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Remove action of an external plugin after checking if custom post meta is set

Edit:The problem were 2 folds - somehow the order list I found before indicated wp_head was before wp_enqueue_scripts but that is not the case. Found another more updated one and it is actually right ...
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Adding custom fields to bbpress reply form

Referring to post "adding-custom-fields-bbpress-topic-form" with link https://wp-dreams.com/articles/2013/06/adding-custom-fields-bbpress-topic-form/, I want to add custom fields to bbpress reply form ...
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save_post_{$post->post_type} action firing on second save

I have custom metabox checkbox on CPT in my plugin. I want to fire an action and save new option when I save this post. But no matter how many times I tried it's saving option value only on second ...
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How to position user meta data field

I have 1 additional field I want to display on the user profile page (mainly admin users will use this) I have done it but it is showing up at the very bottom of the page, I want it to sit in the ...
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add_meta_boxes action with refresh on save

I've created a meta box using add_meta_boxes action and it works when I open any post to edit it. add_action('add_meta_boxes', function() { add_meta_box( ... ); }); When WP auto ...
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Woocommerce add a text field if specific option is selected

I need to make active/visible a new filed before 'Add to cart' button, only if user select a specific option. The case is simple: I sell t-shirt with options: "Small", "Medium", "Large", "Size upon ...
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Remove meta box except on category pages

To disable custom fields except on category pages, how would I check if it's a category page? Maybe it would be like this: add_action( 'admin_menu', 'remove_custom_fields' ); function ...
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How to remove the "+Add Category" button from the Category metabox?

I would like to disable the "+Add Category Button" under the Category metabox so that anyone creating a post has to choose only from the list of existing categories. I did check out another post, ...
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Use remove_meta_box conditionally on custom post type

I have a custom post type of people with some custom taxonomy boxes, i want to hide these when on child pages. I have found remove_meta_box works fine but i just can't access the $post object within ...
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do action inside a class is not working

I am trying to create my custom hook and call it from within a metabox class. Here is the pattern: metabox.php -- <?php require("libs.php"); require("test.php"); class metabox() { function ...
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Theme elements not translating

Ive got a theme that is set-up for translating but didn't come with any translations. I used poedit to automatically detect the strings, and subsequently translated it in full. However certain ...
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Add custom buttons with custom actions in Edit Post screen in WordPress?

I am creating something for a client and I have a Class that I created with a Custom Post Type called 'PuSH Feeds' and when the user adds a new post and publishes it they can then click on one of two ...
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Adding to an array & passing it through do_action/apply_filters

For exercise I am working through a PHP class to add meta boxes I found on GitHub. I just copied the code and now I am playing around with it to understand it. It works like this: The file ...
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remove_meta_box for all post types doesn't seem to work

To remove a metabox from all post types at once, using a foreach seems like the logical thing to do. However it doesn't always work and I don't understand why. For examlple viewing the "Post" post ...
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Add custom action in post type

I use the http://www.deluxeblogtips.com/meta-box Metabox plugin and I want to add a custom action in a post type like the publish button ? when admin click on this button I want to send an email to ...
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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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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 another....
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Why is `add_meta_box` not working?

I'm trying to add some meta fields to a WPSC product using the following code: /** * data callback */ function abc_callback($object, $box) { echo 'callback executed!'; } /** * add custom ...
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prevent post submission

I'm using a meta-box for custom post type. I have three problems: WP seems to run the function that I attached to the "save_post" action, every time a new post is opened for editing or reloaded. Is ...
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Better way to enforce category hierarchy in post_categories_metabox?

The objective is to ensure that when editing a post, the metabox that lists a hierarchical taxonomy doesn't reorder itself upon Update to put checked items on top. Right now, edit-form-advanced.php ...
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Why can't I hook into save_posts after admin_init?

I'm trying to hook into the "save_post" action from an AJAX callback in my plugin, but it doesn't seem to work. In fact, hooking into "save_posts" only seems to work from a few key action execution ...
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How to recover the post ID earlier in the WP admin hook action "firing" sequence?

I am creating a WP plugin based around Custom Post Types (CPT), where you can dynamically specify a CPT, complete with any number of associated dynamic Meta Boxes and form elements such as radio ...
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Action hook on Edit custom post type?

Is there an explicit action hook that will fire when (or just before) the admin Edit page renders for a custom post type? Something similar to {$new_status}_{$post->post_type}? I'm trying to find the ...
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