How do I add a metabox to a plugin?

How do I add a metabox to a plugin?

Integration

1. Download the TGM Activation Class. Make sure you select “Plugin” for the option “I’m going to use TGMPA in a:”.
2. Extract the downloaded . zip file and copy the file class-tgm-plugin-activation. php and example. php to your theme / plugin folder.
3. Open the example. php file and add plugins to the plugin list:

What is WP metabox?

Meta Box is a powerful, professional, and lightweight toolkit for developers to create custom meta boxes and custom fields for any custom post type in WordPress. On top of that, each WordPress custom field type has extensive internal options for unlimited content possibilities.

How do I create a custom post type metabox?

To add a meta box to a number of post types screens – post , page and a book custom post type; create an array of the post types, iterate over the array and use add_meta_box() to add the meta box to them.

What is a metabox drawer?

The Metabox drawer box system includes drawer side panels and Euro drawer slides for quick assembly.

What can you do with meta box in WordPress?

Apart from the default WordPress meta boxes, you can also create your own metabox or custom metabox. Custom Metabox allows users to add some additional or extra piece of information about its associated information.

How do I add Metabox to multiple screens?

If you want to add metabox in multiple screen then you can pass the screens in an array like array (‘post’, ‘page’, ‘custom_post_type’) If you have created a new screen by using add_menu_page () or add_submenu_page () then you can use the menu slug for the screen. $context – Where the metabox should display in that particular screen.

How to add Metabox for custom post type?

If you want to add metabox for the custom post type then you can set $screen = ‘your_custom_post_type_name’ If you want to add metabox in multiple screen then you can pass the screens in an array like array (‘post’, ‘page’, ‘custom_post_type’)

How do I Save my Metabox in PHP?

So back to our code, to save the value of my custom metabox’s field, I will use the update_post_meta function along with save_post hook. Copy the code below and add this into your theme’s functions.php file. This code will save the metabox value in the database.