There are a lot of tutorials on creating custom meta boxes, even just here on Wptuts, and it goes to show that having a good knowledge of these and a system for creating them is crucial to a successful WordPress theme or plugin project. In this series we won’t rehash what meta boxes are but instead we’ll create an…
In Part 1 of our custom meta box template tutorial series, we covered how to set up a custom meta box that loops through an array of fields and outputs each one with the necessary html for various types of form fields. Now we’re ready to start adding a few advanced items to the array and switch…
In Part 1 and Part 2 of our custom meta box template tutorial series, we learned how to create a field array to loop through and create a custom meta box with your standard fields. Now let’s throw in a bit of JavaScript for some fancy, but highly useful fields. Finish Reading at WPTuts+
Part 4 of my Reusable Custom Meta Boxes tutorial series on WPTuts+ is set to publish next week which will go over how to use the various types of data stored with the fields we create through each part of the tutorial. Since I first started the series, I’ve made some major improvements that make…
In Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 of our custom meta box template tutorial series, we learned how to make a reusable meta box that gets all of the field information from an easy to read, easy to duplicate array. A lot of the data is simple to use by just echoing the meta field in your template or…