Wordpress how to get "label" of custom fields

Question

I have this code to get the value for custom field myCustomField which works fine:

get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), 'myCustomField', true )

This code gets the value stored in this field.

But now I need a code to dynamically get and echo the Custom field label (not the stored value) which is "My Custom Field".

This code will be fired for this action:

add_action('woocommerce_product_meta_start' , 'add_in_product_page');

Answer 1

If you've created your custom field using ACF plugin, then what you need is the field object. You could call get_field_object function in order to get the object and then find the label returned in the object, like so:

$your_field_name = "your_custome_field_name"; 

$your_field_object = get_field_object($your_field_name); // You could also pass the field key instead of field name   


echo $your_field_object['label']; 
echo "<br>";  
echo $your_field_object['value'];
echo "<br>";  
echo $your_field_object['key'];
echo "<br>";  
echo $your_field_object['type'];
echo "<br>";  
echo $your_field_object['ID'];   

You could also read more about this function on the documentation page:

ACF get_field_object function

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UPDATE

Translating the returned label to your local language!

I would usually use these two filter hooks: gettext and ngettext.

You could read more about these on the documentation page:

WordPress gettext filter hook
WordPress ngettext filter hook

So the translation would be something like this:

$awesome_label = $your_field_object['label'];

add_filter('ngettext', 'your_theme_custom_translation', 20, 3);
add_filter( 'gettext', 'your_theme_custom_translation', 20, 3 );

function your_theme_custom_translation( $translated, $text, $domain ) {
  if ( ! is_admin() ) {
    if ( $awesome_label == $translated ){
      $translated = 'etiqueta impresionante'; // This is the place where you could type anything you want in your local language to replace the default english label
    }
  }
  return $translated;
}