Add Custom Content Field

I added some custom code to the plugin to allow for setting custom content instead of excerpts (in my case I wanted to use the meta_key ‘description’). Here is the hard coded code, was hoping you would add this in the next version, a lot of client always want to use custom meta fields for content, not excerpts. This is just broad POC code but you can get the jist from it.

functions.php (update case ‘content’ with below)

                        //case 'content':

                            //$prefix            = PT_CV_PREFIX . 'field-content-';

                            //$field_setting     = PT_CV_Functions::settings_values_by_prefix( $prefix );

                            //if ( $field_setting[ 'show' ] == 'excerpt' ) {

                            //  $field_setting = array_merge( $field_setting, PT_CV_Functions::settings_values_by_prefix( PT_CV_PREFIX . 'field-excerpt-' ) );

                            //}

                            //$dargs[ 'field-settings' ][ $field ] = apply_filters( PT_CV_PREFIX_ . 'field_content_setting_values', $field_setting, $prefix );

                            //break;

                        //START GET DESCRIPTION INSTEAD OF EXCERPT CODE
                        case 'content':

                            $prefix = PT_CV_PREFIX . 'field-content-';

                            $field_setting = PT_CV_Functions::settings_values_by_prefix($prefix);

                            // Fetch the 'description' field instead of the excerpt

                            $post_id = get_the_ID();

                            $description = get_post_meta($post_id, 'description', true); // Replace 'description' with the correct meta key

                            //error_log("Post ID: $post_id, Description: $description");

                            if (!empty($description)) {

                                $field_setting['content'] = $description; // Set description as the content

                            } else {

                                $field_setting['content'] = get_the_content(); // Fallback to the content

                            }

                            $dargs['field-settings'][$field] = apply_filters(

                                PT_CV_PREFIX_ . 'field_content_setting_values',

                                $field_setting,

                                $prefix

                            );

                            break;

                        //END GET DESCRIPTION INSTEAD OF EXCERPT CODE

Update html.php (update _field_content function to below)

                //START GET DESCRIPTION INSTEAD OF EXCERPT CODE - SEAN DAVIS 12-18-24

                case 'excerpt':

                    $length = (int) $fargs['content']['length'];

                    $readmore_btn = '';

                    $show_dots = apply_filters(PT_CV_PREFIX_ . 'field_excerpt_dots', 1, $fargs);

                    $tail = $show_dots ? ' ...' : '';

                    // Read more button

                    if (apply_filters(PT_CV_PREFIX_ . 'field_content_readmore_enable', 1, $fargs['content'])) {

                        $readmore_btn = self::_field_readmore($post, $fargs, 'content');

                        $tail .= apply_filters(PT_CV_PREFIX_ . 'field_content_readmore_seperated', '<br/>', $fargs);

                    }

                    // Fetch the description field

                    $description = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'description', true); // Replace 'description' with the correct meta key

                    if (!empty($description)) {

                        // Use the description field if available

                        $excerpt = apply_filters(PT_CV_PREFIX_ . 'field_content_description', $description, $fargs, $post);

                    } else {

                        // Fallback to default content

                        $full_excerpt = apply_filters(PT_CV_PREFIX_ . 'field_content_excerpt', get_the_content(''), $fargs, $post);

                        if (apply_filters(PT_CV_PREFIX_ . 'trim_excerpt', true)) {

                            $excerpt = PT_CV_Functions::cv_trim_words($full_excerpt, $length);

                        } else {

                            $excerpt = $full_excerpt;

                        }

                    }

                    // Append readmore button

                    $content = apply_filters(PT_CV_PREFIX_ . 'excerpt_html', ($show_dots ? rtrim($excerpt, '.') : $excerpt) . $tail, $post) . $readmore_btn;

                    break;

                //END GET DESCRIPTION INSTEAD OF EXCERPT CODE - SEAN DAVIS 12-18-24

I know there’s a couple of other things that need to be done like the settings elements to select the custom meta vs except or full content but I’ll leave that to you if you find it valuable.

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