Details
Custom Fields for WP e-Commerce allows store owners to manage additional Product detail fields with the ease WordPress users have come used to through standard field controls displayed on the Add/Edit Products page in both WP e-Commerce 3.8+ and legacy 3.7 stores.
The recent release of Custom Fields 1.1 includes support for text boxes in conjunction to standard input fields, this enhancement makes it possible for store owners to add additional content blocks to the Product detail page.
WP e-Commerce Compatibility
- WP e-Commerce 3.7 ready (up to 3.7.8)
- WP e-Commerce 3.8+ ready (up to 3.13.*)
Documentation
Looking for support, a copy of the readme, Plugin updates, Ideas or usage instructions? Check out our Documentation for Custom Fields.
hi, im trying to show the custom data with this code:
ID, “_wpsc_foto2”, true); ?>
_wpsc_foto2 is a custom field with some data…
but nothing happend… can someone help me?
Hey Micheal.
I was wondering… if I was to migrate my site to another domain, would I be able to keep the custom fields intact. Or would I have to reload the custom fields? (meaning….the custom field data for each product as well as the custom field setup in the admin (slugs, etc))
Thanks
Hi Chuck, the data will remain intact but it depends on the migration method you use, for instance are you exporting your WordPress database via Tools > Export or simply cloning the database as an .SQL and unpacking it on your new domain? Custom Field labels are stored within the WordPress options table and Custom Field details for a Product are stored within the Post details table. 🙂
So just so im clear…
Cloning the database as an .SQL and unpacking it on your new domain will keep the data intact?
“data” meaning… “custom fields I created” AND the “product data within each field”.
Hi Chuck, that’s correct! Make sure you deactivate all your Plugins before creating your .SQL file as you can corrupt your WordPress install if you miss this step! 🙂
Thank you Michael.
ok deactivate ALL plugins.
Is Wp- E commerce included in the plugins I have to deactivate?
Especially WP e-Commerce, cForms is the only Plugin where I’ve seen this happen but I use it as a rule now to deactivate prior to exporting. 🙂
I have used this plugin a couple times on other websites but now on the current one I am using, the link to the Custom fields option will not show up under the settings menu. Any suggestions?
Same issue here. Don’t find the “custom fields” link in the admin menu.
A WP 3.3.1 or/and WP ecommerce 4.0 issue ?.
I’m looking forward, let’s saty in touch.
No time to lose. This other plugin is working fine and do the same http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-field-suite/
In fact no need to use a plugin “add meta data” box in the product panel do the job. just put some code in the “wpc_single_product” page to display it, like this exemple:
<code
<?php if (wpsc_custom_meta_name('pma_nextgen'))
echo "”.nggShowGallery(wpsc_custom_meta_value(),null).””;
}
?>
et hop ! http://www.vascobelo.net/store/shop/koffie/il-presto-250gr/
Any updates on this issue? The custom field link has disappeared from the admin menu. Any help would be great.
Hi Dillon, please find the Custom Fields page under Products > Attributes. 🙂
ahhh didnt realize it had changed haha. thanks!
I’m also having the problem that custom fields disappear. Sometimes I add a field and suddenly every field is gone except the new one. Today I backuped the DB with wp-db-backup and after that the fields were gone, too… any idea how to fix this?
Hi Timo, I’ve been able to reproduce this issue and am now working on a fix. 🙂
Good to see that you will take care of it.
I’m not sure wether it’s a problem caused by my plugin combinations, but may it be that deleted custom fields still exist in the database? Or was ist the old plugin version I was using before (1.3).
Anyway, you probably know it’s a great plugin you published here which helped me alot!
Hi Timo, please download the 1.4.2 Plugin update, there indeed was an issue in saving new custom fields causing the previous custom fields to be overwritten. 🙂
http://www.visser.com.au/wp-ecommerce/plugins/custom-fields/
I will download and test now. Thanks for the fast update!
Hi Michael,
I downloaded from all the links on this page, but am still getting the same error. The first two work, but when I add a third, the previous ones are deleted and only the 3rd one is left??
Ok… I tried this again… 4 times to see if I can find a pattern.
It seems to clear out all the the custom fields after I create this field.
Name: Discount
Slug: disc
Field Type: Dropdown
Options: 10%|20%|30%|40%|50%
I also tried..
Options: 10 Percent Off |20 Percent Off|30 Percent Off|40 Percent Off|50 Percent Off
I also tried (1) option..
Options: 10 Percent Off
After I click Update…. when it returns to the custom field list screen…. only (1) custom field remain.
Hi Chuck, I’ve emailed you a copy of the latest Custom Fields. I did note that the Price slug needs to be altered as it conflicts with WP e-Commerce’s own ‘_wpsc_price’ Post meta key. 🙂
It cleared all the fields after clicked update on the field creation page.
These are the fields in created before it cleared the fields.
artist – slug:artist
type – slug:type
edition size – slug:esize
Edition Option 1 – slug:eoption1
Edition Option 2 – slug:eoption2
Edition Option 3 – slug:eoption3
Edition Option 4 – slug:eoption4
Status – slug:status
Ok… I just created my half my fields again… but wen I clicked update… all the fields disappeared again??? Only the last one I created is still there. Bug???
I cant go on with production until i get this handled. Please Help.
Thanks.
Woah! All my custom fields are gone ??!
Michael.. is there a limit to the number of custom fields you can have? I have close to 25 fields. Everything was fine until I added my last field (close to # 20 i believe). When I went back to the custom field admin…. every field I had was gone except the last one I added. ??
