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I have a project I am working on where I need to pull in articles from a 3rd party API.
I've got this working using rewrites, but the last step I'm having trouble with is integration into the navigation.
What I'd really like is a separate meta box in the left hand column where I could ask for an article id and category and from that information add a custom link to the nav.
Is such a thing possible? I haven't seen much in the way of custom meta boxes from menu items.
Thanks,
Yes, this should certainly be possible, although as you have noticed it's not too common.
If you take a look at respective admin template the left column is built like this:
<?php do_accordion_sections( 'nav-menus', 'side', null ); ?>
Essentially they are just metaboxes, though differently presented.
The defaults are handled by wp_nav_menu_setup(), which should be a good starting point to taking it apart.
Unfortunately I am not confident to weight in on JavaScript side of it, since that's not my area.
