Refers to a box-like reusable user-interface component common in the WordPress backend.
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Is 'repeatable' a field type for meta boxes?
This is probably a silly question, but I'm new to wordpress development so easily confused at the moment. Code:
array(
'label' => 'Repeatable',
'desc' => 'A description for the ...
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field of metabox is not visisible outside the function
I have a metabox with two static fields and one more field I add in ingredients_show_box function. All three fields are visible by $_POST when I save data. But the two static fields are visible by ...
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Tabbed navigation in widget backend
I have just created a widget and i am trying to implement a tabbed navigation in the wp backend but it just seems more difficult than writing all the php code!
The categories metabox is an example of ...
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Have I structured my arrays correctly for this repeatable meta box?
I'm creating a meta box that'll have repeatable fields, when the user clicks a button to add a new field in the meta box. One of these repeatable fields is a drop down. I would like the dropdown to ...
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Custom Metabox additional item
I have a custom metabox that have 2 options: URL and a text box called "testimonial".
The URL box is working great(when i put some text in this field on admin, the text appears on site), but the ...
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Dynamic number of fields in a meta box
I am working with a recipes blog and I use custom meta boxes.
$food_box = array(
'id' => 'foodbox',
'title' => __('Ingredients details','splus'),
'page' => 'recipes',
...
1
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3answers
133 views
Wordpress 3.5 Media Uploader - Only allow 1 upload and certain file types
I am trying to include the new WP Media Uploader in a Custom Meta Box.
I found this tutorial:
http://codestag.com/how-to-use-wordpress-3-5-media-uploader-in-theme-options/
However i am looking for ...
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Meta boxes not showing on custom post type. Blank page?
I am working on my first plugin. I've got a custom post type, with a meta box which has 4 fields which uses update_post_meta, & these work 100% fine. I have then tried to create a meta box that ...
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Custom metaboxes not saving after switching themes
I recently switched themes and copied over my metaboxes from the old functions.php into the new one. They show up but when I click publish/edit they dont save
add_action( 'add_meta_boxes', ...
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Adding different classes to different images depending on size for fine control of image layout in posts
I have all the CSS classes set to display images in a custom portfolio theme. I am allowing for images of different sizes and proportions (landscape, portrait, etc) to be tiled next to each other and ...
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2answers
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Query posts based on parents attribute
This is the scenario:
I have multiple pages that all have a custom field named "Location"
Those pages all have child-pages with the custom field of "size_m2".
What I want is to do a normal meta_query ...
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2answers
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Create custom PAGE with register_post_type
The following code in functions.php outputs a post when I publish, not a Page:
// custom post_type for agenda
add_action( 'init', 'create_my_post_types' );
function create_my_post_types() {
...
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1answer
60 views
Custom Post Type Meta Boxes
How would you make a meta box sit above all other meta boxes at all times in a custom post type?
For example:
add_meta_box (
'aisis-meta-id',
'Mini Feeds Information',
...
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2answers
53 views
Remove default Wordpress styling from metaboxes on edit post pages?
Is there a way to prevent Wordpress from automatically wrapping every metabox in the postbox class? Or at least add my own outer div so I can make custom changes via css? Thanks!
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List of Posts in a Custom Field
I have a question. I have a custom post type called Place. I have a situation that there can be place in place. I want to have a custom field parent_place where I could choose a parent of place.
The ...
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Need help on 3-level taxonomy dropdown
I have a code for 3-level taxonomy dropdown. It is working ok till I publish my post. On edit page It isn't showing corectly terms that I selected.
$brand_taxonomy = 'county';
$taxonomy_name = ...
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51 views
Saving multiple Metabox contents
I'm putting together a fairly simple Custom Page for a friend on their WordPress site, but I'm having some real difficulties getting the contents of the Metaboxes to save correctly. WordPress doesn't ...
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2answers
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Custom Metaboxes, multiple post selection
I have the following custom meta-box, which works to list a post type, I simply want to allow multiple values to be selected but cannot get it to work, it appears if I tell the select to store ...
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2answers
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Auto close (hide) custom metabox / set default state
I am using the WordPress function add_meta_box() to add my own custom metabox.
So how can I auto close/hide on page open ?
Currently, I just add a CSS class closed to metabox's <div> element ...
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2answers
229 views
Display background color or image with custom meta box?
With custom meta boxes, how would I go about displaying the background image (or color if no image is linked) within the page.
Code for the page where I want data to displayed. I want to apply the ...
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1answer
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What do the numbers mean at the end of add_action('save_post')…?
I've seen on a few tutorials that there are numbers at the end of the call to save Custom Fields/Meta Boxes on the save_post hook. For example, in the WordPress Codex it gives the following example:
...
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1answer
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Category pie diagram meta box in post editing page
I am trying to build a plugin for showing a pie diagram based on the number of those categories which have maximum posts. This diagram is a meta box in post editing page. Here is my source of ...
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2answers
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How to use get_post_custom function on the blog page?
First, I have a static page for homepage and for blog page too. I created a custom box for pages to setup unique background image for the pages. My idea is working on all page templates, but on blog ...
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2answers
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I want my post to republish again after adding a custom field
I wanted a code in Wordpress that could allow me to republish the post every time I add a new custom field.
For example, if I already have a post and wanted to add an update to it; I want it to appear ...
2
votes
1answer
47 views
How to save multiple metaboxes?
I read a tutorial about metaboxes, most of things are clear but I have a question about multiple metaboxes.
My question is about saving, in the tutorial:
<?php
add_action( 'save_post', ...
