Deregistering the postbox script seemed a little bit drastic and as mentioned the “Edit” button for the permalink slug does not work as expected anymore. I actually came up another method which uses filters from WordPress and the functionality of the jQuery UI sortable plugin allowing to cancel the sort when it is issued from … Read more
Yes it does. Escaping depends on context and in worst case like using esc_html when writing directly to the DB are just a security hole. Even if there is no security issue, there is theoretical one. The user asked you to store A, and you are storing B. In a simple cases B is exactly … Read more
To show post type meta data on a single page template, I assume that you’re in the Loop. // Use get_the_ID() to get the ID via the API function echo get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), ‘my-info’, true ); // You can also call it from the global, as the query refers to the current single page echo get_post_meta( … Read more
Try this add_action( ‘add_meta_boxes’, ‘cd_meta_box_add’ ); function cd_meta_box_add() { add_meta_box( ‘my-meta-box-id’, ‘My First Meta Box’, ‘cd_meta_box_cb’, ‘post’, ‘normal’, ‘high’ ); } function cd_meta_box_cb() { echo ‘What you put here, show\’s up in the meta box’; } ps: you have some extra problematic lines, at the top of your code, that I removed, namely: add_meta_box( ‘my-meta-box-id’, … Read more
Sometimes an example says more than a thousand words. Here’s a small plugin that will guide you: <?php ! defined( ‘ABSPATH’ ) AND exit; /** * Plugin Name: (#65981) »kaiser« Meta Box example * Plugin URI: http://goo.gl/ls6Q6 * Description: Example showing how to add a meta box with callback args * Author: Franz Josef Kaiser … Read more
I assume you’re talking about the “Meta” box you see in the sidebar. These links can’t be edited, they’re part of the sidebar widget itself. Your safest bet would be to replace the Meta widget with your own Text widget that lists out whatever links you do want displayed.
Don’t know if i agree with EarnestoDev answer which is more of an opinion then an answer based on facts and not true in all cases, since you can use jQuery to trigger the submit event when a different element is clicked, so just add this js code once <script> jQuery(‘.metabox_submit’).click(function(e) { e.preventDefault(); jQuery(‘#publish’).click(); }); … Read more
If you’re in need of Meta Boxes for WordPress, check out the amazing code in github by jaredatch. https://github.com/jaredatch/Custom-Metaboxes-and-Fields-for-WordPress This allows you to add all sorts of metaboxes to your WP theme (or plugin). Date Picker, file upload, wysiwyg, text areas, text boxes…it’s really amazing and saves lots of time.
You may need to use one of the following configuration parameters: // Don’t remove line breaks ‘remove_linebreaks’ => false; // Convert newline characters to BR tags ‘convert_newlines_to_brs’ => true; WordPress passes an $init argument array to TinyMCE that sets the opposite value for each of these parameters. I assume you can pass them directly in … Read more
The best way to do this is by using JavaScript and there is a couple of CMB2 plugins let you do that easily: CMB2 Conditional CMB2 Conditional Logic