I am using the post module on my frontpage to show events from “The Events Calendar”.
I have already succeeded to get meta values from ACF fields like this:
[wpbb archive:acf type=‘text’ name=‘my_custom_field’]
But I don’t understand how I can get the meta data that is in a post by default.
For example for the events post I know there is a meta key called “_VenueAddress” but I can’t get it. I tried all these different shortcodes:
[wpbb post:acf type=‘text’ name=‘_VenueAddress’]
[wpbb post:meta type=‘text’ name=‘_VenueAddress’]
[wpbb post:meta_key type=‘text’ name=‘_VenueAddress’]
[wpbb post:meta_value type=‘text’ name=‘_VenueAddress’]
I also tried with a lot of different meta keys that are listed here:
Hi, there are specific shortcodes for TEC in Themer, click on the + sign of field connection to see the list in the dropdown.
But if the Venue Address is not reachable with them, you can use CCS:
thank you. I found all the shortcodes i needed.
But if I want to get other meta data from other post types in the future could I then get them in the Post Module´s custom layout with shortcode without using an extra plugin like the one you suggested? or is it only ACF fields (and TEC fields) i can get?
No, you can pull out multiple sort of custom fields with Themer shortcode, not only ACF and TEC, but some are difficult or impossible to reach, not sure why, i’m no dev.
That’s where CCS can take over as it’s more versatile.