[wp-hackers] Meta boxes and post metadata

[Steve Taylor]

A plugin I do (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/developers-custom-fields/)
used to create DB records even if nothing was entered into the custom
field. I changed it to not create a record if the value is empty, also
to delete the existing record if it exists, but the new value entered
is empty.

No problems so far - I think in retrieving values you get the same
result from an empty record as from no record.

I'd be interested to hear if anyone else has alternate views on this.

Cheers,

Steve


On 20 February 2013 16:05, Radi Varbanov <aparoph at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> First time posting here, so please bare with me :)
>
> I am working on a site that is using the Yoast wpseo plugin and noticed
> that even if you leave the SEO fields empty the plugin will store an empty
> row into the wp_postmeta table. That made me think about how I should use
> meta boxes.
>
> So my question is:
> When I use custom meta boxes should I also insert empty rows into the
> wp_postmeta table or I should check to see if the fields is empty and if it
> is, do not store anything? With small websites that my be not a problem but
> when you have 50k+ posts and have ~10 custom post meta boxes and 11 form
> the SEO plugin that adds up very fast.
>
> Thanks,
> Radi.
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