Refers to a box-like reusable user-interface component common in the WordPress backend.
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How can I display my custom metaboxes on a custom post template?
I'm fairly new to PHP/wordpress, and this is actually the first time I haven't been able to answer a question through google! I'm working on getting up to speed with PHP/WP generally, but I can't seem ...
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Tags meta box don't show when creating a new post type
After creating new custom post type with register_post_type() function, I don't see the Tags meta box when adding a page of new post type.
It seems that tags metabox should be added manually.
If so, ...
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Filter categories/tags to display in multiple metaboxes for selection in back-end
My site uses a lot of categories and tags for author selection in the back-end. To make it more user friendly for authors I need to arrange the categories and post tags in numerous metaboxes for ...
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The $post variable – Did I get the grasp of how the Backend actions get parsed?
I was looking for a way to attach a custom meta box to the edit screen of a page at a specific template.
I found and tried this here and from my actual point of view this can't work that way. Let me ...
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Custom post type - permalink
Is it possible to change the permalink of a custom posttype?
I have a custom post type called "events", I have made a page called archive-event.php and this is reached by /event.php
is it possible ...
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Populating meta box with select-list of existing posts, and assigning it to custom post types
My question is partly based on this answer:
http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/a/5778/27135
Mike's answer is really great, and the solution worked fine until I needed to include my meta box in a ...
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Custom Meta Box If Else Statement
I have created a custom meta box for posts and I need to display said data. I have been using the below method to display the data, But I am in need of a slightly different solution.
<a ...
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Arrange custom fields with drag and drop?
I am making theme for hotel and i made custom metabox with list of various custom fields that i would need in posts.
What i did is i made a list of fields like
booking
wifienabled
coffe
pool
spa
...
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Textarea type on one field custom add_meta_box?
i got close solution for this question from this link "How to add a textarea to only one of the fields of this custom metabox?", but with different code and he use new metabox, i need to see value on ...
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dynamically get post attachment while editing
I want to show a meta box on the post edit screen, that contains a list of the images attached to the post. I need the meta box to work for new posts as they are being created. It should update ...
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Saving custom metabox data with a twist
I've got more than a few metaboxes being used with a custom post type and I'm running into an issue where my data is not being saved as expected.
Here is the relevant part of the code, and its within ...
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Returning Options in Extended Class
I'm creating an admin interface with meta boxes, and want to create a system that allows me to easily add options to each meta box through a series of classes.
The problem I'm having is outputting ...
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Add Standard Page Attributes Metabox for Page Parent
I have a custom post type 'product' supplied to me by a Wordpress eCommerce plugin that does not offer the option to change the Page Parent in the Page Attributes Metabox. I'd like to remedy that.
I ...
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Metabox date month number to word
I use custom metabox with date (day, month and year). The problem is when I try to transform date number to date word - for example 10 to be October. I use this code:
function ...
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Hide meta box based on post format
I'm currently using a version of this function - post formats - how to switch meta boxes when changing format? which hides all meta boxes until a corresponding post format is selected (Ie; If someone ...
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Saving metabox repeatable fields
This is a code that I'm adapting from https://gist.github.com/2057532. The problem is that I'm not being able to save the content from the new fields that I created. I had checked the other questions ...
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WP_Query arguments: Loop through custom post type - get all entries except excluded meta_key?
Can't seem to find out what I'm doing wrong.
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'wr_event', // my custom post type
'posts_per_page' => -1, // show all posts
'meta_query' => array(
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added a meta box to post however when saving menu while debug on throws a warning
I've added several meta boxes to post and the function that suppose to save those boxes.
When i save menus ( appearance -> menu). it throws a warning for each added menu or sub menu Notice: Undefined ...
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Customize Wordpress Media Upload and New Media Manager Menu in add post Metabox
I am using Wordpress Media Upload (< 3.5) and Media Manager (>=3.5) in metabox as an upload field, and need to customize the menu so that they only have upload and media library functionality ...
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How to add add_meta_box to specific Page Template?
I want to add add_meta_box to specific page type like Page Template, Like Product Template.
I am using this article http://wp.smashingmagazine.com/2011/10/04/create-custom-post-meta-boxes-wordpress/ ...
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trying to add several meta boxes and when callbacks are called there is an error [closed]
I am making a plugin that adds meta boxes to post. i have a function that currently defines 3 meta boxes. now when i define the callback that prints the mockup there seems to be a problem
I get the ...
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How can I hide custom field from users used for caching response from external api?
I have a custom meta box created using Rilwis meta box script(http://www.deluxeblogtips.com/meta-box/) inside my theme functions.php.
It has 2 text fields, one field is required to fetch results from ...
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How can i do custom author list?
My blog have many author. I can list all author.
All Author list:
<ul>
<?php wp_list_authors('exclude_admin=0&optioncount=1&show_fullname=1&hide_empty=1'); ?>
</ul>
...
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CSS styling not working in a custom metabox
I have some difficulies styling Meta Box content of a custom post. No CSS styling is applied. I made a really simple testbased on what I have read on the other post here.
metabox creation:
...
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Change the title of an Administration Panel
I'm working with a Lucidpress theme at the moment. A client has asked that the "Lucidpress Options" title of a metabox on the page editor screen be changed. I have searched through the Lucidpress ...
