Title: Custom Fields
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Custom Fields

 *  Resolved [Darryl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darrylschmidt/)
 * (@darrylschmidt)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-fields-43/)
 * I’ve created several custom fields using Advanced Custom Fields and would like
   to be able to insert them into my theme individually. I checked the codex but
   got a little confused. Is there some reading that I could do that would be more
   inline with what I’m trying to do?

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 *  [Jason](https://wordpress.org/support/users/themeblvd/)
 * (@themeblvd)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-fields-43/#post-2253267)
 * Here’s a nice little video run down on custom fields:
 * [http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/wordpress/quick-tip-a-4-minute-crash-course-in-wordpress-custom-fields/](http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/wordpress/quick-tip-a-4-minute-crash-course-in-wordpress-custom-fields/)
 *  [Digital Raindrops](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adeptris/)
 * (@adeptris)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-fields-43/#post-2253269)
 * Advanced Custom Fields does creates it’s own tables and has it’s own functions
   so WordPress Codex will not be of much use here, check the help for the plugin,
   if you are looking for the code.
 * The Plugin Page has the tutorial links.
    [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/)
 * The custom fields work differently here is the WordPress Custom Field code.
 *     ```
       $custom_field = get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'myfield', true );
       ```
   
 * or
 *     ```
       $custom_field = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), 'myfield', true );
       ```
   
 * Here is the Advanced Custom Fields code.
 *     ```
       $custom_field = get_field( 'myfield' );
       ```
   
 * HTH
 * David
 *  Thread Starter [Darryl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darrylschmidt/)
 * (@darrylschmidt)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-fields-43/#post-2253381)
 * Thank you to you both, that was exactly what I was looking for.
 *  [Digital Raindrops](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adeptris/)
 * (@adeptris)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-fields-43/#post-2253382)
 * Hi Darryl,
    No problem there were a couple of posts about ACF on the same day,
   so I had already looked at it.
 * Could you mark this topic as resolved please.

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