The second parameter of selected()
has to agree with the value
attribute of the current <option>
. So assuming you have stuffed $selected
with the value given by the relevant get_post_meta()
, the following should work for you:
<label for="myplugin_meta_box_select">Status:</label>
<select name="myplugin_meta_box_select" id="myplugin_meta_box_select">
<option value="Approved" <?php selected( $selected, 'Approved' ); ?>>Approved</option>
<option value="In Progress" <?php selected( $selected, 'In Progress' ); ?>>In Progress</option>
</select>
Side note: I’d personally prefer to use the “sluggish” version (i.e. inprogress
instead of In Progress
) for the value
attribute (and thus for the post meta value), but you’d have to make changes to your front-end as well.
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