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Save an array from drop-down in custom meta box
I have successfully pulled a custom post type through into a drop-down that is in a custom meta box. However, when displaying it on the front end I would like to also provide a link to the actual ...
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Limit checklist by the current user
Bare with me as I explain this. I'm adding an Assistant Editor feature to my multiple author platform. In the box that appears in post-edit page, the Editors can tick which task that they have done ...
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When editing a post with a custom meta box the values aren't displaying correctly
I followed this tutorial to create a custom meta box with a simple two option drop down.
My code is below. The custom fields are saved when creating a post, and edit when I change the value and ...
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306 views
Create custom taxonomy and Display in metabox dropdown
I'm looking to create a dropdown in the post edit screen which contains 3 already existing tags. What's the easiest way of doing this?
Basically all I'm looking for is a simple drop down which adds ...
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get_posts in meta box dropdown not showing latest posts
I’ve got a metabox I set up using WPAlchemy that allows authors to add a link to an associated post. It’s been working fine for months but now for some reason the dropdown with the appropriate posts ...
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How to write an efficient metabox with repetitive fields [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Create more Meta Boxes as needed
I’m having a hard time to write an efficient code for the below Metabox. Since I do not want to use any third-party class, I’m trying to ...
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How to activate “Description” metabox for menu item programmatically?
I'm creating custom wordpress theme. How can I enable "Description" metabox for menu items (on nav-menu page) by default programmatically?
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Understanding WordPress' post type support
I was hoping if someone could help me better understand WordPress' post type support.
remove_post_type_support( 'post', 'author' );
Above in example doesn't seem to actually remove the support, ...
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Repeatable custom meta fields
I am working on creating custom meta boxes for the back-end of WordPress.
I would like to add a metabox with several fields, in my case an image upload and a text input, but with a button that can ...
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dynamically add a custom field or metabox to custom post type [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Create more Meta Boxes as needed
I am creating a plugin that registers a Custom Post Type. Let's call it "Cars". I am looking to be able to add custom fields(or ...
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Need Advice to Working with Custom Post Meta
I'm working with some quiz script which is using javascript to init the script, the data structure which I working on is look like this
var quizArray = { 'contents': [{
'question': 'First ...
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loop through custom post-type with two meta_keys
I have a custom-post-type named my_project.
This post-type has two meta-boxes:
is_featured
is_featured_position
So essentially in my backend of the post-type I can set a checkbox for is_featured ...
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How to customize the Categories meta box to allow only one category?
I'm trying to customize the Categories meta-box when adding a post.
I have added a custom post and I need the administrator to post a new post without the ability to use the top level categories ...
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Adding content to a taxonomy metabox
I want to add some custom content to the default metabox for a custom taxonomy. Ideally I'd be able to insert this content above the tag cloud where it says Choose from the most used [tag]s.
Is there ...
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Remove unusable metaboxes in nav menu management screen
When you visit wp-admin/nav-menus.php and there is no menu you get a set of metaboxes you cannot use. The only thing they do is drawing attention away from the Create Menu dialog.
I want to hide ...
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Meta Boxes causing Header errors
I'm attempting to move some meta boxes and custom post types to a plugin file (to survive future theme updates). One issue is that now, all my wp_nonce values are returning an "undefined index" notice ...
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Function to return values from metabox
I have created two custom metaboxes using the Meta Box plugin for my cpt called books, and I am confused how to output the values. The values need to be used in sperate places in one of my templates. ...
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Best practices for meta box placement?
I was wondering if there were any cut and dry rules to placing meta boxes? I have a meta box for a custom post type for a TV series that holds extra information for said series: when it began airing, ...
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Embed 'New Post' Form Inside 'New Post' Form
Is it possible to embed a 'New Post' form for one Custom Post Type inside of a 'New Post' form for another Custom Post Type?
When a user adds a new post for the custom type 'Event', they should also ...
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Individual Widgets per Page
In my (page-only, no posts) Wordpress site I have a number of static blobs in need to put in a sidebar. We could call/tream thoses 'blobs' as widgets. At least they'll have a fixed html content, like ...
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why esc_url not working in smartmetabox
Have you ever tried http://www.wproots.com/ultimate-guide-to-meta-boxes-in-wordpress/ ? It's good classes to create metabox. But I'm having problem with the validation.
I tried the sanitize_callback ...
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How to make remove display none to this div container in post meta box?
I am adding meta box via add_meta_box hook but it is not showing in the admin panel, I double check the source code and it seems hidden because of this line:
<div class="postbox-container" ...
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Image display from custom field
I am trying to display image from my custom meta box but cant make it:
function.php file:
add_action( 'admin_init', 'order_box' );
function order_box() {
add_meta_box( 'meta-box-id', 'My Custom ...
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How to prevent further updates of custom meta when using actions to set one meta based on another
I'm using rilwis' Meta Box plugin (see https://github.com/rilwis/meta-box) to add custom meta boxes to a custom post type.
I then want to populate one piece of meta data based on the value of ...
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Only one category per post
How to make each post/page have one and only one category. Categories could have radio box instead of checkbox next to each.
