Title: Custom Fields
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Custom Fields

 *  Resolved [debb477](https://wordpress.org/support/users/debb477/)
 * (@debb477)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-fields-11/)
 * I have managed to create a Custom Field on my post but how do I get it to show
   up on my page. I’ve read and reread the Codex instructions but it is all Greek
   to me. Pls help!

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 *  [mores](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mores/)
 * (@mores)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-fields-11/#post-1045028)
 * you need to edit your theme files for the custom fields to show up, they don’t
   magically appear.
    So, grab notepad or some other texteditor and start coding
   🙂
 *  Thread Starter [debb477](https://wordpress.org/support/users/debb477/)
 * (@debb477)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-fields-11/#post-1045109)
 * That’s the part that’s confusing, I thought Word press was user friendly but 
   it appears you need some training in coding!
 *  [sojweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sojweb/)
 * (@sojweb)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-fields-11/#post-1045110)
 * Well, yes, to the extent that there’s no way for your theme to know which custom
   field to pull and what to do with it. You might also find themes with custom 
   field support built in, or I’m sure there are widgets/plugins out there that 
   handle them in some way.
 *  [mores](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mores/)
 * (@mores)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-fields-11/#post-1045141)
 * WordPress is user friendly out-of-the-box, once you start customizing, you need
   code. But even then it’s simple, most of the time, as long as you have basic 
   copy/pasting skills and know how to use FTP. Or actually, you can use the theme
   editor built-in to WordPress to add stuff like that.
 * Explain why you need custom fields? Maybe there are simpler solutions that won’t
   require you to code.
 *  Thread Starter [debb477](https://wordpress.org/support/users/debb477/)
 * (@debb477)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-fields-11/#post-1045179)
 * I want to be able to add a section Currently Reading; Today’s Mood as explained
   in Codex – Using Custom Fields. My problem is knowing where to insert the template
   tag.
 *  [t31os](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t31os/)
 * (@t31os)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-fields-11/#post-1045180)
 * If you want it on the single post page then single.php, if you want it elsewhere
   then also update the appropriate template files..
 * Which depends which files exist for your theme, check what you have and update
   the necessary files, for the cases you want it to appear..
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/images/1/18/Template_Hierarchy.png](http://codex.wordpress.org/images/1/18/Template_Hierarchy.png)
 *  [dunkkan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dunkkan/)
 * (@dunkkan)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-fields-11/#post-1045251)
 * An example of custom field :
 *     ```
       <div class="loopinindex">
   
       		<!-- starting the loop -->
   
       		<?php
       		if (have_posts()) :
       		while (have_posts()) :
       	        the_post();
       		?>
   
       		<?php the_title(); ?>
       		<?php the_content(); ?>
   
       		<!-- pulling the custom field -->
   
       		<?php
       		$music = get_post_meta($post->ID, "listening", true); ?>
   
       		<!-- printing the custom field -->
   
       		<?php echo $music ; ?>
   
       		<?php endwhile;
       		endif;
       		?>
       </div>
       ```
   
 * `listening` being the name of the custom field.
    Hope that helps.
 *  [OthelloBloke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/othellobloke/)
 * (@othellobloke)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-fields-11/#post-1045253)
 * You could also do the following. I’ll assume the custom field is called ‘Currently
   Reading’…
 * <?php $curread = get_post_custom_values(“Currently Reading”); if ( $curread !
   = ” ) { ?>Currently Reading: <?php echo $values[0]; ?><?php } ?>
 * <?php the_content(); ?>

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