Magic Fields: The Magic Wordpress Plugin

12 Sep 2009

by Gnuget

Types of Custom Fields.

In Magic Fields, there are 12 types of “fields”. Below is a detailed explanation of each “field” and how to use them in Wordpress.

Please note that the code used to display each “MagicField” must be inside one of the Wordpress loops. E.g. In the default theme, “the_content();” is displayed within the “single.php” file – please see the image below:

Textbox.

Usage:

echo get(‘field_name’);

Return: String.

Multiline.

For this field, the same filters used for “the_content();” may be applied using “shortcode“. Please see the images below:

Usage:

echo get(‘field_name’);

Return: String.

Checkbox.

Usage:

$value = get('field_name');

if($value){ /*Something*/ }

Return: Bool.

Checkbox List

Usage :

$my_list = get(‘field_name’);

foreach($my_list as $element){

echo $element;

}

Return: Array

DropDown List

Usage:

$my_option = get(‘checkbox’);

echo $my_option;

Return: String

ListBox

Usage:

$my_list = get(‘field_name’);

foreach($my_list as $element){

echo $element;

}

Return: Array

Images

Usage:

$my_image_url = get(‘field_name’);

/**

* With this method is returned the absolute url

* of the image

**/

get_image(‘field_name’);

/**is returned the image tag of html**/

Return: String

Date

Usage:

$my_date = get(‘field_name’);

Return: String. (Return the date in the same format to was selected when was created the custom field, actually exists 8 differents formats of dates)

Audio

Usage:

$mp3_url = get(‘field_name’);

/**

* With this method return

* the absolute url of the image

**/

echo get_audio(‘field_name’);

/**

*With this method return a flash player

* for the user can ear the song

**/

Color Picker

Usage:

$color = get(‘field_name’);

Return : String (hexadecimal number of the Color )

Slider

Usage:

$value = get(‘field_name’);

Return: String.

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terryteo
21 Feb, 2010

@Dan

the solution to your problem is simple.

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/idealien-category-enhancements/
Dan
22 Feb, 2010

@tom – thanks a bunch. I think that might just be what I am looking for. I will give it a go.

@terry – thanks for the plugin link.
zestylemon
6 Mar, 2010

I’d really appreciate it if someone could tell me what code snippet I use to display the contents of a Dropdown List.

In the article one of the sections is ‘Dropdown List’ but the content immediately below it is for ‘Checkbox List’.