Title: custom field request
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# custom field request

 *  Resolved [kevinbuhler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinbuhler/)
 * (@kevinbuhler)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-field-request/)
 * I have what may be an odd request for custom fields.
 * I have an HTML tag (“td”) in the content area of my page that contains content
   that I am trying to import into a custom field. It works great when I set a ‘
   custom field’ mapping, and it does indeed import the HTML properly into the right
   field.
 * However, I then want that same content to be omitted from the post body.
 * In other words, whatever content is in the ‘custom field’ tag should be MOVED
   into the custom field; it should be removed from the post body.
 * Thoughts?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/import-html-pages/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/import-html-pages/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Stephanie Leary](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sillybean/)
 * (@sillybean)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-field-request/#post-5876511)
 * Hi, Kevin. I’m afraid adding that option isn’t feasible with the way the plugin
   is currently written. I am working on switching the tag selection over to phpQuery,
   which works more like jQuery than the current tag/attribute/value inputs and 
   is therefore more flexible. Once that’s in place, I’ll be able to offer an option
   to remove arbitrary chunks of HTML from the post body.
 * In the meantime, since handling a specific set of markup is much easier than 
   writing something that can handle anyone’s markup, I could probably write you
   a custom version of the importer that would do this for your site. If you’d like
   to hire me for an hour or two, [let me know](http://stephanieleary.com/about/contact/).
 *  Thread Starter [kevinbuhler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinbuhler/)
 * (@kevinbuhler)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-field-request/#post-5876512)
 * Great, thanks Stephanie for the response.
 * I think I figured a way around it for now by tweaking my existing HTML files.
 * If I do end up needing further assistance I will let you know.
 * Thanks again for building such a wonderful tool for the WP community!

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 * Last reply from: [kevinbuhler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinbuhler/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-field-request/#post-5876512)
 * Status: resolved