Title: Text Field
Published: February 21, 2025

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# Text Field

## In this article

 * [Key Features](https://developer.wordpress.org/secure-custom-fields/features/field/text/?output_format=md#key-features)
 * [Settings](https://developer.wordpress.org/secure-custom-fields/features/field/text/?output_format=md#settings)

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The Text field provides a standard single-line text input with various formatting
and validation options.

## 󠀁[Key Features](https://developer.wordpress.org/secure-custom-fields/features/field/text/?output_format=md#key-features)󠁿

 * Text input
 * Character limits
 * Placeholder text
 * Prepend/append
 * Custom formatting

## 󠀁[Settings](https://developer.wordpress.org/secure-custom-fields/features/field/text/?output_format=md#settings)󠁿

 * Default Value – Preset text
 * Placeholder – Input helper text
 * Character Limit – Set max length
 * Prepend – Text before input
 * Append – Text after input

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February 21, 2025

February 21, 2025

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