Wordpress Custom Meta Box

Question

I have created a custom meta box which displays only on the home page when I go in to edit the page.

This is all working great, but I want to carry the text entered on the home page custom meta box on every page.

I currently have the following code that outputs the text:

<?php echo get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), 'my_meta_box_text_challengetbl', true); ?>

The question is how do I get the custom meta box text entered on the home page for every page?

Answer 1

<?php 

$homePageId = get_option('page_on_front');

echo get_post_meta($homePageId, 'my_meta_box_text_challengetbl', true);
?>

Here's a list of many useful get_option parameters.

Answer 2

Assuming you have a static front page, you can get the ID of the front page by using get_option(), and then retrieve the post meta using that ID:

$front_page_ID = get_option('page_on_front');
echo get_post_meta($front_page_ID, 'my_meta_box_text_challengetbl', true);

Read more about options in the Codex.