{"id":2374,"date":"2023-11-24T04:59:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T04:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mexuserguide.dreamhosters.com\/?p=2374"},"modified":"2023-12-14T06:00:21","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T06:00:21","slug":"adding-custom-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helpguide.mex.com.au\/app\/adding-custom-fields\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding Custom Fields"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\t\t<div  class=\"block-e9122adc-94b7-481d-a475-caf5adad221c areoi-element container alignfull\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\n\r\n\t\t<div  class=\"block-c9e2675f-1317-4c65-8e9d-77f6d89e635b row areoi-element padding-bottom20_0\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\n\r\n\t\t<div  class=\"block-64c7a8be-db26-4505-8277-bd1080a92f15 col areoi-element\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\n\r\n\t\t<div  class=\"block-8b0b219a-236b-4ab6-b074-b6b0e63dbd5b accordion\">\r\n\t\t\t\n\r\n\t\t<div  class=\"block-915b470b-7429-4d16-b2b0-a4ebda68c70b accordion-item\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<h1 \r\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"accordion-header\" \r\n\t\t\t\tid=\"block-915b470b-7429-4d16-b2b0-a4ebda68c70b-header\"\r\n\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\t<button \r\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"accordion-button collapsed\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bs-target=\"#block-915b470b-7429-4d16-b2b0-a4ebda68c70b-collapse\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded=\"true\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"block-915b470b-7429-4d16-b2b0-a4ebda68c70b-collapse\"\r\n\t\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\t\tRelated Posts &#8211; 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