Title: External URL
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# External URL

 *  Resolved [behedwin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/behedwin/)
 * (@behedwin)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-url/)
 * I want visitors to submit a link (external URL).
    I have setup this plugin like
   this 1. [http://prntscr.com/2te01b](http://prntscr.com/2te01b) and this means
   that the user submission form looks like this [http://prntscr.com/2te0b9](http://prntscr.com/2te0b9)
   Only containing title and URL.
 * But when i test it, i only get an empty post. Where did my URL go?
    How can i
   make all user submission to be created into a link to whatever link they wanted
   to share?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-submitted-posts/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-submitted-posts/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/)
 * (@specialk)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-url/#post-4622077)
 * As explained in the readme and plugin documentation, URLs and other submitted
   data are attached to posts as custom fields. That way you can use them however
   is required in your theme.
 *  Thread Starter [behedwin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/behedwin/)
 * (@behedwin)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-url/#post-4622080)
 * Ok so for someone like me with no programing background. How would i go about
   to use these custom fields to be displayed.
 * My aim is to let anyone submit a title + link (url) and have it displayed in 
   a list. I thought your plugin would be a good fit, but maybe it is not if i dont
   know how to use those custom fields and have any background in programing.
 *  Plugin Author [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/)
 * (@specialk)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-url/#post-4622082)
 * Basically to display custom fields you just add a snippet of code to your theme
   where you want the custom fields to display. The WordPress loop is a good place
   to try something like the following:
 *     ```
       <?php $key_1_value = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), 'key_1', true );
       // check if the custom field has a value
       if ( ! empty( $key_1_value ) ) {
       	echo $key_1_value;
       } ?>
       ```
   
 * Just change the name of the key “key_1” to that of the custom field you would
   like to display. More info here:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_post_meta](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_post_meta)

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 * Last reply from: [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-url/#post-4622082)
 * Status: resolved