Title: "Read only" fields?
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# "Read only" fields?

 *  Resolved [stl99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stl99/)
 * (@stl99)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-only-fields/)
 * Hi there,
 * Great plugin! Is there a way to set a field to read only? I know you can add 
   custom HTML but I need to display the actual custom field value…
 * Cheers,
    Thomas
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/meta-box/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/meta-box/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Anh Tran](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rilwis/)
 * (@rilwis)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-only-fields/#post-6251235)
 * Hi, you can see the solution in [this topic](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-set-a-field-as-read-only?replies=3).
 *  Plugin Author [Anh Tran](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rilwis/)
 * (@rilwis)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-only-fields/#post-6251257)
 * FYI, the answer from that topic is added to Documentation:
 * [https://metabox.io/docs/how-to-set-a-field-as-read-only/](https://metabox.io/docs/how-to-set-a-field-as-read-only/)
 *  Thread Starter [stl99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stl99/)
 * (@stl99)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-only-fields/#post-6251258)
 * Thanks!
 * Cheers,
    Thomas

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 * Last reply from: [stl99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stl99/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-only-fields/#post-6251258)
 * Status: resolved