Title: [Plugin: Viper's Video Quicktags] Custom fields Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # [Plugin: Viper's Video Quicktags] Custom fields * Resolved [fii.digital](https://wordpress.org/support/users/noidoi/) * (@noidoi) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-vipers-video-quicktags-custom-fields/) * Hi, * I have trouble with using the plugin with custom fields. I’ve searched the forum, i found only one question about this. [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-you-make-vipers-video-quicktags-to-work-with-a-custom-field-too](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-you-make-vipers-video-quicktags-to-work-with-a-custom-field-too) but i don’t catch the ideea. * I want to have the video separated by the_content() – my design requires this.( like one box for video, one for content). * I want to be able to put in a custom field someway [flv]location[/flv] and show on page the video. Can you help me? * Thanks a lot! Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * Thread Starter [fii.digital](https://wordpress.org/support/users/noidoi/) * (@noidoi) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-vipers-video-quicktags-custom-fields/#post-1920696) * this one works for me, but how can i put in there a custom field? * `` * Plugin Contributor [viper007bond](https://wordpress.org/support/users/viper007bond/) * (@viper007bond) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-vipers-video-quicktags-custom-fields/#post-1920887) * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Custom_Fields](http://codex.wordpress.org/Custom_Fields) [http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_post_meta](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_post_meta) * Put the URL in the custom field. * ``` ID, 'some_key', true ); if ( $videourl ) echo apply_filters( 'the_content', "[flv]$videourl[/flv]" ); ?> ``` * Thread Starter [fii.digital](https://wordpress.org/support/users/noidoi/) * (@noidoi) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-vipers-video-quicktags-custom-fields/#post-1920893) * thx a lot, man :). * [irfanmansha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/irfanmansha/) * (@irfanmansha) * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-vipers-video-quicktags-custom-fields/#post-1920962) * Hi, * In my theme, i have a custom template file where i want to show youtube and daily motion video by the video URL. I have only raw URL nothing else. * [kenada](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kenada/) * (@kenada) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-vipers-video-quicktags-custom-fields/#post-1920981) * Why can’t I get this code to work in my theme? Here is my code, * >
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$post->ID, ‘video’, true ); if ( $videourl )echo apply_filters( ‘the_content’,“[ > flv]$videourl[/flv]” ); ?>
* But when I load the page if loads blank. Does this no longer work? * [cailborg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cailborg/) * (@cailborg) * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-vipers-video-quicktags-custom-fields/#post-1921003) * Replace the ” ” around [flv]$videourl[/flv] with ‘ ‘ * [scruff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scruff/) * (@scruff) * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-vipers-video-quicktags-custom-fields/#post-1921005) * I am almost there – the video shows up in the right place but the URL isn’t quite right… * code used (as above but with vimeo tags instead): * ``` ID, 'video', true ); if ( $videourl ) echo apply_filters( 'the_content', '[vimeo]$videourl[/vimeo]' ); ?> ``` * results on page: * ``` ``` * it seems to be the $videourl bit that is going wrong, but i’m afraid i don’t know enough about PHP to figure out why! * WP version: 3.2.1 example page: [http://www.braincubecorp.co.uk/eatme/media/video/this-is-the-title-of-a-video-post/](http://www.braincubecorp.co.uk/eatme/media/video/this-is-the-title-of-a-video-post/) video link: [http://vimeo.com/30391279](http://vimeo.com/30391279) * [xave](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xave/) * (@xave) * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-vipers-video-quicktags-custom-fields/#post-1921006) * Hiya * The $videourl variable is being passed as a string. Try this: * ID, ‘video’, true ); if ( $videourl ) echo apply_filters( ‘the_content’, ‘[vimeo]’ . $videourl . ‘[/vimeo]’ ); ?> * [scruff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scruff/) * (@scruff) * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-vipers-video-quicktags-custom-fields/#post-1921007) * xave, you are a star! works perfectly, thank you. Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) The topic ‘[Plugin: Viper's Video Quicktags] Custom fields’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/vipers-video-quicktags.svg) * [Viper's Video Quicktags](https://wordpress.org/plugins/vipers-video-quicktags/) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/vipers-video-quicktags/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/vipers-video-quicktags/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/vipers-video-quicktags/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/vipers-video-quicktags/reviews/) * 9 replies * 7 participants * Last reply from: [scruff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scruff/) * Last activity: [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-vipers-video-quicktags-custom-fields/#post-1921007) * Status: resolved