What is a Custom Field?
Custom Fields let you store account-specific information under named categories and drop it into posts later. Custom fields can help eliminate the tedious task of manually adding these details to otherwise similar posts while creating and scheduling posts for each profile.
How to set up Custom Fields in RecurPost?
Here is an example of how to use and manage the custom field feature for your social profiles in RecurPost. There are two ways to access the custom field, which are explained below:
Option 1: The custom field option can be viewed in your post, whether you are creating a one-off post or adding a post to the library.
Option 2: You can go to the “Plugins” option by clicking on your name at the bottom-left corner and go to the “Manage” option under Custom Fields.
After setting up your custom field values, your custom field page will look like this.
Now, you can easily add these values to your post while scheduling a one-off post from the ‘Calendar‘ or adding a post to the library. Please refer to the screenshot below.
Important points to note:
– While creating a post, the values you entered in the custom field may not appear. However, they should be visible on your social profiles once your post is published through RecurPost.
– RecurPost will count characters of the custom fields, while the social platforms will count the characters of the values of your custom fields. So an error may occur if not used carefully.
You can now go to the “History” section on the ‘Calendar‘, where you can view your posted content. By selecting the “View in Social Profile” option, you should be able to see that your custom field has been successfully published.
You can also check out our video tutorial here:
We hope that you have found this article to be informative and useful. If you have any further questions or need help, please feel free to reach out to us at support@recurpost.com.
Using the Custom Fields plug-in
‘Custom Fields’ is a feature that allows you to save account-specific information in different categories that may later be added to posts. ‘Custom fields’ can help to reduce the time-consuming job of manually entering these details into otherwise comparable posts while producing and scheduling posts for each profile.
When you manage multiple social profiles and want the branding and messaging to be consistent, certain details, such as addresses, contact information, taglines, URLs, signatures, ID numbers, email addresses, legal disclaimers, and so on, must be customized to meet the needs of each profile. Custom fields are a feature for you.
To add the custom fields, you need to go to plug-ins and click on the ‘Manage‘ option under ‘Custom Fields’.
Once you have saved this custom field, you can easily add these values to your post while scheduling a one-off post from the dashboard or adding a post to the library. You will be able to view the option to add the custom field in your post when you are creating a one-off post or adding a post to the library.
The values you added in the custom field may not appear while creating a post. However, they should be available on your social profiles once your post is published using RecurPost. RecurPost will count the characters in your custom fields, whereas social platforms will count the characters of your custom field value.
Read more…To learn how the custom fields feature works.