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Using Metadata in Workflows

The Action Workflows feature in PublishPress Future allows you to use metadata in your workflows. This means you can use metadata to take actions in your workflow. We also have a complete guide to using Post Meta in workflows.

  • Post > Metadata, looks in the _postmeta table.
  • Post > Author > Metadata, looks in the _usermeta table.
  • Activating User > Metadata, looks in the _usermeta table.
  • Workflow > Metadata, looks in the _postmeta table.

In the screenshot below, we're using the “Metadata” field as a date source. Because this is connected to a “Post” variable, this will look in the _postmeta table.

In the screenshot below, we're using the “Metadata” field to insert a value into a custom field. Because this is connected to a “User” variable, this will look in the _usermeta table.

User metadata