You might have noticed the “Custom Fields” section at the bottom of your Posts page. These let you add any extra information you want to a post, which can then be used in your template to enhance the page. I’ve used these on different sites in different ways and it does add a certain amount of extra flexibility to what you’re doing.
Here are a couple of examples:
- ManxVoice: This uses custom fields for images and thumbnails related to the post. These are then used on the front page to enhance the display and make it look better for any viewers.
- Tweetburn: This website uses custom fields to populate content pages with Twitter accounts from different categories. You can see from the topic pages that they are quite unique in content.
As you can see Custom Fields give you an immense amount of power over what you can do with your site. For example, if you have a website about automotive lifts, you could specify images for different products and then use these in different ways on your site. And if you find them quite challenging, check out the More Fields Plugin that makes using custom fields much easier.
