{"id":927,"date":"2021-06-12T14:01:01","date_gmt":"2021-06-12T14:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/?p=927"},"modified":"2025-11-08T08:43:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T08:43:13","slug":"add-custom-field-meta-key-to-wordpress-bulk-posts-editing-plugin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/add-custom-field-meta-key-to-wordpress-bulk-posts-editing-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"How to add WordPress custom field \/ meta key and Bulk edit post meta \/ custom fields key in WordPress?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Add WordPress meta key \/ custom field to <a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/plugins\/wordpress-bulk-posts-editing\/?utm_source=docs&amp;utm_content=add-custom-field\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WPBULKiT &#8211; Bulk Edit WordPress Posts \/ Pages Plugin<\/a> enables you to have access to them for bulk editing or filtering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can add as many custom fields as assigned to your posts in the WordPress custom field to our plugin as shown in the picture below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/03\/23-custom-fields.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1823\" height=\"936\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/03\/23-custom-fields.jpg\" alt=\"Custom fields in WordPress bulk post editing plugin\" class=\"wp-image-932\" style=\"width:1367px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/03\/23-custom-fields.jpg 1823w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/03\/23-custom-fields-1536x789.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1823px) 100vw, 1823px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Add custom field \/ meta key to WPBULKiT &#8211; Bulk Edit WordPress Posts \/ Pages Plugin<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To add custom field \/ meta key to WPBULKiT plugin, you need to open &#8220;<strong>Meta Fields<\/strong>&#8221; tab by going to below address:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WordPress Dashboard > iThemeland > WPBULKiT > Meta Fields<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/meta-fields.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1519\" height=\"660\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/meta-fields.png\" alt=\"Add custom fields automatically in WordPress bulk post editing plugin\" class=\"wp-image-1718\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As shown in the below picture, you can add custom fields manually or automatically from a post:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Add a WordPress post custom field manually<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To add a WordPress post meta field manually, you need to type the name of the custom field in the text box exactly according to the name assigned to the posts in WordPress, then click on the \u201c<strong>+<\/strong>\u201d button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, as we have assigned \u201c<strong>Publisher<\/strong>\u201d and \u201c<strong>Review<\/strong>\u201d to our posts in WordPress:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/new-custom-fields.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1826\" height=\"952\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/new-custom-fields.jpg\" alt=\"Add custom fields manually in WordPress\" class=\"wp-image-1719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/new-custom-fields.jpg 1826w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/new-custom-fields-1536x801.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1826px) 100vw, 1826px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We have added them to our plugin by doing below actions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Type \u201c<strong>Publisher<\/strong>\u201d in the text box under \u201c<strong>Manually<\/strong>\u201d field<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on \u201c<strong>+<\/strong>\u201d button<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Type \u201c<strong>Review<\/strong>\u201d in the text box under \u201c<strong>Manually<\/strong>\u201d field<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on \u201c<strong>+<\/strong>\u201d button<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/add-custom-fields-manually.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1519\" height=\"661\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/add-custom-fields-manually.png\" alt=\"Click on plus icon to add custom field\" class=\"wp-image-1720\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As soon as you click on the \u201c<strong>+<\/strong>\u201d button, a custom field will be added to the opposite box, and you can:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Edit the name of the custom field.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, we typed \u201c<strong>Publisher Name<\/strong>\u201d in the text box in front of the \u201c<strong>Publisher<\/strong>\u201d custom field<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Specify how the values related to this custom field to be displayed or edited in our plugin.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>You have to choose one of the below items:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>TextInput<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Checkbox<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Radio<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Array<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Calendar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Email<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Password<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>URL<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Image<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>File<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Editor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/choose-item.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1519\" height=\"660\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/choose-item.png\" alt=\"Custom field types in WordPress bulk post editing plugin\" class=\"wp-image-1721\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For some of them, you can assign other options to be displayed. For example, it is possible to choose \u201c<strong>Text Input<\/strong>\u201d to be displayed either as a \u201c<strong>String<\/strong>\u201d field or \u201c<strong>Number<\/strong>\u201d field as we did for the below Meta keys:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Publisher name: <strong>TextInput <\/strong>&gt; <strong>String<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Review: <strong>TextInput <\/strong>&gt; <strong>Number<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/text-input-example.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1519\" height=\"659\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/text-input-example.png\" alt=\"Text input option in WordPress bulk post editing plugin\" class=\"wp-image-1722\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To better understand how to assign the right item to your custom field, we are going to make some examples in the next step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Change order or delete the custom fields<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>If you add more than one custom field, you can easily \u201c<strong>Change their Order<\/strong>\u201d or \u201c<strong>Delete<\/strong>\u201d them by using the related Icon in each field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/change-and-delete-custom-fields.