Profile: lemoigneL

Problem: I have some custom code that uses types_child_posts to get a list of child posts. Then I am able to use the $post->fields['field-slug'] syntax to display custom post fields from the child post. However, if I use the native WordPress get_posts function to get the child posts, I am not able to use the same $post->fields['field-slug'] syntax to get information about a custom field.

Solution: The native WordPress get_posts function does not return information about custom fields, so you must use get_post_meta to retrieve custom field information about each post returned by get_posts.

$date = get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), 'wpcf-date', true);
echo date('l jS \of F Y h:i:s A', $date);

Relevant Documentation:
https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_posts/
https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_post_meta/