I have a Custom Post Type (Favourites) which I plan on using to talk about my favourite craft products. The meta box field I want to have is a link to an online store listing, so users can buy the product themselves if they so choose.
The following is the definition for both the Custom Post Type and the desired field (it's essentially a text box).
<?php
function declare_custom_post_type() {
$theme_name = 'thatannalam';
$custom_post_type = 'favourites';
$labels = array(
'name' => __('Favourites', $theme_name),
'singular_name' => __('Favourite', $theme_name),
'add_new' => __( 'Add New Favourite' ),
'add_new_item' => __( 'Add New Favourite' ),
'edit_item' => __( 'Edit Favourite' ),
'new_item' => __( 'Add New Favourite' ),
'view_item' => __( 'View Favourite' ),
'search_items' => __( 'Search EvFavouriteent' ),
'not_found' => __( 'No favourites found' ),
'not_found_in_trash' => __( 'No favourites found in trash' )
);
$args = array(
'description' => __( 'Movie news and reviews', $theme_name),
'exclude_from_search' => false,
'labels' => $labels,
'has_archive' => true,
'hierarchical' => false,
'public' => true,
'register_meta_box_cb' => 'register_meta_box',
'rewrite' => array('slug', $custom_post_type),
'show_in_admin_bar' => true,
'show_in_menu' => true,
'show_in_nav_menus' => true,
'show_in_rest' => true,
'show_ui' => true,
'supports' => array('title', 'editor', 'custom-fields')
);
register_post_type($custom_post_type, $args);
}
add_action('init', 'declare_custom_post_type');
function register_meta_box() {
add_meta_box(
'favourite_details_box',
'Favourite Details',
'render_meta_html',
'favourites',
'side'
);
}
function render_meta_html() {
global $post;
$nonce_key = 'favourite_fields_nonce';
$link_meta_key = 'product_link_key';
wp_nonce_field($nonce_key, $nonce_key);
$link = get_post_meta( $post->ID, $link_meta_key, true );
echo '<label for="product_link_field" class="widefat">Product Link</label><input type="text" id="product_link_field" name="product_link_field" class="widefat" value="'.$link.'">';
}
function save_favourite_meta($post_id, $post) {
$nonce_key = 'favourite_fields_nonce';
$link_meta_key = 'product_link_key';
$link_field_name = 'product_link_field';
$custom_post_type = 'favourites';
// verify nonce
if (!isset($_POST[$nonce_key]) || !wp_verify_nonce($_POST[$nonce_key], $nonce_key))
return 'nonce not verified';
// check autosave
if (wp_is_post_autosave($post_id ))
return 'autosave';
//check post revision
if (wp_is_post_revision($post_id))
return 'revision';
// check permissions
if ( ! current_user_can( 'edit_post', $post_id ) ) {
return 'cannot edit post';
}
$product_link = $_POST[$link_field_name];
if (metadata_exists($custom_post_type, $post_id, $link_meta_key)) {
update_post_meta($post_id, $link_meta_key, $product_link);
} else {
add_post_meta($post_id, $link_meta_key, $product_link);
}
}
add_action( 'save_post', 'save_favourite_meta');
?>
The 2 parts that are messing with my head are:
- Retrieving a saved value. It's currently returning a blank.
- Saving a value to the DB. I must be missing something here as I've been getting an "Updating failed." error every time I try to save a record.
