Title: Extend Post Data
Author: Mark Howells-Mead
Published: <strong>August 21, 2015</strong>
Last modified: January 6, 2020

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Extend Post Data

 By [Mark Howells-Mead](https://profiles.wordpress.org/markhowellsmead/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/mhm-extend-postdata.1.0.9.zip)

 * [Details](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/mhm-extend-postdata/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/mhm-extend-postdata/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/mhm-extend-postdata/#installation)
 * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/mhm-extend-postdata/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mhm-extend-postdata/)

## Description

Automatically extends Post and Page data with an array containing all of the extra
meta data pertinent to the `$post` object.

## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. The `$post` object will contain a sub-object `$post->metadata` after running a 
    regular WordPress query, containing any additional meta information assigned to
    the Post.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Extend Post Data” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Mark Howells-Mead ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/markhowellsmead/)

[Translate “Extend Post Data” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/mhm-extend-postdata)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mhm-extend-postdata/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/mhm-extend-postdata/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/mhm-extend-postdata/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/mhm-extend-postdata/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.9

 * Version number cleaning

#### 1.0.8

 * Confirmation of compatibility up to WordPress 5.3.2.

#### 1.0.7

 * Confirmation of compatibility up to WordPress 5.2.0.
 * PHP code tidying – no functional changes.
 * Add plugin icon (SVG).
 * Change owner name to Say Hello GmbH.

#### 1.0.6

 * Confirmation of compatibility with WordPress 4.7.
 * Remove unused “key” variable.
 * No functional changes.

#### 1.0.5

 * Confirms compatibility with WordPress 4.6.

#### 1.0.4

 * Confirm compatibility with WordPress 4.5.

#### 1.0.3.1

 * Correct version number assignment for SVN.

#### 1.0.3

 * Update README

#### 1.0.2

 * Add plugin icon (SVG)

#### 1.0.1

 * Confirm compatibility with WordPress 4.4.2.

#### 1.0

 * Initial version

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.9**
 *  Last updated **6 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.2 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **5.3.21**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mhm-extend-postdata/)
 * Tags
 * [extend](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/extend/)[meta](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/meta/)
   [metadata](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/metadata/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/mhm-extend-postdata/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ Mark Howells-Mead ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/markhowellsmead/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mhm-extend-postdata/)

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