Meta Field output block
Do you sometimes wonder why a custom field doesn't provide the syntax you need?
Want to know why a location doesn't work with your map plugin, or just need to know the syntax of the saved data?
VERSION 1.5.14 ALL NEW - blocks API 3 and compatible with WordPress 7.0
- 1.5.14is API version 3.
Use this handy plugin that does just that:
- Show exactly what a custom field saved in the WordPress database.
- Provide three blocks to show (render) the content of your custom fields front-end
It works with all kinds of custom fields, like ACF, SCF, and ACPT.
The Meta Field (text output) block shows the saved values as a text string
- Shows the context of any type on custom field as text output
- Choose a meta key, dropdown or manual override
- Spacing: margin top & bottom
- Alignment
- Can be placed in another block, like the Group block
- Additional class field
For testing purposes, you see the values as saved in the WordPress database.
The Meta Field (text & numbers) block renders the values on the front-end
- Shows the context of text, URL, number, address, or coordinates
- Choose a meta key, dropdown, or manual override
- Inherit, P, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6
- Spacing: margin top & bottom
- Alignment
- Max width setting
- Additional class field
- Can be placed in another block, like the Group block
The Meta Field (images & rich) block renders the values on the front-end
- Shows the context of image, gallery, WYSIWYG, and embed fields
- Choose a meta key, dropdown, or manual override
- Spacing: margin top & bottom
- Alignment
- Max width setting of the content
- Numbers of images in the gallery (2-5)
- Gallery size by total width or height
- Gallery equal image height
- Gallery height for desktop, tablet, and mobile.
- Gallery custom gallery gap
- Additional class field
- Content width field in px
- Aspect for URL embed (16:9, 12:9, 4:3, 1:1, 9:16 portrait, flex)
- Can be placed in another block, like the Group block
The Meta Field (video) block renders the values on the front-end
- Renders the context of the video field
- Choose a meta key, dropdown, or manual override
- Choose a video poster (URL or media library) placed in cover mode so it always fits.
- To be used with YouTube, Bunny Stream, Vimeo, direct video files, and local (media) video attachments.
- Spacing: margin top & bottom
- Aspect for URL embed (16:9, 12:9, 4:3, 1:1, 9:16 portrait, flex)
- Alignment
- Max width px setting
- Additional class field
- Can be placed in another block, like the Group block
Alignment
- All blocks have alignment.
- To keep things even more WordPress compatible, the blocks work fine with the group block.
- Just place a block in a group block, set it to group, row, or stack, and select an alignment.
- You can place the group block and its content in a row block, section, or column block from Kadence, Greenshift, etc.
- You can place the selected block in a column, and it adjusts automatically to the column width.
Plugin load
- It's a light plugin (around 60 kb).
- It's loaded on a post or page only when a Meta block is used.
- The stylesheet is light and shared (shared CSS, not 5 stylesheets).
- Not five JS scripts; just one.
- The video facade (mfo-video-facade.js) is loaded only when the video block is used.
Cost
- The best news: the plugin is still free.
- You can use it on your site or your clients' sites; you are not permitted to sell it.