Refers to a box-like reusable user-interface component common in the WordPress backend.
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111 views
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 ...
0
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2answers
185 views
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 ...
1
vote
1answer
105 views
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 ...
3
votes
1answer
140 views
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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1answer
47 views
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 ...
0
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1answer
79 views
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. ...
5
votes
1answer
170 views
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, ...
1
vote
1answer
69 views
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 ...
6
votes
7answers
423 views
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 ...
0
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1answer
39 views
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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1answer
166 views
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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1answer
217 views
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 ...
1
vote
0answers
40 views
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 ...
0
votes
3answers
316 views
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.
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1answer
69 views
How to add all categories into an array and extract the categories names and use it with a custom meta box
Basically I need to add custom meta boxes to pages and one of this options must be a list of categories from previous posts. I've managed to add the metaboxes and wrapped the categories in a array, ...
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votes
1answer
141 views
Help integrating Custom post type meta field with custom profile fields
I have a custom post type for "locations" and I need to have "users" log in and be able to pick a location that is within a certain distance from them.
I have added some spots to the profile using ...
0
votes
1answer
100 views
Trying to implement AJAX into my admin pages. Am I improperly enqueue and localizing my scripts?
I'm trying to implement AJAX into my post edit form in order to hook a custom wp function into a link click. So far I've been able to register my custom js file into my admin header. However when ...
1
vote
2answers
1k views
Woocommerce with metabox plugin
I'm using woocommerce as my e-commerce solution and the metabox plugin ( http://www.deluxeblogtips.com/meta-box/ ) to make my life a lot easier when implementing meta boxes. I've never had any issues ...
0
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1answer
43 views
Remove duplicated values from meta box values
I use the code to get all the meta boxes values in a custom type
<?php
$args = array('post_type' => 'posttype');
$emptyvalue = "";
$optionname = "optionname";
$the_query = new WP_Query($args);
...
0
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2answers
107 views
Get all meta boxes values
I want to list all the values of a custom metabox in a custom post type.
Here is the code to get the one meta box in a single post
<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'institution_location', ...
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1answer
344 views
Invalid file type when using wp_upload_bits to upload PDF to a custom post type
I'm trying to upload a PDF file for a custom post type called Products using wp_upload_bits. I'm only doing this in my wp-admin. I don't want these files added to the media library, I just want to ...
1
vote
1answer
177 views
Checking if $_FILE isset for an array of file upload metaboxes
I have been struggling with this for almost 2 days with no avail. I have a custom post type of PRODUCTS that has a group of metaboxes for uploading PDF files in the wp-admin. I've created the ...
1
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0answers
87 views
Custom Meta Box white screen [closed]
I'm trying to create a simple Custom Meta Box for a film post.
I need a text box for Title and Director and a textarea for Description.
Everything seemed to working until I added the textarea, I ...
2
votes
1answer
236 views
Remove metabox from specific page template in admin
I would like to programatically remove some meta boxes when a user is editing a specific page in the admin. The page itself is using a template (tpl-about.php). I know I can remove all meta boxes from ...
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votes
1answer
256 views
Why my meta boxes won't show in front post page?
I see it everywhere: in single post, in category archives etc, but in front page post not.
I display the metaboxes in this way:
<?php if (get_post_meta($post->ID, 'test_1', true) != '' ) { ...
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votes
1answer
78 views
Listen to Post action
I am writing a plugin that adds a custom metabox to the post page. I would like to trigger an event when the user navigates away from the edit post page or when a user stops editing a specific post. ...
1
vote
1answer
149 views
One metabox for multiple post types
I have this code
function add_custom_meta_box() {
add_meta_box(
'custom_meta_box', // $id
'Custom Meta Box', // $title
'show_custom_meta_box', // $callback
'page', // $page
...
0
votes
1answer
77 views
Extending a CPT by Created by another plugin
I'm using WooCommerce for my store, and I need to be able to extend the Coupon post type... I need to add a selectable attribute of membership_term ...
How do you extend a CPT created by another ...
1
vote
1answer
131 views
Add script to footer - on post editor
How do you add a script on the footer of the post editor ?
I'm adding a meta box under the post editor and I need to include a javascript before the closing body tag (on the footer)
How do I achieve ...
0
votes
1answer
67 views
populate array with posts
I want to generate an array of custom post types to add it to a options array.
I'm doing this to show a checkbox group populated with custom post type.
I have this array:
'options' => array (
...
0
votes
2answers
128 views
How to query custom post then display sections by meta value
This seems like an easy thing to do but I am missing something here. I have a custom post type called "recipient" and a meta check box called "yes_current" - (we help children with cancer and run ...
