Title: Meta Box Contexts & Post Data
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Meta Box Contexts & Post Data

 *  Resolved [James Whayman [WildPress]](https://wordpress.org/support/users/epiphron/)
 * (@epiphron)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/meta-box-contexts-post-data/)
 * Hey all,
 * I have a custom plugin that creates an ‘advanced’ (I’ve tried ‘normal’ too) context
   meta box. When I call the ‘save_post’ action, the $_POST array does not contain
   any of the form data stored in the meta box.
 * If I modify the context of the meta box to ‘side’, the $_POST array has the form
   data stored in the meta box.
 * I can’t find any mention of this in the documentation. I’d like to keep the ‘
   advanced’ or ‘normal’ context as the form inputs are quite wide. Any idea why
   this may be happening?
 * Thanks in advance.

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 *  Thread Starter [James Whayman [WildPress]](https://wordpress.org/support/users/epiphron/)
 * (@epiphron)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/meta-box-contexts-post-data/#post-2824353)
 * Sorted this out, erroneous <form> tag.

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## Tags

 * [$_POST](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/_post/)
 * [add_action](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/add_action/)
 * [context](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/context/)
 * [save_post](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/save_post/)

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 * Last reply from: [James Whayman [WildPress]](https://wordpress.org/support/users/epiphron/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/meta-box-contexts-post-data/#post-2824353)
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