Title: Default Custom Fields Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Default Custom Fields * [joaodo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joaodo/) * (@joaodo) * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-custom-fields-1/) * Can i have default custom fields for my posts? I mean, i don’t want to create new fields everytime i’ll make a post. I need over 10 default custom fields and it’s boring to fill them up everytime. Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) * Thread Starter [joaodo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joaodo/) * (@joaodo) * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-custom-fields-1/#post-640792) * Bump. * [dubyah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dubyah/) * (@dubyah) * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-custom-fields-1/#post-640793) * Do you mean you want the same value in 10 default custom fields, or just to have the same 10 fields there to fill in a value each time? * Once you’ve used a custom field, it stays in the drop down box, so you just need to choose it and add a value. * [grenoli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grenoli/) * (@grenoli) * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-custom-fields-1/#post-640884) * Old post, but I have the same question. Or at least: I think I have… * Once you have used a custom field it stays in the dropdownbox. But its only the KEY that WordPress remembers. It could be cool if there was a way to make the VALUE-field stay aswell. * And let me explain why: I have a theme that uses custom Fields to show an image on the frontpage. But since I only have about 10 different images (More like icons really) that I use for my theme, it could be cool, if I could just choose them directly in the custom fields without remembering the URL for the image. * Is there a way to do this? * [grenoli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grenoli/) * (@grenoli) * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-custom-fields-1/#post-640885) * Bump * [Justin Tadlock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greenshady/) * (@greenshady) * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-custom-fields-1/#post-640886) * The way to do it would be to write a plugin. But, that’s not very helpful if you don’t know how to write a plugin for something like this. * Another way would be to set this kind of stuff within the theme files, but this depends on how you’re using your 10 or so images. * For example, let’s assume you’re choosing these default images depending on what category the post is in. That’s very easy to do with a few conditional tags. * [omgitztrey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/omgitztrey/) * (@omgitztrey) * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-custom-fields-1/#post-640887) * There’s also the ‘Viva Image’ plugin that automatically does the whole thumbnail crap for you without having to use custom fields. * [Justin Tadlock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greenshady/) * (@greenshady) * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-custom-fields-1/#post-640888) * Or, my own [Get The Image](http://justintadlock.com/archives/2008/05/27/get-the-image-wordpress-plugin) plugin, that’ll auto-pull the thumbnails for you if you’re interested. * But, this still won’t help you on the Write Post page when it comes to remembering custom field values. * [grenoli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grenoli/) * (@grenoli) * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-custom-fields-1/#post-640889) * Is it possible just to edit some of the php-files in the theme and create some kind of dropdownbox in custom fields? * Its not a problem if I have to manually edit a file everytime I want to add a new image to the list of images, that I can choose in custom fields * Is this making any sense at all? * [grenoli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grenoli/) * (@grenoli) * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-custom-fields-1/#post-640890) * Bump * [Justin Tadlock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greenshady/) * (@greenshady) * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-custom-fields-1/#post-640891) * I’ve already told you that you’d have to write a custom plugin for something like this. * I do a lot of plugin testing and have never seen a plugin that does this. Of course, that doesn’t mean one’s not available; I’ve just never come across one. * > Is it possible just to edit some of the php-files in the theme and create > some kind of dropdownbox in custom fields? * To answer your question — no. * You’re trying to turn a textarea into a drop-down list, which you can’t do. * My advice is to start thinking about different ways to use default images than what you’re suggesting. Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) The topic ‘Default Custom Fields’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [custom fields](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/custom-fields/) * [default](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/default/) * [images](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/images/) * [value](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/value/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 10 replies * 5 participants * Last reply from: [Justin Tadlock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greenshady/) * Last activity: [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-custom-fields-1/#post-640891) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics