Print Pods field in WordPress template

This is how you print Pods field in WordPress template files. When using pods there are some snippets that I use very often I thought I would make a collection of them so they are all in one place and open for anyone to use them. Here they are:

Print Pods field in WordPress template

In the following Example I am looking for event_date field in a POD called named pods_cpt_event. Since This code is in a template file that gets called for any content type i am doing a few if statements to be sure to only print it in the right place.

If you have a special template file set up for it the TEST1 and TEST2 is not necessary.

<?php
  global $post;
  $pod = pods($post->post_type);
?>

<!-- TEST 1:  if it's POD generated custom content type-->
<?php if ((!empty($pod)) && is_pod($pod)): ?>

  <!-- YES this is a POD -->

  <!-- TEST 2: If it's the actual content type that we want -->
  <?php if (($post->post_type == 'pods_cpt_event')): ?>
    
      <?php 
        // initialize field as empty
        $event_date = "";
        // Try to get content of the field 
        $event_date = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), 'event_date', true );
      ?>

      <!-- 3. TEST if not empty and print in TPL file  -->
      <?php if (!empty($event_date)): ?>
        <div>
          <?php echo $event_date; ?>
        </div>
      <?php endif ?>

  <?php else: ?>
  <!-- END TEST 2: it's a POD but not the 'pods_cpt_event' content type -->
    
  <?php endif ?>

<?php else: ?>

  <!-- END TEST 1: not a POD, could be a POST or a PAGE  -->
  <!-- Continue as usual. -->

<?php endif ?>

Same implementation inside your theme’s functions.php

Following the same logic in the theme’s function.php would look like this.

<?php
function your_custom_function(){

global $post;
// LM: Initialize ALL POD fields as empty
    $event_date = "";

    // LM: Get the POD
    $pod = pods($post->post_type);
    // LM: Chek if POD
    if ((!empty($pod)) && is_pod($pod)) {
      // LM: Check if right pod
      if ($post->post_type == 'pods_cpt_event') {
        // LM: Get the field
        $event_date = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), 'event_date', true );
      }
    }

  // LM: Print it!
   if ( !empty($project_website_link_field) ){
    echo $event_date;
  }

}
?>

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