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1. hilj
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   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hello,

   I'm trying to set a default location for meta boxes on the write post page. I would like to have all of them in one column so that the publish box would be the lowest. Same simple order as a form on a website. The site has many authors I'd like to make their job as straightforward as possible.

   I would need to set the default position for the Publish and Categories boxes.

   I found this topic here http://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-change-default-meta-box-locations?replies=6

   add_action( 'add_meta_boxes', 'my_remove_meta_boxes', 0 );
   function my_remove_meta_boxes(){
   	global $wp_meta_boxes;
   	unset( $wp_meta_boxes['post']['side']['core']['tagsdiv-post_tag'] );
   	add_meta_box( 'tagsdiv-post_tag', 'Example title', 'post_tags_meta_box', 'post', 'normal', 'core', array( 'taxonomy' => 'post_tag' ));
   	//print '<pre>';print_r( $wp_meta_boxes['post'] );print '<pre>';
   }

   When I try to modify the upper code to move any other box than the tag box I can't get it to work.

   Also this article is just about what I need but I can't get to work either, on non of the boxes. It removes the boxes but is not adding them back again http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/1390/set-default-admin-screen-options-metabox-order

   Here the code that is not working for me:

   function my_remove_meta_boxes() {
     remove_meta_box('postcustom', 'post', 'core');
     remove_meta_box('commentstatusdiv', 'post', 'core');
   }
   add_action( 'admin_menu', 'my_remove_meta_boxes' );
   
   //add them back
   function my_add_meta_boxes( $post_type, $post ) {
       if ( ('publish' == $post->post_status || 'private' == $post->post_status) && post_type_supports($post_type, 'comments') )
           add_meta_box('commentstatusdiv', __('Comments'), 'post_comment_meta_box', $post_type, 'normal', 'core');
   
       if ( post_type_supports($post_type, 'custom-fields') )
           add_meta_box('postcustom', __('Custom Fields'), 'post_custom_meta_box', $post_type, 'normal', 'core');
   }
   
   add_action( 'add_meta_boxes', 'my_add_meta_boxes' );

   Thanks for your help, it is much appreciated :)

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