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Jessica DiPonziano
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Jessica DiPonziano
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Custom field is deleting the description input, why?

I created the custom field like in the video, the images work fine, but for some reason when I type in the description box and click save, the description is deleted. How can I fix this?

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Jessica DiPonziano
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I changed the field name from description to details and everything worked. I guess the field 'description' is conflicting with another field probably named description somewhere else in the site.

Jonathan Grieve
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Jonathan Grieve
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If this is what I think you're saying then what's happening is the information you type into the description is being saved into the database but the "support" for the custom field is checked out.

To check for this go to your CPT-UI plugin in the admin area and select Add/Edit Post Types. You should see the post type slug visialbe in the list, select this then head down to the part of the page headed "support". Check that "description" has a tick next to it.

I hope I understood you right and this has helped :)

Jessica DiPonziano
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Thank you for the response Jonathan but I already have all the proper supports checked. I saw that suggestion in other questions. My problem is when I type in the description field on the portfolio piece and click publish, everything I put in the description box just disappears and doesn't publish or save it anywhere. Is so strange.