Default field is not working - Meta Box

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September 30, 2016 at 5:04 AM #4179

Resolved piretrus
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`The default value is not working. When the metaboxes charge in the post, the value of the fields with default value are blank, don't return anything, until write or select something.
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September 30, 2016 at 1:48 PM #4188

piretrus
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If the post is new, all the default values loads correctly, but if is old not.

September 30, 2016 at 1:49 PM #4189

piretrus
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It's my code:

https://ghostbin.com/paste/g6uwn

October 3, 2016 at 8:33 AM #4218

Anh Tran
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For old posts, the custom fields already have some value (even empty values). So it doesn't make any sense to set the default value anymore.

October 6, 2016 at 3:20 PM #4245

piretrus
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It's possible force to recover the default values from metabox?

We have 5 metabox configurations, and by default witch type of post have a metabox. The idea is that all the custom psot type with name XX have the same default values from his metabox.

It will be possible to force that and old post come back to the defaults values?

October 8, 2016 at 2:25 PM #4260
Anh Tran
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If you just want to revert the default value for the old post, you can just run this code:
```
$post_id = 123; // Your post ID
$field_id = 'abc'; // The field ID
$default = 'some thing'; // Default value
update_post_meta( $post_id, $field_id, $default );
```
Put it in a functionality plugin and run it once.
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