Textarea

The textarea field creates a simple textarea (multiline) input. You can use this field for entering a paragraph of text.

Screenshots

The textarea field interface

The select field settings

Settings

Besides the common settings, this field has the following specific settings, the keys are for use with code:

Name	Key	Description
Placeholder	placeholder	The placeholder text. Optional.
Columns	cols	Number of columns. Optional. Default 60.
Rows	rows	Number of rows. Optional. Default 4.

Data

This field saves the entered value into the database.

If the field is cloneable, then the value is stored as a serialized array in a single row in the database.

caution

Meta Box removes all scripts and iframes from the value. If you want to enter scripts (like Google Analytics) or embed videos, then you need to disable sanitization.

Template usage

Displaying the value:

<section>
    <h2>About Us</h2>
    <p><?php rwmb_the_value( 'field_id' ) ?></p>
</section>

Getting the value:

<section>
    <h3>About Us</h3>
    <?php $value = rwmb_meta( 'field_id' ) ?>
    <p><?= $value ?></p>
</section>

Auto adding paragraphs to the text:

<?php $value = rwmb_meta( 'field_id' ) ?>
<?= wpautop( $value ) ?>

Parse shortcodes:

<?php $value = rwmb_meta( 'field_id' ) ?>
<?= do_shortcode( $value ) ?>

Parse blocks:

<?php $value = rwmb_meta( 'field_id' ) ?>
<?= do_blocks( $value ) ?>

Displaying cloneable values:

<?php $values = rwmb_meta( 'field_id' ) ?>
<?php foreach ( $values as $value ) : ?>
    <p><?= $value ?></p>
<?php endforeach ?>