0
votes
2answers
85 views
Editing Screen: Make Update or Publish Button Follow The Page
The Problem:
I am currently in the finishing stages of a premium theme I've been developing and all is mostly well. For pages I have a few custom meta boxes for adding in slideshows and other ...
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votes
1answer
87 views
Help with if statement inside while loop
I have the following snippet of code, basically I get the set value of id from the metabox, get the current id based on the loop, try and match, if htey match I want to pull the values from the ...
0
votes
1answer
217 views
Custom metabox with App Store / Google Play links
I've got a issue when trying to setup our app portfolio. (have a look at our portfolio page)
Whats going on:
I created a custom post type with 'apps'. Every post I'm going to create is a project we ...
3
votes
2answers
120 views
Block metabox - No expanding, no moving around
I would like to make metaboxes as fixed elements, removing the expand function and the drag-and-drop function.
Any ideas?
1
vote
1answer
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Trying to limit access to custom meta box without success
I have this meta box that I have added to my site:
// Assistant Editor Box
add_action( 'add_meta_boxes', 'assistant_editor_box' );
function assistant_editor_box() {
add_meta_box(
...
3
votes
1answer
124 views
Adding an assisting editor box to Post page
I run a multiple author platform and to improve the moderation, I want to add a couple of assisting editors. I want to add a custom box to the Post page where the assisting editor can confirm which ...
0
votes
2answers
67 views
Using custom post type as taxonomy
I have two custom post types, Books and Authors. Now, each book will have its corresponding author(s). I know how to associate books with authors using custom metas.
However, over time, there will be ...
2
votes
1answer
97 views
Adding a custom field or metabox to the post-thumbnail widget?
Is it possible to add a custom field to an existing "widget" in the backend?
What I wanna do is provide a way to have a checkbox to apply a thumbnail that is double the size of the normal one on the ...
0
votes
1answer
38 views
Add a meta field to the list of results for a custom post type
I've created a Custom Post Type for "Books" ... I've also added several meta fields (custom fields) to each book, and I'd like to be able to display some of those fields in the table of results.
Is ...
2
votes
1answer
385 views
Listing Pages With Checkboxes In a Metabox (and saving them)
Here is what I'm basically trying to accomplish:
I have a custom post type called 'quotes'
I have a number of wordpress pages
What I am trying to do is this: each time when I create a new "QUOTES" ...
1
vote
1answer
172 views
Make metabox of custom post type fully autosave- and bulk-/quick-edit compatible
I'm trying to create a custom post type and I've had the same problem that's described here; my custom meta information was properly saved, when saving manually, but got lost as soon as the autosave ...
0
votes
1answer
115 views
Metabox does not show in custom post type
I am trying to create a metabox input field in a custom post type and it does not work even if I followed the instructions the best I could. I am not a PHP dev so I guess it could be just a small ...
5
votes
4answers
1k views
WordPress SEO by Yoast: Hide Meta boxes in posts for non-admins
I have multi-author website and I am not very comfortable for allowing all members to enter SEO details in the posts they are publishing. I would like this would be visible only to Administrator of ...
0
votes
1answer
62 views
Exclude posts based on an array
I'm using a custom meta box to output a list of post IDs within a particular post type ("Publications" in this example). Is there a way I can output this array into a custom loop to only show posts ...
1
vote
1answer
109 views
Get Order of Meta Box in a Page/Post
I'm using the Posts 2 Posts plugin specifically, but I think this applies to any meta box. I have three Posts 2 Posts metaboxes on the side: "Related Case Studies", "Related White Papers" and ...
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0answers
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Metabox checkbox not save value when post is updated [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
checkbox in post not saving value
My metabox checkbox not save value when I update my post. Here is my code:
add_action('add_meta_boxes', 'my_meta_box');
...
3
votes
2answers
155 views
Use meta box value in CPT as post title
This has been addressed in another post, but the solution was too specific to apply here.
My goal is to use a metabox value (ecpt_name) as the post title so that the user only needs to input their ...
0
votes
1answer
211 views
Checkbox in post not saving value
I have a checkbox above my metabox in a custom post. When I check it and publish/update the post, it become unchecked again meaning it's not saving it's value. Here is my code for the checkbox:
...
1
vote
1answer
83 views
Ordering values entered in Custom Taxonomies
I found a great article on Custom Taxonomies here. I have a specific requirement related to ordering values entered in the Custom Taxonomies. How do I display the terms entered in the meta boxes in ...
