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wp_handle_upload error "Specified file failed upload test" but still creates attachment?
Having a bit of trouble with an image upload custom meta box. What happens is the uploaded image is created as an attachment but the wp_handle_upload seems to kick back the error "Specified file ...
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Why won't my metabox data save?
I have a custom post with a lot of meta boxes. I recently tried to add some dynamic metaboxes, using this question: Create more Meta Boxes as needed
I managed to get the metaboxes to add nicely, the ...
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Make separate text boxes for separate WordPress Custom Fields
I am trying to make usability of WordPress custom fields admin easier in my theme. I saw it in ElegantThemes' eStore theme. Only I couldn't figure out how to do it in my custom theme because I couldn'...
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How to get value in radio input in post meta box?
I use this code when create input box for post meta box:
<input type="text" name="<?php echo $name; ?>" id="x" value="<?php echo $value; ?>" />
Now I need to handle radio box which ...
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How to display multiple $meta_boxes into separate tables
i am writing a plugin inside a class and i have created my $meta_boxes, i am able to retrieve all fields but they are duplicated and in the same table.
this is my code for add $meta_boxes
function ...
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Include a metabox in the 'home' screen of a custom post type? If not, then the dashboard page?
I have a page with a simple YouTube embed. I would like the client to be able to easily switch the video id from the dashboard without having to edit any templates.
Something like this: <iframe ...
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How can I retrieve multiple get_post_meta values efficiently?
I am looking for a solution to returning multiple get_post_meta values...
Current I am using a meta box array as follows:
$meta_boxes[] = array(
'id' => 'setlist',
'title' => 'Setlist ...
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TinyMCE in Custom Metabox not loaded after upgrading from WP 3.1.4 to WP 3.2
I want something very simple: a custom metabox with a TinyMCE editor in it.
The following code help me achieve that easily in 3.1.4:
add_action( 'add_meta_boxes', 'add_metaname_box');
function ...
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Tinymce/Wordpress is removing all line-breaks?
In my wordpress theme, I have a custom options panel with textareas that utilize the tinymce script included with wordpress.
This was working fine until I upgraded to the latest version of wordpress (...
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$_GET & $post_ID
I got a set of meta boxes containing different form fields. All of them are build inside a set of classes.
Now I have the problem that I have to hook the construction of the fields early enough to ...
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How do I stop HTML entities in a custom meta box from being un-htmlentitied?
I have a custom meta box that is supposed to accept HTML, but the text I'm trying to input contains both double and single quotes (and ampersands), and it's messing up the saved data - each time I ...
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WP_Query with checkbox meta_query
I have posted this on StackOverflow too, not sure if that's allowed - if not let me know and I'll remove one (I don't want to look like I'm spamming). Anyway....
I have a custom post type and have ...
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Creating an "admin only" meta box with WPAlchemy. Getting a fatal error on front-end when using current_user_can
I'm trying to create an "admin only" meta box using WPAlchemy. The box for example may contain a "feature post" check box and other functionality.
How can I show this meta box for only the admin, ...
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Custom meta box data in rss feed
Im using WP Alchemy to set up some custom meta boxes. Since these are being used for audio files, when I create a feed the data does not come in and i cannot create a podcast feed for them.
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How to remove the RichText Meta Box
How can I remove the rich text box editor in WordPress? I have used the remove_meta_box function specifying the boxes ID, but it does not work like it does for other core meta boxes:
The code I tried:...
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how can we bring category metabox to Media Library/Upload New Media Page
I would like to place the 'categories metabox' found in new post/edit post page in the "upload new media" page. Any clues ?
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Add TinyMCE to CPT metaboxes in 3.1?
Been looking around for an alternative to this method:
http://allcreatives.net/2011/02/02/using-the-native-wordpress-tinymce-wysiwyg-editor-with-your-custom-post-meta-textareas/
To add the WYSIWYG ...
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What are 'authors' in Wordpress, and is there an author 'metabox class' available anywhere?
I am trying to outline a new project where I want to give my users the ability to customize their 'profile' pages in my website theme. Concepts like adding in their own background images, choosing ...
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How to modify Publish metabox?
I'm trying to remove "Pending Review" (Status) and "Password protected" (Visibility) options from Publish metabox. Any ideas how can I do it?
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Add custom fields within meta box class "on the fly"
I'm one of the contributors for the Meta Box Class here on Github (link) and before I get too deep, I wanted to ask if anyone knew of a straight forward way to allow users to add additional fields "on ...
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How to group meta boxes on the post edit page
I suspect that this is not possible right now, but oh well.. I'll ask, maybe one of you has some intersting thoughts to share.
So let's say we have the following taxonomy terms meta-boxes on our post ...
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Change Metabox Title
Anyone know of a way to change the title of the core Wordpress metaboxes on a post edit screen? I'm trying to alter the title of the "Featured Image" metabox and have found a way to edit the contents (...
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How to construct multiple meta boxes
As of now I have a perfectly working script for a single meta-box. (I'll supply the details below.) However, I want to add more meta-boxes but am having trouble wrapping my head around how I would ...
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TinyMCE with custom buttons on a meta box
Firstly please allow me to apologise - my fourth question in the week that I've been here! You've all been very helpful though, which is why I keep coming back..
I'm trying to put together a custom ...
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How can I create a taxonomy meta-box with search suggestions but no new terms input?
I was wondering how I could setup a taxonomy metabox on a post edit page that would be similar to the "tags" kind (with search field and automatic suggestions), but without the right to add a new term....
