Metadata (postmeta) (category)

delete_post_meta_by_key()

Deletes all meta-fields (custom fields) of all posts by the specified meta-field key.

wp_generate_attachment_metadata()

Generates metadata for the image attachment and creates intermediate copies of the image - thumbnails of all registered sizes.

wp_get_attachment_metadata()

Retrieves the metadata for an attached file (attachment).

wp_maybe_generate_attachment_metadata()

Creates attachment metadata if it is missing; otherwise, does nothing.

wp_read_audio_metadata()

Gets all data about an audio file from its ID3 tags. This includes all available data: format, channels, bitrate, size, MIME type, duration, year, album, artist, comment, picture, etc.

wp_update_attachment_metadata()

Updates attachment (media file) metadata.