{"id":2108,"date":"2012-02-15T17:51:22","date_gmt":"2012-02-15T23:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webii.net\/blog\/?p=2108"},"modified":"2022-02-09T12:37:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T18:37:03","slug":"why-are-custom-fields-hidden-in-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webii.net\/blog\/why-are-custom-fields-hidden-in-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Are Custom Fields Hidden in WordPress?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You are working on the most amazing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webii.net\/blog\/\">blog<\/a> post known to man, and you just need to adjust one last custom field before publishing.\u00a0 But where in the world are your custom fields?\u00a0<em> I just know they are supposed to be there &#8211; and my coworker who logged in yesterday could see them fine.<\/em> Don&#8217;t worry, you didn&#8217;t just imagine that.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2110 alignright lazyload\" title=\"Blog screen options tab\" data-src=\"http:\/\/webii.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/blog-screen-options.png\" alt=\"Blog screen options tab\" width=\"168\" height=\"69\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webii.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/blog-screen-options.png 168w, https:\/\/www.webii.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/blog-screen-options-121x50.png 121w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 168px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 168\/69;\" \/>Welcome to the funky Screen Options feature.\u00a0 In recent versions, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webii.net\/website-services\/web-development\/wordpress\/\">WordPress<\/a> introduced the little Screen Options tab in the top right corner.\u00a0 If you select this tab, a series of options with check box fields will come up, and chances are your custom fields and some other options are not selected.\u00a0 This means they are hidden, so just check the box.<\/p>\n<p>These settings are configured per user, so a different user logging into WordPress might or might not see the same fields that you do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You are working on the most amazing blog post known to man, and you just need to adjust one last custom field before publishing.\u00a0 But where in the world are your custom fields?\u00a0 I just know they are supposed to be there &#8211; and my coworker who logged in yesterday could see them fine. 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