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[Resolved] Move and rename "Featured Image" box

• mirko.menegazzo

  Member

  @mirkomenegazzo

  5 years, 8 months ago

  I would like to call the “Featured Image” box with another name (‘Video Thumbnail’) and move it from ‘side’ to ‘normal’.

  It is a piece of cake if I replace this line in edit-form-advanced.php

  add_meta_box('postimagediv', __('Featured Image'),'post_thumbnail_meta_box', $post_type, 'side', 'low');

  with

  add_meta_box('postimagediv', __('Video Thumbnail'), 'post_thumbnail_meta_box', $post_type, 'normal', 'low');

  I do not want to touch the core files though, I want do do it via the functions.php in my child theme. I am also using it only for my custom post types.

  Any suggestion???

• mirko.menegazzo

  Member

  @mirkomenegazzo

  5 years, 8 months ago

  I figured it out!

  My post type is called ‘au-portfolio’, then I used this in my function.php:

  function customposttype_image_box() {
  
  	remove_meta_box('postimagediv', 'au-portfolio', 'side');
  
  	add_meta_box('postimagediv', __('Video Thumbnail - 100 X 60 pixels - Bigger images will be cropped automatically.'), 'post_thumbnail_meta_box', 'au-portfolio', 'normal', 'low');
  
  }

  Presto!

  watermelonkid

  Member

  @watermelonkid

  5 years, 1 month ago

  Hey Mirko,

  Tried using this–where/how are you calling the customposttype_image_box() function. When I try to call it, my page admin section breaks. Am I missing something?

  -Brent

  mirko.menegazzo

  Member

  @mirkomenegazzo

  5 years, 1 month ago

  This is the full code, in my functions.php

  //Use "Featured Image" box as a custom box
  function customposttype_image_box() {
  
  	remove_meta_box('postimagediv', 'au-portfolio', 'side');
  	remove_meta_box('postimagediv', 'au-gallery', 'side');
  
  	add_meta_box('galleryimagediv', __('Full Size Image. Ratio 4:3, minimum size 800 x 600 pixels.'), 'post_thumbnail_meta_box', 'au-gallery', 'normal', 'low');
  	add_meta_box('postimagediv', __('Video Thumbnail - 100 X 60 pixels - Bigger images will be cropped automatically.'), 'post_thumbnail_meta_box', 'au-portfolio', 'normal', 'low');
  
  }
  add_action('do_meta_boxes', 'customposttype_image_box');