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43 views
Saving comments meta values in admin [closed]
This code is for creating a custom meta value for comment. It must be displayed and edited from comment edit screen in the admin area. The meta values are not being saved to the database and I don't ...
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1answer
44 views
Create custom field key upon theme activation
Upon theme activation I want to create an 'URL' key for the custom fields. Like in .
I know who to run functions when a theme is activated, I don't know how to create this custom field key though. ...
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metabox / select custom post in custom post list to display metavalues only the selected cpt
So i have a "select post field" in a dropdown list to select "artist custom post" on a "gallery custom post" and i want to display the photos (from my gallery custom post) only on the selected ...
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1answer
74 views
How to hide a plugin metabox for non admins when a user adds a new post
I've been able to disable all the meta boxes for non admin in their backend but I'm having problems with Facebook AWD All in one which creates a widget seen by all the users when they create new ...
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0answers
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Only allow Custom Taxnomy Metabox to show current tags [closed]
I have a few hierarchical custom taxonomies, and terms have been added and removed from them over time. How can I make sure that the metabox on the postpage only displays current tags and not old ...
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0answers
79 views
Show metabox date field in standard format, with UNIX timestamp in database [closed]
I've setup an Event custom post type with a metabox to capture the event date. I'm converting the date to a UNIX timestamp using strtotime, and I've setup the function to convert the timestamp to a ...
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1answer
155 views
Plugin admin page meta_box toggle and order state not saving
I can't get the toggle state and open/close status of meta_boxes on my plugin admin page to be stored. The ajax response is always 0
I'm using meta boxes to hold sections of menu for a plugin.
...
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1answer
142 views
Displaying Meta Box Image
I have some problems displaying info from my custom meta box in my custom post type single. I'm using Reusable Custom Wordpress Meta Boxes by Tammy Hart.
I'm able to display the textfields using ...
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2answers
76 views
Updating post content and custom fields in edit post screen
I'm trying to find the best approach to customising the edit post screen for a custom post type.
I want to add a button which, when clicked will trigger code which looks up an external (not WP) ...
1
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1answer
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How do wordpress hooks respond to user interaction?
Embarrassingly big hole in my understanding!
When I've finished editing a post and click the big blue "Update" button, what happens next? In particular, how does the 'pre-post-update' hook (which, ...
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Check Types custom checkbox and metadata when publish post
I´m using Types to create metaboxes with custom checkboxes to make some custom functions. The problem I have is with this function I created:
function check_zone_tag(){
$postid = get_the_ID();
...
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2answers
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Undefined index: at_nonce in custom post metabox
I'm getting this error with my custom post metabox. The custom post and metabox works fine, but if i have debug on and when i try to save any other page or post, i will get an error:
Notice: ...
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1answer
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Separate tags with semicolon
Does anyone know if there is a way to change the callback function for a tag-like custom taxonomy so that it breaks terms after a semicolon instead of a comma? I realize I can rewrite the whole meta ...
2
votes
1answer
221 views
Formatting custom meta box date from YYYY/MM/DD to a more readable alternative
QUESTION
This is following a previous question that was graciously answered by Milo earlier here - How to sort CPT by custom meta value (date), and return posts month by month
In short, I'm having ...
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1answer
44 views
Add a class to post_class if more than one post shares same meta_value_num
I would like to be able to add a class such as .samedate to posts that share the same meta_value_num from a custom meta box.
So for example:
Say two posts share the same custom meta box value for a ...
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vote
1answer
82 views
Custom Metabox Not Saving
I've simplified a problem of saving custom metaboxes on update and still can't get the box to save the custom-field input to the database.
This is the call from functions.php to an external file ...
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1answer
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Loading one meta box only on post-new.php with a forward link
I need to load a meta box for editors to choose the parent post first before editing. But dont see the wide meta box i expect and the normal edit page just loads: This is the code at the begining of ...
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votes
1answer
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do_shortcode does not work with slideshow shortcode
I am using the Slideshow plugin 2.2.7 by Stefan Boonstra and am adding the shortcode to a custom wp_editor() metabox.
When I echo the slideshow plugin with:
echo do_shortcode( $banner ); /* $banner ...
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2answers
205 views
How to get meta box data to display on a page
I am trying to piece together a Metabox with 3 text editor fields for a custom post type.
The box is showing up and appears to be saving on the custom post type entries but I can't get the data to ...
0
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3answers
235 views
Possible to add meta box to edit.php pages?
I've been googling this for a while, and came across this link here: Can I limit this meta box to a particular page?
What I am trying to achieve is adding a custom Meta Boxe I created onto a CPT ...
2
votes
1answer
193 views
How to insert Gallery shortcode to a meta box
When we create a Image Gallery from the Media Modal Box and click on "Insert Gallery" button, the gallery shortcode is added to the main text area.
Is there a way to detect which Post Format is ...
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1answer
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Meta boxes not showing up
Okay so I'm trying to render a meta box.
This is what I have so far, trying to keep it as basic as possible:
add_action('load-post.php', 'ad_templates_callback' );
add_action('load-post-new.php', ...
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4answers
228 views
Add additional field to custom post_type
I am trying to add another field (subtitle) to my already created and existing custom post_type: team (code from functions.php in my *child*theme)
<?php
/**
* Custom Post type register framework
...
2
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1answer
50 views
Save list from a custom meta box?
I have a simple list (ul>li) which is manipulated with jQuery UI in a custom meta box.
How would I go about saving the contents of the list during post save?
I already have the save function ...
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1answer
168 views
save_post action inside a custom metabox class not working
I am writing a class to create metaboxes and save the form data. The problem is, I keep getting a warning when I click "publish":
Warning: call_user_func_array() expects parameter 1 to be a valid ...
