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Anh Tran 3 months, 1 week ago.
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With wp_instert_post we can create and add meta data to the post at the same time.
Is there a get_post (or even better get_posts) counterpart that will allow us to grab posts with meta fields without the need of using get_post_meta for each custom field?
Given how metabox defines its custom fields, it should be possible to create a function that will get all fields at once by referencing the field group. I am currently doing something like this but I end up calling the metabox get meta wrapper function in a foreach cycle.
It would be ideal to make a join and grab a post with all its meta, querying the DB only once.
Has this been considered?
Is this already available?
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Hi Mauro,
If performance is your concern, then using Meta Box helper functions or get_post_meta is totally fine. WordPress will query all post meta only once, cache them and don’t make extra queries if you call get_post_meta multiple times.
In case you want a single function that returns all meta value, WordPress has get_post_custom() function:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_post_custom
Just a note that it returns the raw values stored in the post meta, the same as get_post_meta.
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