Why isn't get_post_meta working?

Question

Simple Wordpress problem - get_post_meta is not retrieving custom field values. Here\'s the code that is pulling from the custom fields:

Answer 1

Search for the term "slider_image" in the wp_posts and wp_postmeta tables using phpmyadmin. Then view the row that has it to see if there's anything inside.

Also try changing the name of the custom value as a test and see if that works. I use this exact code to do something similar to you and it works: