I am currently doing TDD with WordPress, in the PHPUnit I need to test if the meta box is actually registered on a method call, I could not find any function in WordPress to do that, so I was trying to verify it by calling global $wp_meta_boxes, but it returns null when invoked inside a … Read more
I’ve added a custom textarea for the create/edit post admin page. I did so using the add_meta_box() function. The problem is that the add_meta_box() callback function (which saves the data input into the textarea) calls the update_post_meta(). update_post_meta() then adds a custom field within the custom field section. So you essential end up with two … Read more
I have a custom meta box which I would like to use to report on the markup of the current post or page (number of words, number of heading tags, etc). How can I obtain the post content into memory in order to parse and report on its content inside the meta box? 1 Answer … Read more
I’ve roughly followed the tutorial here on how to create “custom taxonomy input panels”. I’m using a custom post type of homes and a custom taxonomy called beds (used to record the number of beds in a house). I’ve got the taxonomy terms showing up in a drop down menu, but cannot get them to … Read more
Hey guys, I’m building a portfolio (which is a custom post type) and I want to store the date of the projects. I can achieve it the “regular” way with a meta box but I would like a “datepicker” or something like it. Any idea how? 1 Answer 1 You want the easy way? Install … Read more
Ok Let’s say I have 2 Categories. If a user select category A, they have to fill in metabox A and similarly for category B, it’s metabox B. So my question is, I want to do a validate check, whereby if the user has checked category A, then it is only metabox A that has … Read more
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 post type which doesn’t utilise the ‘editor’. There is a lot of input fields on the page and … Read more
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 bend or add to this script to get those results. I had someone explain to me that I should … Read more
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 failed upload test” rather than updating my post meta? Seem odd though that the attachment is created without issues? Heres the … Read more
I am setting up a meta box that controls the number of ingredients for a recipe. As each recipe will have a different number of ingredients I decided to use a simple text input and button to set the number of ingredients and have jQuery dynamically add the inputs for that “X” number. I know … Read more
