I had that one too ... <br><br>I don't think there is a lot that can really be done about the use of custom fields. Obviously several themes are using them for various reasons ... the only thing I can think of at the moment is to keep an eye out for malicious usage.<br>
<br><br>Cais.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Chip Bennett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net">chip@chipbennett.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
I also had one add a "geo-public" key, with value "0".<div><br></div><div>In any case, what are you thoughts?</div><div><br></div><div><font color="#888888">Chip</font><div><div></div><div class="h5">
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Edward Caissie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:edward.caissie@gmail.com" target="_blank">edward.caissie@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">I saw that "superawesome" custom field key before ... never did track down which theme wrote it.<br>
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Cais.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div>On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Chip Bennett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net" target="_blank">chip@chipbennett.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div></div><div>I just ran into another one, thanks to a Theme that outputs all of a post's custom field keys/values as post meta data: apparently, some Themes are adding custom fields to posts.<div>
<br></div><div>Should there be some guidance here? Specifically, should Themes be adding meta information/custom field keys/values to existing posts without user knowledge?</div>
<div><br></div><div>In my case, one Theme added various default Thumbnail images as custom fields, and another Theme added a "superawesome" custom field key (with a value of "false").</div><div><br></div>
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