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Working with multiple values and metaboxes
I have multiple values I need to be able to punch into a meta-box on the post edit screen.
EX: I am working with set-list information for concerts.
Song 1
Song 2
Song 3
etc...
I am always ...
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Displaying Meta-Box Data Properly
Quick and dirty, I have meta boxes pertaining to concert information. (i.e. venue and location) and am trying to figure out how to properly display them in my post.
At the moment to display the meta-...
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Custom select box meta field
For my custom post type i needed to add the Attribute Meta box, but i wanted to add an extra field to it.
So here i have copied the Page Attribute meta box code and added my select options, but i ...
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Using media-upload.php to upload mp3 via custom fields
I'm trying to use the Thickbox file upload dialogue with a custom field to allow the user to upload an mp3. What I want to do is to grab the URL of the uploaded mp3 and save it as postmeta (saving the ...
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How can i use this meta box function in my template ? (Wordpress)
this is my function :
$prefix = 'dbt_';
$meta_box = array(
'id' => 'my-meta-box',
'title' => 'Custom meta box',
'page' => 'post',
'context' => 'normal',
'priority' =&...
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List all sidebars in metabox
I'm trying to add a metabox to select a sidebar per page. In order to create the metaboxes I use this class
The construction is fairly easy:
$meta_boxes[] = array(
'id' => 'sidebars_side',
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Why is save_post triggered even when I havent saved the post
I created a meta box I notice that save_post seems to be triggered when I land on the page, thus giving me errors like Undefined index: xxx in /data/www/ae/wp-content/themes/xx/functions.php on line ...
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Get the term id belonging to custom taxonomy on a custom single-post-type.php template page
I have custom post-type 'sermon' with custom taxonomy 'speaker' attached to it. I wanted to assign custom meta values to the speaker taxonomy, so I am using the taxonomy meta class from Rilwis:
http:/...
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How to get the value of particular get $meta value in wordpress
I am using this wordpress Script to add metaboxes under posts..
I followed as it was written.. but I am having trouble on how to get those values in singe.php
Example an uploaded image
Please guide me ...
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Is there a need for nonce with Post Metabox?
I looking at the docs for add_meta_box. They used a nonce.
wp_nonce_field( plugin_basename( __FILE__ ), 'myplugin_noncename' );
I am wondering, probably the save post form itself should already ...
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Create more Meta Boxes as needed
I'd like users to be able to create and remove additional meta box fields as needed.
For example, say a music podcast with a variable amount of songs played per episode.
The user should be able to ...
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Loading scripts & styles from a meta box callback function
Case:
I got a set of classes that build form fields based on data from an input array. The class can build the following types of form fields:
input (basic, hidden, password)
textarea
radio
checkbox
...
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Sizing textarea field in custom metabox
Here's the code for a custom metabox. Very simply, how would I resize the textarea box? I'd like to add an expression such as cols="50" rows="5".
// Echo out the field
echo '<p>Enter the ...
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create relationship between posts from one category and posts from another category
What I'm trying to do is adding in a post admin page a meta box, dynamically listing all posts from another category in the for of a check box list.
This way I can create relations between a post and ...
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show_option_none not working in meta box
I have the following code going into a meta box:
function multi_author($post, $box)
{
$currentAuthors = esc_attr(get_post_meta($post->ID, 'multiAuthors', true));
if ($currentAuthors) {
$...
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Let's Create Custom Field Template Documentation
I've been using the Custom Field Template plugin for a while now, and I really like it. It's fantastic for adding quick custom field meta boxes in the wordpress back end. It handles TinyMCE, file ...
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Using WPAlchemy metabox values in another metabox
I'm building a quite complex custom post type structure and I would need some help regarding my metaboxes.
What I want to do:
Thank's to the have_fields_and_multi() function, the user enters data in ...
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post meta - problem : copy the same meta for all the articles
i created a post meta, to add the name of a specific "author" to my articles. But if i enter the meta of the first article, all the other articles copy the same meta. If i enter then a second name in ...
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Taxonomy dropdown metabox in the back-end
I've created custom taxonomy called Brands and made it hierarchical so I can add Car brands and models there and keep their relations, like this:
Ford
Mustang
Mondeo
Focus
Problem is, this list ...
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Upload attachment from external site
For example, we have some image on the external site:
http://site.com/image.png
How do I upload this image to my wordpress as an image attachment by php?
Image should be copied to my uploads folder,...
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Parse a text area custom meta box and assign as value to existing meta keys
I built a post interface to accept specific data in the form of custom meta boxes [rant]but now the end user says it's too much work to cut and paste 4 times[/rant]. So now (completely out of ...
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add meta box - custom field : which to choose?
i've just find out about the custom field, which makes it possible to add something near a post, but what is the difference between "add_meta_box" and "custom field"?
Custom field is inside the "...
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Custom metabox translation
I have created a custom post types and added some custom metaboxes and now I am wondering witch translation plugin I use for my site?
I don't have experience with none of them, so I don't know who ...
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Populate Custom Fields in a Custom Post Type?
I want to set up a basic 'post rating' system for my site - I don't want to use a plugin - so I want to add the custom field 'rating' to each new custom post and populate this field with the number 1.
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add a "list" into add meta box : problem
i found a code searching through stackexchange --> to create a "list" inside a meta box of a custom type, BUT, i don't see anything appearing in this meta box, except the input field (which comes from ...
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