Essential Grid Magento 1.x Extension Documentation

Custom Meta Data

Add custom content to your Grid Items with Custom Meta Data.

1. New Custom Meta

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Add custom data to your posts for the sole purpose of pulling this data into your Essential Grids.

From the plugin's "Meta Data Handling" page, select "Add New Meta".
1. Name

Create a name for the new meta (can be anything)

2. Handle

Assign a handle for the meta (avoid spaces and special characters, dashes and underscores ok).

3. Default

The default value for the meta until manually changed.

4. Type

Options are "Text", "Multi-select", "Select" and "Image" (variation examples shown in screenshot below)

5. Sort Type

Applicable for when Sorting is used. Options are "Alphabetical" and "Numeric".

A Grid Item's Custom Meta Data can also be adjusted from the admin preview as well.

Product-based Grid view:

Custom Grid view:

2. Add Custom Meta to Item Skin

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Attach Custom Meta Data to your Grids by assigning it to a Layer Element in the Grid’s Skin.

Click "Edit Skin" from the plugin's main admin page.
And then assign the "source" of a Layer Element to the new Custom Meta.
Final Result: