THE MOLITOR FORUMS » Topic: Custom post options not populating in post backend http://www.themolitor.com/forums/topic/custom-post-options-not-populating-in-post-backend THE MOLITOR FORUMS » Topic: Custom post options not populating in post backend en-US Wed, 06 May 2026 01:48:22 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://www.themolitor.com/forums/search.php THE MOLITOR on "Custom post options not populating in post backend" http://www.themolitor.com/forums/topic/custom-post-options-not-populating-in-post-backend#post-31207 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 13:49:47 +0000 THE MOLITOR 31207@http://www.themolitor.com/forums/

Hi there,

As of version 1.7.0 the custom post options (i.e. lat/long settings, etc) are completely new. The old custom post options data is still on your database, but it's not displayed on the post edit screen.

There are a few main reasons for this change: (1) the previous setup didn't allow for interaction with a front-end submission form, (2) the previous setup was slowly becoming deprecated with each WordPress update, and (3) the newer system is faster, smaller and more robust for new features (which I've been implementing regularly since this change).

If you want to view the old custom post options on the post edit screen (in addition to the new custom post options), open functions.php and change the following on lines 119-122 from this...

////////////////////////
//LEGACY CUSTOM POST OPTIONS
////////////////////////
//include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/include/old-post-meta.php');

...to this...

////////////////////////
//LEGACY CUSTOM POST OPTIONS
////////////////////////
include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/include/old-post-meta.php');

After making that change, you should be able to view both the old and new custom post options on the post edit screen.

Let me know if that helps.

Best,

Chris

dermody on "Custom post options not populating in post backend" http://www.themolitor.com/forums/topic/custom-post-options-not-populating-in-post-backend#post-31204 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 10:34:16 +0000 dermody 31204@http://www.themolitor.com/forums/

I just updated to the latest version. I was hoping this would fix the issue as it was happening in the previous version as well.

THE MOLITOR on "Custom post options not populating in post backend" http://www.themolitor.com/forums/topic/custom-post-options-not-populating-in-post-backend#post-31203 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 10:17:28 +0000 THE MOLITOR 31203@http://www.themolitor.com/forums/

Hi there,

What version of the theme are you using?

Best,

Chris

dermody on "Custom post options not populating in post backend" http://www.themolitor.com/forums/topic/custom-post-options-not-populating-in-post-backend#post-31199 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 09:32:47 +0000 dermody 31199@http://www.themolitor.com/forums/

I have migrated my site over to a new install and imported the data. Everything is working fine on the front end and is in the database correctly, unfortunately the custom post option values are not being populated in the posts back end. Any ideas on what needs to be done so this data becomes visible.