Display Post Meta Plugin

This plugin was designed for the purpose of outputting the meta data associated with a WP post or page so developers and site designers can verify what information is available.

To use this plugin, simply activate then either simply navigate to a post, page or custom post type and then click on the “DPM” link in the toolbar. For those who have the toolbar disabled, setting show_meta=true in the URL will activate the meta display. Example:

http://example.com/test-post/?show_meta=true 

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Using this plugin is very simple. All you have to do is:

1. Upload the display-post-meta folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory

2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

3. Navigate to any Post or Page on your website and click on the “DPM” link in the toolbar.

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What is this plugin for?

When working with WordPress it is often useful to view the meta data that is being associated with a given post or page. This can be helpful especially when designing templates and other such things. This plugin simply outputs in a visual way, all the data it can find.

What can we expect in future releases?

• A better looking design.

• Choices for how you would like to the data to be displayed.

• More detailed data pertaining to the current post.

1.5

• Check to ensure user is an administrator before displaying content or button rather than just logged in
• Don’t show the toolbar button on archives, admin pages and others where it doesn’t make sense
• Show the toolbar button for small screens (was hidden)
• Add a Post Meta link next to the Edit post link on the front end
• Show meta data inline when Post Meta link is clicked

1.4

• Added “Other” section which includes post info like author, published date, ID and current template
• Added some sanitization for increased security
• Refactored lots of the core code for more clarity and flexibility
• Added a close button on the info screen

1.3.1

• Placed all core functions into a class
• Improved WordPress coding standards compliance

1.3

• Lots of styling adjustments
• Output content on wp_footer hook instead of wp (which was so dumb)
• Better naming and modulation of functions
• Add support for custom taxonomies on all post types
• Greatly improved display of custom field data
• Removed the [show_meta] shortcode
• Add clarifying statement if no custom fields

1.2.0

• Some updates to fix the function of DPM button
• Add active style to the DMP Button

1.1.4

• Ability added to close DPM window by clicking on ‘DPM’ from the admin bar

1.1.3

• Fix for a few undefined index errors showing when in debug mode.

1.1.2

• Register stylesheet
• Enqueue stylesheet if show_meta query parameter is equal to true

1.1.1

• Better function names
• DPM link actually adds a query arg instead of just appending to the URL
• Display now looks for the show_meta query parameter instead of parsing the URL

1.1

• Better CSS
• Fixed taxonomy loop to no longer nest

1.0

• Initial release.