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Adding fields to the WordPress post submit box
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add_action('post_submitbox_misc_actions', createCustomField); | |
add_action('save_post', saveCustomField); |
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function createCustomField() | |
{ | |
$post_id = get_the_ID(); | |
if (get_post_type($post_id) != 'post') { | |
return; | |
} | |
$value = get_post_meta($post_id, '_my_custom_field', true); | |
wp_nonce_field('my_custom_nonce_'.$post_id, 'my_custom_nonce'); | |
?> | |
<div class="misc-pub-section misc-pub-section-last"> | |
<label><input type="checkbox" value="1" <?php checked($value, true, true); ?> name="_my_custom_field" /><?php _e('My Custom Checkbox Field', 'pmg'); ?></label> | |
</div> | |
<?php | |
} |
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function saveCustomField($post_id) | |
{ | |
if (defined('DOING_AUTOSAVE') && DOING_AUTOSAVE) { | |
return; | |
} | |
if ( | |
!isset($_POST['my_custom_nonce']) || | |
!wp_verify_nonce($_POST['my_custom_nonce'], 'my_custom_nonce_'.$post_id) | |
) { | |
return; | |
} | |
if (!current_user_can('edit_post', $post_id)) { | |
return; | |
} | |
if (isset($_POST['_my_custom_field'])) { | |
update_post_meta($post_id, '_my_custom_field', $_POST['_my_custom_field']); | |
} else { | |
delete_post_meta($post_id, '_my_custom_field'); | |
} | |
} |
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I think something like this should work (using WP_Query as a reference)
This stackoverflow answer has more examples: https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/30970/using-get-posts-with-arguments-found-in-meta-keys
I don't recommend using
$wpdb
or writing custom queries since WordPress is already pretty flexible