The following snippet fails: ``` php public function custom_column_display( $column, $post_id ) { global $post; switch ( $column ) { case 'some_number' : echo (int) get_post_meta( $post_id, SOME_NUMBER, true ); break; } } ``` This is allowed by http://codex.wordpress.org/Data_Validation > intval( $int ) or (int) $int > If it's supposed to be an integer, cast it as one.