Please help. This has set me back big time.
Thanks.
Hi Chuck, there’s no limit, I’ll have a play locally and see if I can reproduce it. Did it blow out just as you added a new field or after updating a Product’s details? If you can please send me a list of the fields to help, it might just be an encoding issue/special characters. Thanks Chuck. 🙂
This plugin is heaven sent!
The normal positioning of my custom fields (addons/Unordered list) is working fine.
Question… Is it possible to display a individual custom field (one field) apart from the custom field list list I have placed in the addon section of the template. For example… if i wanted to put “one” of the fields in the description section (above the addon section).
I tried pasting in the description section of the the Single Product template… but it didnt show up.
I hope i’m being clear with my question.
Thanks for your help.
Hi Chuck, sure can! Use the ‘slug’ attribute along with the standard template tag for Custom Fields. Here’s an example, I’ve been meaning to update the documentation across the suite of Plugins; keeping very busy here!
< ?php echo wpsc_cf_the_custom_fields( 'slug=colour' ); ?>
Thanks for responding Michael.
I cant seem to get this thing to show up.
product); ?>
Does this look ok?
product); ?>
?? my sample code is not showing up.
This I pasted this is my template.. not showing. Am I missing something?
http://b-graphics.com/code
Great plug-in. Is there any way of adding a ‘select box’ option along with the ‘input’ and ‘text area’ field options, where we can specify values to add? I need a drop-down box of sizes. I cannot use variations as it creates too many individual products. The ‘Simple Product Options’ plug-in works but you cannot structure it into an order and I also need an input field to sit with it all anyway – which Simple Product Options does not offer. Basically… i’m after a mix of both 🙂
I can create exactly what I want in CForms but it will not show on product page. And even if i could, it wouldn’t carry the information through the checkout, it would just submit even if they didn’t go through with the purchase.
Hi George, take a look at the dropdown option in the most recent releases. 🙂
Hi Michael. Thank you for the reply. I don’t think I explained myself very well. I’ve found the drop down options which is great, but is there anyway of getting these options onto the product page so that the END USER can choose from them? Then the info is carried through to the checkout?
Hi George, just chasing up on old comments. This is not covered in Custom Fields, look up Personalisation and other Plugins that cater for Checkout-related fields. 🙂
Will this add the custom fields to the importer so I can match them with my csv file? Also will this allow us to have an image field so that we can put the image URL in our uploaded csv file? If not what premium plugins will do these?
Hi Travis, sure does, if you’re using Custom Fields and Product Importer Deluxe you can import against custom fields, in the next Plugin update for Exporter it will also export any custom fields so you can merge Product updates easily.
Product Importer Deluxe can import Product images based on external URL’s and image filenames, take a look at what’s available. 🙂
http://www.visser.com.au/wp-ecommerce/plugins/product-importer-deluxe/
Really appreciate the creation of this plugin. Almost shot myself having to figure out how to use the the default Custom Meta.
Anyway, 1 thing I noticed is after I’ve saved my Custom Field settings, the Layout defaults back to Table instead of my selection – Unordered List.
Hi Danny, thanks for the heads up. I’ll take a look into this… 🙂
Michael, I also experienced this. When I hit the Add New and added a new product with the right sort order, I believe the sort order wasn’t saved. I had to edit the same product sort order again and update before it was saved.
Hope this information helps make this plugin more awesome. 🙂
I emailed last week for support and have received no response. For whatever reason, only 7 out of 10 custom fields I created work. I’ve tried removing and recreating them, but this does not solve the problem. Solutions?
Hi Stephanie, I do my best to support this suite of free Plugins, Premium Plugins do get priority however.
I’ve responded to your e-mail requesting versions as well as some sample fields so I can reproduce your issue. Thanks Steph. 🙂
I seem to be having a problem with dropdowns in this plugin.
The first option comes up as the default and is reflected correctly in the product listing. However when I edit the product the drop down changes to the last product in the list of custom fields.
I am trying to get your custom fields working, however, I cannot get it to show up on the product page. I have little experience with PHP, and have not idea which section to insert the PHP code into. I have already tried a few places.
Also, I created the custom field, but in the Add product screen, there doesn’t appear to be a way to actually create options in that field. Can you help?
Kind regards,
Andrew Roberts
Hi Andrew, I’m sure you figured this out but I’m going through and commenting on idle threads, if you set the Position to ‘Addons’ it should display without a hitch, this is ofcourse dependant on your WordPresss Theme (and WP e-Commerce Theme) supporting the standard WP e-Commerce template positions. 🙂
Hi!
Custom fields is almost exactly what I need. I was wondering if there are any plans to enable custom fields to have specific product categories? I have a client that brokers used cars and real-estate and I need two completely different sets of custom fields for those two categories.
I would also like to know if there is a possibility to translate custom fields with WPML.
Hi TDZWeb, as the custom fields only show if populated under Add/Edit Products you could just leave the Car/Estate-only fields empty and they won’t show up. I’ve added an Idea to track limiting custom fields by Product Category.
http://www.visser.com.au/forums/topic/limit-custom-fields-to-specific-product-categories/
WPML support is just around the corner, I’m in discussions with the team at the moment. 🙂
WPML… really? 🙂
Well that is amazing news! Thanks for looking into it!
Great stuff! Thank you for your reply 🙂
Limiting the custom fields to specific product category is a good feature, can’t wait for it to be added to the plugin!