Get WP Post Meta Value Of A Given Meta Key

Get the post meta_value of a given meta_key in WordPress. You can also use this to get the value of a custom meta field of a post.

Requirements:

• WordPress

Syntax.

get_post_meta( $post_id, $key, $single );

Where.

• $post_id ( int Required ) is the Post ID.
• $key ( string Optional ) is the meta_key to retrieve, default is ”.
• $single ( bool Optional ) is the option whether to return a single value, default is false.

Example.

Get the value of a meta_key total_views_count.

get_post_meta( $post_id, 'total_views_count', true);

The equivalent native SQL Statement would be.

SELECT
    *
FROM
    wp_postmeta
WHERE
    meta_key='total_views_count'
AND
    post_id='$post_id'
;

Notes:

• Will return an array of values if $single is false.
• Will return an the value of the meta field if $single is true.

References:

• WP get_post_meta()