Title: Setting Types checkboxes using add_post_meta
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Setting Types checkboxes using add_post_meta

 *  [latverius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/latverius/)
 * (@latverius)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-types-checkboxes-using-add_post_meta/)
 * Hello,
 * I can’t manage to set my Types checkboxes using add_post_meta on a custom form
   sending. I tried serialising my variable before using the function, it is successfully
   created in the DB but nothing checked in my post edit screen. Am I getting this
   wrong ?
 * Here is the related code :
 *     ```
       $fiche = array(
       'post_title' => $_POST['nom'],
       'post_content' => "",
       'post_type' => 'fiche-animal',
       'post_status' => 'draft'
       );
       $id_post = wp_insert_post($fiche);
       add_post_meta( $id_post, 'wpcf-urgence', $_POST['urgence'] );
       ```
   
 * “urgence” being my checkboxes array.
 * Thank you in advance.
    Latverius
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/types/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/types/)

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 *  Thread Starter [latverius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/latverius/)
 * (@latverius)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-types-checkboxes-using-add_post_meta/#post-6436024)
 * Sorry, the code is wrong, here it is :
 *     ```
       $urgence = serialize($_POST['urgence']);
       $fiche = array(
       'post_title' => $_POST['nom'],
       'post_content' => "",
       'post_type' => 'fiche-animal',
       'post_status' => 'draft'
       );
       $id_post = wp_insert_post($fiche);
       add_post_meta( $id_post, 'wpcf-urgence', $urgence );
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [latverius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/latverius/)
 * (@latverius)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-types-checkboxes-using-add_post_meta/#post-6436205)
 * Has nobody any idea on how to make it work ? :/

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 * Last reply from: [latverius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/latverius/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-types-checkboxes-using-add_post_meta/#post-6436205)
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