__('No slideshow', 'bliss'), 'uses_slideshow_1' => __('Display Slideshow 1', 'bliss'), 'uses_slideshow_2' => __('Display Slideshow 2', 'bliss'), 'uses_slideshow_3' => __('Display Slideshow 3', 'bliss') ); $slideshow_options = array( __('No slideshow', 'bliss') => 'none', __('Display Slideshow 1', 'bliss') => 'uses_slideshow_1', __('Display Slideshow 2', 'bliss') => 'uses_slideshow_2', __('Display Slideshow 3', 'bliss') => 'uses_slideshow_3' ); $meta_box = array( 'id' => 'bliss-meta-box', 'title' => 'Your custom inputs', 'page' => 'page', 'context' => 'normal', 'priority' => 'high', 'fields' => array( //a default value goes under 'std' if you want one there array( 'name' => 'Subtitle', 'desc' => 'Enter the subtitle to be displayed by the page.', 'id' => $prefix . 'subtitle', 'type' => 'text', 'std' => '' ), array( 'name' => __('Slideshow Options', 'bliss'), 'desc' => __('If this page/post will display a slideshow, select it from the dropdown menu.', 'bliss'), 'std' => 'none', 'type' => 'select', 'options' => $slideshow_options, 'id' => $prefix . 'slideshow' ) //add more fields as you like. Don't forget to add them to the retrieve_post_meta function. ) ); add_action('admin_menu', 'bliss_add_box'); // Add meta box function bliss_add_box() { global $meta_box; add_meta_box($meta_box['id'], $meta_box['title'], 'bliss_show_box', $meta_box['page'], $meta_box['context'], $meta_box['priority']); } // Callback function to show fields in meta box function bliss_show_box() { global $meta_box, $post; // Use nonce for verification echo ''; echo ''; foreach ($meta_box['fields'] as $field) { // get current post meta data $meta = get_post_meta($post->ID, $field['id'], true); echo '', '', ''; } echo '

', $field['name'], '	'; switch ($field['type']) { case 'text': echo '', ' ', $field['desc']; break; case 'textarea': echo '', $meta ? $meta : $field['std'], '', ' ', $field['desc']; break; case 'select': echo ''; foreach ($field['options'] as $option=>$value) { echo '', $option, ''; } echo ''; break; case 'radio': foreach ($field['options'] as $option) { echo '', $option['name']; } break; case 'checkbox': echo ''; break; } echo '	', '

'; } add_action('save_post', 'bliss_save_data'); // Save data from meta box function bliss_save_data($post_id) { global $meta_box; // verify nonce if(!isset($_POST['bliss_meta_box_nonce'])){ //because the save_post action is called when you save the nav menus, which do NOT have a bliss_meta_box_nonce and throw an error return false; } if (!wp_verify_nonce($_POST['bliss_meta_box_nonce'], basename(__FILE__))) { return $post_id; } // check autosave if (defined('DOING_AUTOSAVE') && DOING_AUTOSAVE) { return $post_id; } // check permissions if ('page' == $_POST['post_type']) { if (!current_user_can('edit_page', $post_id)) { return $post_id; } } elseif (!current_user_can('edit_post', $post_id)) { return $post_id; } foreach ($meta_box['fields'] as $field) { $old = get_post_meta($post_id, $field['id'], true); $new = $_POST[$field['id']]; if ($new && $new != $old) { // the wp function update_post_meta calls update_metadata, which strips slashes then runs the data through a call to sanitize_meta update_post_meta($post_id, $field['id'], $new); } elseif ('' == $new && $old) { delete_post_meta($post_id, $field['id'], $old); } } } }else{//else we're not in the admin area. // when displaying the page to a viewer: //add a subtitle and other custom text fields to your posts. // you can write a custom feature to format the array returned by this function. function bliss_retrieve_post_meta($id) { // add more fields as you like. we begin with a subtitle. $keys = array( $prefix . 'subtitle', $prefix . 'uses_slideshow_1', $prefix . 'uses_slideshow_2', $prefix . 'uses_slideshow_3' ); $data = array(); global $post; /* Get the current post ID. */ $post_id = $post->ID; /* If we have a post ID, proceed. */ if ( !empty( $post_id ) ) { foreach($keys as $key){ /* Get the custom post meta. */ $tmp = get_post_meta( $post_id, $key, true ); $data[$key] = esc_html($tmp); } } return $data; } } //ThemeCheck complains if you use the internationalization translation function with the escaping of these variables. // a getter method just for subtitle post meta. function bliss_get_subtitle(){ global $post; /* Get the current post ID. */ $post_id = $post->ID; $key = 'bliss_subtitle'; $subtitle = get_post_meta( $post_id, $key, true ); if($subtitle && $subtitle != ''){ return esc_html($subtitle); }else{ return false; } } /* end custom text fields. */ ?>