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1520\" height=\"663\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/change-and-delete-custom-fields.png\" alt=\"Change order or delete the custom fields\" class=\"wp-image-1723\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, in the picture below, we drag the \u201c<strong>Review<\/strong>\u201d field and try to drop it above the \u201c<strong>Publisher<\/strong>\u201d custom field:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/change-custom-fields-order.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1519\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/change-custom-fields-order.png\" alt=\"Change custom field order in WordPress bulk post editing plugin\" class=\"wp-image-1724\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Add a custom field automatically from a post<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need to add some custom fields related to a post to our plugin, you just need to type the post \u201cID\u201d in the text box under this field and then click on \u201c<strong>+<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, we typed \u201c1590\u201d and clicked on \u201c<strong>+<\/strong>\u201d, so the custom fields assigned to those posts were displayed in the opposite box:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/add-custom-field-from-a-post.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1519\" height=\"660\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/add-custom-field-from-a-post.png\" alt=\"Add custom field from post\" class=\"wp-image-1725\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, by clicking on \u201c<strong>Save Fields<\/strong>\u201d, you have access to those custom fields in the plugin:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bulk Edit Form.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Filter Form.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Column Profile.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bulk edit post meta in WordPress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>By clicking on the \u201c<strong>Bulk Edit<\/strong>\u201d tab, you can see the \u201c<strong>Custom Fields<\/strong>\u201d tab as shown below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/custom-field-tab.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1262\" height=\"406\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/custom-field-tab.jpg\" alt=\"Custom field tab in WordPress bulk post editing plugin\" class=\"wp-image-1726\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As we expected, all the custom fields we added in the \u201c<strong>Meta Fields<\/strong>\u201d tab are displayed here. Now, let\u2019s check how those Options are helping us to bulk edit these custom fields:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>TextInput:: String<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>As we assigned \u201cTextInput\u201d as a string option to the \u201cPublisher\u201d, we now have access to the condition box, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Append:<\/strong> to add value at the end of the publisher name<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Prepend:<\/strong> to add value at the beginning of the publisher name<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>New: <\/strong>to replace the whole name with a new one<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Delete: <\/strong>to remove some part of publisher&#8217;s name\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Replace:<\/strong> to replace some part of the publisher name<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/publisher-name-condition-box.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1261\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/publisher-name-condition-box.jpg\" alt=\"Publisher name's condition box\" class=\"wp-image-1727\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>TextInput :: Number<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>For the \u201cReview\u201d, as we assigned \u201cTextInput\u201d as Number, we have access to the items in the condition box which are related to editing its value as a number, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Set New:<\/strong> Replace the current value by a new number&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Clear Value:<\/strong> to remove the value<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Formula:<\/strong> to change the number according to a formula<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Increase by value:<\/strong> to increase the number by a value&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Decrease by value:<\/strong> to decrease the number by a value<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Increase by %:<\/strong> to decrease the number by a value%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Decrease by %:<\/strong> to decrease the number by a value%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/review-rate-condition-box.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1262\" height=\"564\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/review-rate-condition-box.jpg\" alt=\"Review rate's condition box\" class=\"wp-image-1728\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Some other options including below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>TextArray<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Email<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Password<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Website<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Are the same as \u201cTextInput\u201d, so, there is no need to explain them again, you can just choose the right option and enjoy editing the values related to them in an easy and effective way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other options available in the custom field tab, are displayed as below in the bulk edit form:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Checkbox<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>If you choose the checkbox, a combo box will be assigned to that meta key. So you have to choose one of the values from the drop down list to bulk edit the custom field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example,&nbsp; we added \u201cIs educational post?