How to show the standard Wordpress Custom Fields metabox

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Last updated by Shane 2 years, 7 months ago.

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April 7, 2022 at 2:52 pm #2336199

Kenneth Horn

I am trying to find how to display in the post Admin backend the standard WordPress Custom Fields metabox for POSTS and PAGES? I could have sworn I used to see these on all my POSTS and PAGES. How do I display this on the backend?

April 7, 2022 at 3:14 pm #2336221

Shane

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Hi Kenneth,

Thank you for getting in touch.

If you're using the gutenburg editor then it's quite possible that these metaboxes have been disabled by default

To enable it you'll need to click the menu button on the top right hand corner of your editor window then go to Preference.

Once you're here you should see a pop window like my screenshot. Under the Panels tab just toggle custom fields on and click Enable and Reload and you should now be getting the wordpress metaboxes for custom fields.

Thanks,
Shane