Class: AC\Column\CustomFieldContext
The AC\Column\CustomFieldContext class contains the properties, options, and methods of a custom field column. The class extends both the AC\Column\Context class and inherits all its methods.
The main scenario where you might want to use AC\Column\CustomFieldContext is when you have been using a filter or action to hook into Admin Columns and one of the callback values is a Custom Field column object.
Please read over the extended comments found above each function to learn more.
/admin-columns/classes/Column/CustomFieldContext.php on github.
/admin-columns/classes/Column/Context.php on github.
Method and properties
get_type(): string
Returns column-meta . The column type identifier.
get_meta_key(): string
Returns the selected meta key of the custom field column.
get_meta_type(): string
Returns the custom field meta type. e.g. post, user, comment and term.
get_post_type(): string
Returns the custom field meta type. e.g. post, page, product, custom-post-type etc.
get_field_type(): string
Returns the field type of the custom fied column. e.g. excerpt, color, date, numeric, image, link, checkmark, library_id, title_by_id, user_by_id.
Field Types
The custom field type mapping is as follows:
| Field Type | Key |
| Default | '' |
| Color | color |
| Date | date |
| Image | image |
| Number | numeric |
| Text | excerpt |
| Select | select |
| URL | link |
| HTML | html |
| Has Content | has_content |
| True / False | checkmark |
| Media | library_id |
| User | user_by_id |
| Multiple Values (serialised) | array |
| Number of Fields | count |
Example Usage
In these examples we change the column value of the `Custom Field` column with the use of the ac/column/render filter: View examples.