Display Custom Field Data by Day of Week

August 26, 2015

Sometimes transitional content is used in one area of a website, like to display hours in a Header or Sidebar. Instead of having the client (or yourself!) update this content every day, get your code to update it for you when the weekdays change.

Use inside the_loop to display post data.

Sourced here.

$mon = get_post_meta(get_the_ID(),'monday', true);
$tues = get_post_meta(get_the_ID(),'tuesday', true);
$wed = get_post_meta(get_the_ID(),'wednesday', true);
$thurs = get_post_meta(get_the_ID(),'thursday', true);
$fri = get_post_meta(get_the_ID(),'friday', true);
$sat = get_post_meta(get_the_ID(),'saturday', true);
$sun = get_post_meta(get_the_ID(),'sunday', true);

$today = date('N');
if( $today == 1) { ?>
	<div class="today">
		<h3>Today's Hours: <?php echo $mon; ?></h3>
	</div>
<?php } elseif( $today == 2 ) { ?>
	<div class="today">
		<h3>Today's Hours: <?php echo $tues; ?></h3>
	</div>
<?php } elseif( $today == 3 ) { ?>
	<div class="today">
		<h3>Today's Hours: <?php echo $wed; ?></h3>
	</div>
<?php } elseif( $today == 4 ) { ?>
	<div class="today">
		<h3>Today's Hours: <?php echo $thurs; ?></h3>
	</div>
<?php } elseif( $today == 5 ) { ?>
	<div class="today">
		<h3>Today's Hours: <?php echo $fri; ?></h3>
	</div>
<?php } elseif( $today == 6 ) { ?>
	<div class="today">
		<h3>Today's Hours: <?php echo $sat; ?></h3>
	</div>
<?php } elseif( $today == 7 ) { ?>
	<div class="today">
		<h3>Today's Hours: <?php echo $$sun; ?></h3>
	</div>
<?php }