Dev7studios Meta Box Framework

A simple WordPress meta box framework for creating custom meta boxes in your themes and plugins.

Usage

1. Download dev7_meta_box_framework.php to your theme/plugin folder
2. Open up functions.php (or equivelant plugin file) and do the following:

include('dev7_meta_box_framework.php');

function add_custom_meta_boxes() {
	$meta_box = array(
		'id'		=> 'dev7_page_settings', // Meta box ID
		'title'		=> 'Page Settings', // Meta box title
		'pages'		=> array('post', 'page'), // Post types this meta box should be shown on
		'context'	=> 'normal', // Meta box context
		'priority'	=> 'high', // Meta box priority
		'fields'	=> array(
			array(
				'label'	=> 'Text',
				'desc'	=> 'This is a description.',
				'id'	=> 'text',
				'type'	=> 'text',
				'std'	=> 'This is std'
			),
			array(
				'label'	=> 'Textarea',
				'desc'	=> 'This is a description.',
				'id'	=> 'textarea',
				'type'	=> 'textarea',
				'std'	=> 'This is std'
			),
			array(
				'label'	=> 'Select',
				'desc'	=> 'This is a description.',
				'id'	=> 'select',
				'type'	=> 'select',
				'std'	=> 'green',
				'args'	=> array(
					'red'	=> 'Red',
					'green'	=> 'Green',
					'blue'	=> 'Blue'
				)
			),
			array(
				'label'	=> 'Radio',
				'desc'	=> 'This is a description.',
				'id'	=> 'radio',
				'type'	=> 'radio',
				'std'	=> 'green',
				'args'	=> array(
					'red'	=> 'Red',
					'green'	=> 'Green',
					'blue'	=> 'Blue'
				)
			),
			array(
				'label'	=> 'Checkbox',
				'desc'	=> 'This is a description.',
				'id'	=> 'checkbox',
				'type'	=> 'checkbox',
				'std'	=> 1
			),
			array(
				'label'	=> 'Checkboxes',
				'desc'	=> 'This is a description.',
				'id'	=> 'checkboxes',
				'type'	=> 'checkboxes',
				'std'	=> array(
					'red',
					'blue'
				),
				'args'	=> array(
					'red'	=> 'Red',
					'green'	=> 'Green',
					'blue'	=> 'Blue'
				)
			),
			array(
				'label'	=> 'WYSIWYG',
				'desc'	=> 'This is a rich content editor.',
				'type'	=> 'wysiwyg',
				'id'	=> 'wysiwyg',
				'args'	=> array( 
					'media_buttons' => false,
					'tinymce' => array( 
						'theme_advanced_buttons1' => 'bold,italic,underline'
					),
					'teeny' => true
				)
			)
		)
	);
	dev7_add_meta_box( $meta_box );
}
add_action( 'dev7_meta_boxes', 'add_custom_meta_boxes' );

Then in your theme/plugin simply use get_post_meta(). For example:

$my_field = get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), 'my_field_id', true);

A field has the following structure:

• id (required) - The ID of the field (must be unique)
• label - The label of the field
• desc - The field description
• type (required) - The type of field (see list below)
• std - The default value of the field
• choices - An array of key-value pairs for fields with multiple choices (e.g. radio, select, checkboxes)

Possible field types are:

• text
• textarea
• select
• radio
• checkbox
• checkboxes

Credits

The Dev7studios Meta Box Framework was created by Gilbert Pellegrom from Dev7studios.

Please contribute by reporting bugs and submitting pull requests. Released under the MIT license.