JSM’s Show Post Meta

Wondering about the post meta your theme and/or plugins might be creating?

Want to find the name of a specific post meta key?

Need some help debugging your post meta?

The JSM's Show Post Meta plugin displays all post meta (aka custom fields) keys and their unserialized values in a metabox at the bottom of post editing pages.

There are no plugin settings — simply install and activate the plugin.

Power-users / Developers

See the plugin Other Notes page for information on available filters.

Related Plugins

• JSM's Show Term Meta (requires WordPress v4.4 or better)
• JSM's Show User Meta

Automated Install

1. Go to the wp-admin/ section of your website.
2. Select the Plugins menu item.
3. Select the Add New sub-menu item.
4. In the Search box, enter the plugin name.
5. Click the Search Plugins button.
6. Click the Install Now link for the plugin.
7. Click the Activate Plugin link.

Semi-Automated Install

1. Download the plugin ZIP file.
2. Go to the wp-admin/ section of your website.
3. Select the Plugins menu item.
4. Select the Add New sub-menu item.
5. Click on Upload link (just under the Install Plugins page title).
6. Click the Browse... button.
7. Navigate your local folders / directories and choose the ZIP file you downloaded previously.
8. Click on the Install Now button.
9. Click the Activate Plugin link.

Frequently Asked Questions

• None

1. 

   The Post Meta metabox added to admin post editing pages.

Repositories

• GitHub
• WordPress.org

Version Numbering

Version components: {major}.{minor}.{bugfix}[-{stage}.{level}]

• {major} = Major structural code changes / re-writes or incompatible API changes.
• {minor} = New functionality was added or improved in a backwards-compatible manner.
• {bugfix} = Backwards-compatible bug fixes or small improvements.
• {stage}.{level} = Pre-production release: dev < a (alpha) < b (beta) < rc (release candidate).

Changelog / Release Notes

Version 1.0.8 (2017/04/08)

• New Features
  • None
• Improvements
  • None
• Bugfixes
  • None
• Developer Notes
  • Maintenance release.

Additional Documentation

Developer Filters

'jsm_spm_view_cap' ( 'manage_options' ) — The current user must have these capabilities to view the "Post Meta" metabox (default: 'manage_options' ).

'jsm_spm_post_type' ( true, $post_type ) — Add the "Post Meta" metabox to the editing pages for this post type.

'jsm_spm_post_meta' ( $post_meta, $post_obj ) — The post meta array (unserialized) retrieved for display in the metabox.

'jsm_spm_skip_keys' ( $array ) — An array of key name regular expressions to ignore (default: '/^_encloseme/' ).