{"id":55,"date":"2019-05-31T11:27:46","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T11:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plugins.vjinfotech.com\/wordpress-import-export\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=55"},"modified":"2024-10-18T10:25:37","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T10:25:37","slug":"serialization-array-custom-fields","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/plugins.vjinfotech.com\/wordpress-import-export\/documentation\/serialization-array-custom-fields\/","title":{"rendered":"Serialization &#038; Array Custom Fields"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"basics\" ><strong>Basics<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>If you aren\u2019t a developer and don\u2019t know what serialization is, this article will probably be over your head. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-is-serialization\" ><strong>What Is Serialization?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>In very rare cases, some themes store multiple data points in a single field. Themes shouldn\u2019t do this. It\u2019s not nice, and the practice is generally frowned upon, but it still happens. These fields are often called <strong>Serialized Fields<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To add a serialized meta\/custom field, enter the meta\/custom field name, then click the <strong>Multiple values?<\/strong> checkbox and define what&#8217;s imported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"856\" height=\"1004\" src=\"https:\/\/plugins.vjinfotech.com\/wordpress-import-export\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plugins.vjinfotech.com\/wordpress-import-export\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2-1.png 856w, https:\/\/plugins.vjinfotech.com\/wordpress-import-export\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2-1-256x300.png 256w, https:\/\/plugins.vjinfotech.com\/wordpress-import-export\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2-1-768x901.png 768w, https:\/\/plugins.vjinfotech.com\/wordpress-import-export\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2-1-43x50.png 43w, https:\/\/plugins.vjinfotech.com\/wordpress-import-export\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2-1-600x704.png 600w, https:\/\/plugins.vjinfotech.com\/wordpress-import-export\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2-1-320x375.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 856px) 100vw, 856px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Serialize\u00a0feature generates an array with the key => value pairs you specify, and then returns the <a href=\"http:\/\/php.net\/manual\/en\/function.serialize.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">serialized<\/a> value of the array.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This option allows you to add unlimited serialized data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht_kb_category":[5],"ht_kb_tag":[],"class_list":["post-55","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-importing-meta-fields"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plugins.vjinfotech.com\/wordpress-import-export\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plugins.vjinfotech.com\/wordpress-import-export\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plugins.vjinfotech.com\/wordpress-import-export\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plugins.vjinfotech.com\/wordpress-import-export\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plugins.vjinfotech.com\/wordpress-import-export\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/plugins.vjinfotech.com\/wordpress-import-export\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":966,"href":"https:\/\/plugins.vjinfotech.com\/wordpress-import-export\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb\/55\/revisions\/966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plugins.vjinfotech.com\/wordpress-import-export\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plugins.vjinfotech.com\/wordpress-import-export\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb_category?post=55"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plugins.vjinfotech.com\/wordpress-import-export\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb_tag?post=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}