[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #6586: WordPress 2.5 - Custom Field anomalies

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#6586: WordPress 2.5 - Custom Field anomalies
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 Reporter:  doodlebee  |       Owner:  anonymous    
     Type:  defect     |      Status:  new          
 Priority:  normal     |   Milestone:               
Component:  General    |     Version:  2.5.1        
 Severity:  major      |    Keywords:  custom fields
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 I scoured the forums and posted on the wp-testers list about this, but the
 only thing I've gotten is a response backing up that this is an issue (and
 not just mine) so I figured I should plop it in here.

 Keeping it short and sweet - WP 2.5 has some serious issues with custom
 fields.  Basically, they don't show up.  I'm not talking about the other
 issue (like you can find
 here:http://trac.wordpress.org/search?q=custom+fields+%22draft+created+on%22&wiki=on&changeset=on&ticket=on)
 - this is a whole different animal.

 I add the custom fields in 2.5 - enter in a key and value, click "add
 custom field", and it does it's thinkg, working like it's adding it to the
 post or Page.  But when I scroll down, it's gone.  Clicking the dropdown
 only shows the podPress key.  I did it a couple more times (thinking maybe
 that's what it took) but the same thing happened over and over again.

 I looked in my database, and there were new entries added to the wp_meta
 table - as many new entries as attempts to add.  So something's being
 written to the database - unfortunately it's the wrong thing.  What it's
 doing is creating new key/value pairs in the database that are
 "_wp_page_template" (key) and "default" (value).  Over and over again.  No
 matter what I enter, they show up in there as that - NOT the stuff I
 entered.  I tried to manually correct the information in the database
 itself, and the "value" took (but the value actually showed up in the
 dropdown - not the key), and the value still won't change.

 Hopefully that makes sense!

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