title: Getting a custom value from the wordpress database
body: <p>A co-developer created a custom form in the admin section of the Wordpress admin area. I am trying to get the value to show it elsewhere on the admin section. I thought get_option() would allow me to get that value by calling it by the name, but its not returning the value and I have no idea how to call.</p>
  
  <p>Here is the sections he created, so I thought I could get it using get_option('contact_person_address').</p>
  
  <pre><code>$wp_customize-&gt;add_control( new WP_Customize_Control( $wp_customize, 'contact_person_address', array(
              'label'        =&gt; __( 'Site Contact Room Number &amp;amp; Building', 'coe' ),
              'section'    =&gt; 'contact_person',
              'settings'   =&gt; 'contact_person_address',
          ) ) );
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and </p>
  
  <pre><code>$wp_customize-&gt;add_setting( 'contact_person_address' , array(
                  'default'     =&gt; '',
                  'transport'   =&gt; 'postMessage',
              ) );
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It just returns the default I assign to the function.</p>