Metabox array for creating metaboxes with the theme toolkit

thtk-metabox-array.php

/**
 * Defines metabox arrays
 */
function thtk_example_metaboxes() {

	// Defines $prefix. Should begin with an underscore unless you want fields to be doubled in the Custom Fields editor.
	$prefix = '_example_';
	
	// Defines metabox array.
	$meta_boxes[] = array(
		'id' => 'example_metabox',
		'title' => 'Example Metabox',
		'post_type' => array( 'page', 'post' ), // Post types to display metabox.
		'context' => 'normal', // Optional.
		'priority' => 'high', // Optional.
		'metabox_fields' => array(
			array(
				'id'				=> $prefix . 'textbox',
				'title'			=> 'Text box',
				'type'			=> 'text',
				'description'	=> 'This is an example text box.', // Optional.
				'valid'			=> 'text' // Optional
			),
			array(
				'id'				=> $prefix . 'textarea',
				'title'			=> 'Text area',
				'type'			=> 'textarea',
				'description'	=> 'This is an example textarea', // Optional.
				'valid'			=> 'text' // Optional
			),
			array(
				'id'				=> $prefix . 'select',
				'title'			=> 'Select input',
				'type'			=> 'select',
				'choices'		=> array('Option 1', 'Option 2', 'test'),
				'description'	=> 'This is an example select input', // Optional.
				// 'valid' property is not available for select lists.
				// The options listed in the 'options' property are automatically the only valid results.
			),
			array(
				'id'				=> $prefix . 'radio',
				'title'			=> 'Radio input',
				'type'			=> 'radio',
				'choices'		=> array('Option 3', 'Option 4', 'test'),
				'description'	=> 'This is an example radio input', // Optional.
				// 'valid' property is not available for radio buttons.
				// The options listed in the 'options' property are automatically the only valid results.
			),
			array(
				'id'				=> $prefix . 'multicheck',
				'title'			=> 'Multiple checkbox input',
				'type'			=> 'multicheck',
				'choices'		=> array( // $id => $label for each checkbox
					$prefix . 'check_one' => 'Option 23',
					$prefix . 'check_two' => 'Option 34',
					$prefix . 'check_three' => 'test'
				),
				'description'	=> 'This is an example checkbox input', // Optional.
				// 'valid' property is not available for multicheck.
				// See explanation in "checkbox" section above.
			),
		) // End array metabox_fields
	); // End array $meta_boxes
	
	$meta_boxes[] = array(
		'id' => 'another_metabox',
		'title' => 'Another Metabox',
		'post_type' => array( 'post' ), // Post types to display metabox.
		'metabox_fields' => array(
			array(
				'id'				=> $prefix . 'another',
				'title'			=> 'Another example',
				'type'			=> 'text',
			),
		) // End array metabox_fields
	); // End array $meta_boxes	
	
	// Add other metaboxes here as needed.
	
	return $meta_boxes;
}
add_filter( 'thtk_metaboxes_filter', 'thtk_example_metaboxes' );