Title: meta fields?
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# meta fields?

 *  Resolved [ilder2011](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ilder2011/)
 * (@ilder2011)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/meta-fields/)
 * Hi,
 * I was wondering if there are any meta fields associated with this plugin? E.g
   dpa_user_achievements_index
 * Thanks,
 * Tom.
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/achievements/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/achievements/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Paul Wong-Gibbs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/djpaul/)
 * (@djpaul)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/meta-fields/#post-4217340)
 * Hi Tom,
 * Not sure exactly what you mean by meta fields. Do you mean something like data
   stored in Post Meta, or User Meta? Or something else? 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [ilder2011](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ilder2011/)
 * (@ilder2011)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/meta-fields/#post-4217343)
 * Hi Paul, cheers for the quick response.
 * I’m assuming it’s user meta. Basically, I’m wanting to add the user achievements
   information to their profile page. I’ve downloaded a plugin that allows me to
   add custom fields (it’s a premium plugin) and it’s asking for meta fields, I 
   can add custom ones. There are already a couple from your plugin in the list 
   that it populates itself, these are:
 * closedpostboxes_achievement
    metaboxhidden_achievement
 * Thanks,
 * Tom.
 *  Thread Starter [ilder2011](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ilder2011/)
 * (@ilder2011)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/meta-fields/#post-4217533)
 * Just a quick update, it’s definitely user_meta that is required.
 * Thanks,
 * Tom.
 *  Plugin Author [Paul Wong-Gibbs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/djpaul/)
 * (@djpaul)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/meta-fields/#post-4217588)
 * As of v3.4.1:
 * // The total of how many achievements that this user has unlocked (int)
    _dpa_unlocked_count
 * // The user’s points total (int)
    _dpa_points
 * // User’s pending notifications (array)
    _dpa_notifications
 * // The ID of the last achievement this user unlocked (int)
    _dpa_last_unlocked
 * I strongly suggest you don’t show _dpa_notifications or _dpa_last_unlocked as
   those are internal. If you show the other two, make them read-only to avoid users’
   cheating. 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [ilder2011](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ilder2011/)
 * (@ilder2011)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/meta-fields/#post-4217589)
 * You, Sir, are a star! I’ll try those later and let you know how i get on.
 * Cheers,
 * Tom.

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