Screencast: Advanced Uses for Custom Fields in WordPress
More than any other single feature, what makes WordPress a CMS as opposed to just a blogging platform is custom fields. Custom fields are chunks of data that travel along with posts and pages in key/value pairs. This data can be pulled out and used in your templates as you choose, allowing for all kinds of smart and interesting things to be done.
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