directory. Related Links: * [Plugin Homepage](http://www.premiumdigitalservices.net/blog/) ### Arbitrary section #### CONFIGURATION Filed/Element Types: textfield – HTML Form Textfield textarea – HTML Form Textarea checkbox – HTML Form Checkbox radio – HTML Form Radio selections select – HTML Form Select box gallery – HTML Form Select box to choose a NextGen Gallery video – HTML Form Select box to choose a Wordtube Video download – HTML Form Select box to choose a WordPress Download Manager file To specify the custom fields, edit the file conf.txt Each entry begins with the subject inside square brackets. The second line specifies its type. The third line, which only applies to type “radio” and “select,” enumerates the available options. Each option has to be separated by a hash mark (#). Each entry for standard HTML form entities you can also include a default which tells it which to mark as selected or checked. You can also include the tag option which will tell the plugin to add the selection as a post tag automatically. Tags are explained further down. Checkbox also has unique entries called category_id and category_name. These are filled based on existing categories in your WordPress site. This can be used to auto add/remove the post to the entered category id (and it’s matching name for error checks) when used. Ex. [Plan] type = textfield subtitle = Enter the generic name of your plan here. [Favorite Post] type = checkbox category_id = 4 category_name = Project Plans [Miles Walked] type = radio value = 0-9#10-19#20+ default = 0-9 [Temper Level] type = select value = High#Medium#Low [Hidden Thought] type = textarea rows = 4 cols = 40 [Picture Gallery] type = gallery tag = 0 [The Video] type = video tag = 0 [Attachment] type = download tag = 0 Tags can be very useful. Below is how each special type generates the tag for it. Tag Design: textfield – Title of the entry when filled textarea – Title of the entry when filled checkbox – Title of the entry when checked radio – The name of the selection select – The name of the selection gallery – Not handled video – Not handled #### Useage Once you build your conf.txt file, you are ready to start making posts using the custom fields. In order to call these fields you can either use the built in get methods for post meta, or you can use the ones that I have added to the metaext class to keep your code clean and know what is what. Below is the current list of functions you can use in your theme to call the meta information easily. Meta Extensions Class: metaext::get_single_metaext($meta_name, $limit) Description: Creates a post object containing all the Posts with the meta_name passed being set in them. $meta_name: the name in brackets for the field you want to pull the list of posts using this field. $limit: how many of these posts to pull. Defaults to 5 if nothing is passed. metaext::get_multi_metaext($meta_names, $limit) Description: Creates a post object containing all the Posts the all the meta_names passed (meta_names is an array). $meta_names: the names in brackets in an array for the fields you want to pull the list of posts using this field. $limit: how many of these posts to pull. Defaults to 5 if nothing is passed. metaext:: get_value_metaext($the_ID, $name) Description: Gets the value for the passed name from the post id passed. $the_ID: the post ID you are wanting to pull the custom field’s value from. $name: The field name of the entry you want to pull the value for. The name is what is in [] and is case sensitive. Meta Extensions WordPress Download Manager Class: metaext_wpdm::get_metaext_downloadlink( $id) Description: Returns the download link for WPDM ID passed. $id: The download ID (can use metaext::get_value_metaext() to get the ID) you want the link for. metaext_wpdm:: show_metaext_downloadlink($id) Description: Echos the download link for WPDM ID passed. $id: The download ID (can use metaext::get_value_metaext() to get the ID) you want the link for. Meta Extensions NextGen Gallery Class: metaext_ngg::get_metaext_firstpic($galleryid) Description: Pulls the first image’s src link for the gallery id passed to it. $ galleryid: The gallery ID that you want to pull the first pic’s image url for. metaext_ngg:: show_metaext_firstpic($galleryid, $class = ”) Description: Echos the first image’s src link for the gallery id passed to it using the optional class name passed. $ galleryid: The gallery ID that you want to pull the first pic’s image url for. $ class: The name of the class you want to use, optional. metaext_ngg::show_metaext_gallery( $galleryid) Description: Echos the Gallery ID passed, the same as using the NGG show gallery shortcode. $galleryid: The gallery ID that you want to show the gallery for. Meta Extensions WordTube Class: metaext_wt::get_metaext_wtvideo($videoid) Description: Returns the Video code to show on a page for the video id passed. $videoid: The video id to get the code for. metaext_wt::show_metaext_wtvideo($videoid) Description: Echos the Video code to show on a page for the video id passed. $videoid: The video id to get the code for. #### Code Examples ```

Test for Galleries using Meta Extensions with NextGen Gallery



Test for Videos using Meta Extensions with WordTube



Test for Downloads using Meta Extensions with WP Download Manager

``` ## Installation 1. Extract and upload the contents of the zip file to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. Edit the conf.txt file in the plugin directory for the fields you want to set up. 4. Under Posts is where the new fields will populate. ## FAQ Q: Is there any shortcode useage yet? A: Not yet, possible in future versions. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Meta Extension” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ sroyalty ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sroyalty/) [Translate “Meta Extension” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/meta-extensions) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/meta-extensions/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/meta-extensions/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/meta-extensions/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/meta-extensions/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0 * Initial public release. #### 1.0.1 * Upgraded to conf.txt instead of conf.txt for editing via the Plugin Editor. #### 1.0.2 * Fixed linebreaks with subtitles in several types. #### 1.0.3 * Changed html layout to match admin panel boxes. * Now uses current theme name in the title box. * Checks for conf.txt in current theme’s directory first. If exists, uses that one. If not, defaults to one in plugin directory. ## Meta * Version **1.0.3** * Last updated **16 years ago** * Active installations **10+** * WordPress version ** 2.0.2 or higher ** * Tested up to **3.0.5** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/meta-extensions/) * Tags * [custom fields](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/custom-fields/)[fields](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/fields/) [meta](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/meta/)[meta fields](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/meta-fields/) [posts](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/posts/) * [Advanced View](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/meta-extensions/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/meta-extensions/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/meta-extensions/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ sroyalty ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sroyalty/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/meta-extensions/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](http://www.premiumdigitalservices.net/blog)