Title: edit_form_advanced action
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# edit_form_advanced action

 *  [copperleaf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/copperleaf/)
 * (@copperleaf)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit_form_advanced-action/)
 * I’m working on a plugin and wanted to add some form elements to the advanced 
   section of the form. To test, I wrote the following plugin. What surprised me
   was that the section appeared (after clicking the Advanced button) in the top
   section of the post editor and NOT in the advanced section. Is there a way to
   get it to be in the advanced section?
 * The second question I have is how do I get the post id since it’s not passed 
   in for the edit_form_advanced section (at least according to the codex)?
 * `
    <?php /* Plugin Name: Test Plugin URI: http://localhost/ Description: edit_form_advanced
   test Version: 0.1 Author: Bill Smith Author URI: http://localhost */
 * add_action('edit_form_advanced', 'mytest_show_form');
 * function mytest_show_form()
    { ?> <fieldset id="mytest"> <legend>edit_form_advanced
   test</legend> </fieldset>
 * <?php
    } ?>

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 *  Thread Starter [copperleaf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/copperleaf/)
 * (@copperleaf)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit_form_advanced-action/#post-168646)
 * I apologize. I should have proofread better. What I meant to say for the second
   question was:
 * The second question I have is how do I get the post id since it’s not passed 
   in for the edit_form_advanced **action** (at least according to the codex)?
 *  Thread Starter [copperleaf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/copperleaf/)
 * (@copperleaf)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit_form_advanced-action/#post-169122)
 * Is this the proper forum for plugin coding questions?
 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit_form_advanced-action/#post-169126)
 * Q1. I’m not fluent with the admin hooks, so I’m unsure about your problem.
 * Q2. The post id is part of the query string, so one way could be to grab it through`
   $_GET['post']`.
 * Q3. Any question about WordPress can be asked here, but on coding issues a better
   response may come up on the hackers list.
 * [http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/hackers](http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/hackers)
 *  Thread Starter [copperleaf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/copperleaf/)
 * (@copperleaf)
 * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit_form_advanced-action/#post-169176)
 * Thanks for the info. I also noticed that there is a global defined in the admin
   page called $post_ID. However using the ‘get’ is probably a better approach.
 * I tried subscribing to the list but have been getting server errors for the last
   2 days. I email the admin of the list.

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 * Last reply from: [copperleaf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/copperleaf/)
 * Last activity: [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit_form_advanced-action/#post-169176)
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