Metadata is information about information.\u00a0In the case of WordPress, it’s information associated with posts, users, comments and terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Given the many-to-one relationship of metadata in WordPress, your options are fairly limitless. You can have as many meta options as you wish, and you can store just about anything in there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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