\u201d as a custom field and assigned checkbox to it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/check-box-item1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1325\" height=\"604\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/check-box-item1.jpg\" alt=\"Check box example in WordPress bulk post editing plugin\" class=\"wp-image-1729\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So, when we opened bulk edit form, a dropdown list including \u201c<strong>Yes<\/strong>\u201d or \u201c<strong>No<\/strong>\u201d option, had been created:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/check-box-item2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1261\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/check-box-item2.jpg\" alt=\"Drop down list in WordPress bulk post editing plugin\" class=\"wp-image-1730\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Calendar<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>If you assign \u201c<strong>Calendar<\/strong>\u201d type to your custom field values as we selected for \u201cDate of publishing next post\u201d, you can edit them as a date by a calendar in our plugin:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/calender-type2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1519\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/calender-type2.png\" alt=\"Filter by calendar \" class=\"wp-image-1731\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As shown below, when you need to bulk edit this custom field, a calendar will open and you can pick a date for it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/calender-type1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1186\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/calender-type1.png\" alt=\"Calendar option\" class=\"wp-image-1732\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, you have completely learned how to assign the right condition to the custom field. It&#8217;s time to check how to use these custom fields in other parts of our plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Use meta fields in column manager and column profile<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>All of the added custom fields are available in \u201c<strong>Column Profile<\/strong>\u201d form, which enables you to add\/remove each of them to \/ from the post table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, by adding \u201cPublisher Name\u201d, \u201cReview Rate\u201d and other meta keys under the custom fields part in the \u201c<strong>Column profile<\/strong>\u201d, as we did below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/column-profile.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1519\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/column-profile.png\" alt=\"Add column from column profile\" class=\"wp-image-1733\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>All of them were displayed in the post table:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/result-of-adding-columns.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1679\" height=\"725\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/result-of-adding-columns.png\" alt=\"Result of adding columns\" class=\"wp-image-1734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/result-of-adding-columns.png 1679w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/result-of-adding-columns-1536x663.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1679px) 100vw, 1679px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Use meta fields in filter form<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You have also access to the \u201c<strong>Custom Fields<\/strong>\u201d in the \u201c<strong>Filter Form<\/strong>\u201d to filter the posts according to their custom fields values and then bulk edit any other features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The items available in \u201c<strong>Filter Form<\/strong>\u201d depend on the type that you have assigned to that custom field.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, as we assigned <strong>Textinput<\/strong> &gt; <strong>String <\/strong>to the \u201cPublisher\u201d:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are now able to select one the below option as the condition to filter our preferred posts, related to that custom field:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Like<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exact<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Not<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Begin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>End<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Filter-by-custom-field.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1307\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Filter-by-custom-field.png\" alt=\"Filter by publisher name\" class=\"wp-image-1736\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For \u201cReview Rate\u201d field, as we assigned <strong>Textinput <\/strong>&gt; <strong>Number<\/strong>, we are able to filter the custom post by selecting a range of numbers for example from 2 to 5:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/filter-by-review-rate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1523\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/filter-by-review-rate.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1737\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now by clicking on \u201c<strong>Get posts<\/strong>\u201d, the WordPress custom posts will be displayed in the post table:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/get-posts.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1676\" height=\"723\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/get-posts.png\" alt=\"Filtered posts\" class=\"wp-image-1738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/get-posts.png 1676w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/get-posts-1536x663.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1676px) 100vw, 1676px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Bulk edit&nbsp;WordPress meta fields <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We are also able to bulk edit these WordPress custom fields as we described earlier. For example, It is possible to delete \u201cID\u201d from the publisher name as following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click on \u201c<strong>Bulk Edit<\/strong>\u201d button<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go to \u201c<strong>Custom Field<\/strong>\u201d tab<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose \u201c<strong>Delete<\/strong>\u201d from the condition box<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select \u201c<strong>ID<\/strong>\u201d from the variable box<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/delete-ID-from-publisher-name.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1258\" height=\"649\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/delete-ID-from-publisher-name.jpg\" alt=\"Delete by ID\" class=\"wp-image-1739\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click on \u201c<strong>Do bulk Edit<\/strong>\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/result-of-deleting-ID.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1680\" height=\"783\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/result-of-deleting-ID.png\" alt=\"Result of deleting by ID\" class=\"wp-image-1740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/result-of-deleting-ID.png 1680w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/result-of-deleting-ID-1536x716.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1680px) 100vw, 1680px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We completely discussed before, you can simply edit the value of the columns displayed in the post table by a few clicks at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/bulk-edit-multi-post-custom-post-custom-fields-at-the-same-time\/?utm_source=docs&amp;utm_content=add-custom-field\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to bulk edit multi WordPress post\/custom post custom fields at the same time?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to add custom meta fields in WordPress?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>On the WPBULKiT, go to custom field meta box. 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