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March 3, 2023 at 12:19 AM #40795
Solace
ParticipantHi there, I just changed one of the existing custom fields from textarea to a WYSIWYG editor and now all the data in those fields is gone for all posts. If I try to resave it removes all the data in the fields. I went in and changed the WYSIWYG to textarea but it still behaves the same way. Meta Box is on the latest version 5.6.17
March 3, 2023 at 12:45 AM #40797ParticipantDid some more troubleshooting. I reverted to a backup and tried adding new posts and it worked fine. However when I change the textarea to WYSIWYG it loses all the data. Here is the json file for the custom fields: https://solacem-my.sharepoint.com/:u:/g/personal/sunny_solace_media/EcWN0D6URdxEtKYee3aPYK8BQjd8WiqR2CCFGYz_aCw0HA?e=drosv9
March 3, 2023 at 6:13 PM #40804Peter
ModeratorHello,
I've had a similar issue, to resolve it, just delete the old field and create a new one with the same field ID to display the field value when editing the post.
March 3, 2023 at 11:32 PM #40819ParticipantThanks Peter, but that would delete all the data right?
March 4, 2023 at 2:31 AM #40823ParticipantThe issue is fixed now. I had to go in and delete individual fields and replace them with the same id and it all works now! Looks like a corruption perhaps? It would be a good idea to create a tool to fix corrupted custom fields don't you think?
March 4, 2023 at 2:42 PM #40833ModeratorHello,
I'm not able to reproduce the issue on my end from scratch. For now, if you save a field WYSIWYG value in a post then change the field type to textarea and the value still displays as well. Can you please try to reproduce the issue in a fresh install of WordPress and Meta Box?
March 6, 2023 at 10:37 PM #40854ParticipantI think you may have misunderstood my question. The issue has been resolved but I had to go in and delete all the old custom fields and add new custom fields with the same id. Not a big deal for some but for others it may be a huge inconvenience if there are a lot of custom fields. So what I was proposing is a tool that Meta Box can develop which can automatically go in and fix corrupted custom fields, it's just a suggestion 🙂
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