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    copied!<p>For some reason, I cannot get WP_Query to return the custom field values of posts. I can get the post thumbnails using <code>get_the_post_thumbnail($post-&gt;ID, array(50,50))</code>, but I cannot get the custom field data using <code>get_post_meta($post-&gt;ID, $key, true)</code>.</p> <p>A stripped-down version of what I'm trying to do:</p> <pre><code>&lt;?php $keys = array('Show Date','Birth Year','Origin'); echo '&lt;table&gt;'; echo '&lt;tr&gt;&lt;th&gt;Title&lt;/th&gt;'; foreach( $keys as $key ) { echo '&lt;th&gt;' . $key . '&lt;th&gt;'; } echo '&lt;/tr&gt;'; $myquery = new WP_Query( 'post_type=post' ); if( $myquery-&gt;have_posts() ) : while( $myquery-&gt;have_posts() ) : $myquery-&gt;the_post(); $title = get_the_title(); echo '&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;' . $title . '&lt;/td&gt;'; $values = array(); foreach( $keys as $key ) { $values[] = get_post_meta($post-&gt;ID, $key, true); } foreach( $values as $value ) { echo '&lt;td&gt;'; echo $value; echo '&lt;/td&gt;'; } echo '&lt;/tr&gt;'; endwhile; endif; echo '&lt;/table&gt;'; ?&gt; </code></pre> <p>Also available here:<br> <a href="http://pastebin.com/at8S2THs" rel="nofollow">http://pastebin.com/at8S2THs</a></p> <p>Even with all non-essential code removed, I cannot make this work. I know you can use parameters like <code>meta_key</code> and <code>meta_value</code> in a query to narrow down the results, but I just want to display all values for the keys I specify, if they exist, for each post.</p> <p>Any help would be greatly appreciated...</p> <p>** SOLUTION FOUND **</p> <p>Just needed to add <code>global $post;</code> after the start of the loop. Thanks to @Kimikaze on the WP support forum for providing the solution!</p>
 

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