Title: WordPress doesn't save custom meta box
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# WordPress doesn't save custom meta box

 *  Resolved [Hadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hadi_sh/)
 * (@hadi_sh)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-doesnt-save-custom-meta-box/)
 * Hello
    I’m new to wordpress and this is my first post to this forum. I’m building
   a simple theme for a virtual computers store. The theme is very simple and it
   contains a custom post type called “product” to add a new product. I added a 
   custom meta box the this post type called price to add the price of the product.
   The problem is when I save the post (product) or update it the price is not saved
   to the database. Here is the code to add the custom meta box for the price:
 *     ```
       <?php
       function cp_product_meta_price_box(){
       		add_meta_box('cp_product_price', __('Price','cptheme'), 'cp_product_meta_price_fields','cp_product', 'side', 'core');
       	}
       	add_action('add_meta_boxes', 'cp_product_meta_price_box');
   
       function cp_product_meta_price_fields($post){
       	wp_nonce_field(plugin_basename(__FILE__), 'cp_product_meta_noncename');
   
       	$price = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'cp_product_price', true);
       ?>
       	<p><label for="cp_product_price">Price: </label><input type="text" name="cp_product_price" id="cp_product_price" value="<?php echo esc_attr($price); ?>" ></p>
       <?php
       }	
   
       function cp_product_meta_price_save($post_id, $post){
   
       	if(defined('DOING_AUTOSAVE')&& DOING_AUTOSAVE){
       		return $post_id;
       	}
   
       	if(!isset($_POST['cp_product_meta_noncename']) || !wp_verify_nonce($_POST['cp_product_meta_noncename'], basename(__FILE__))){
       		return $post_id;
       	}
   
       	global $post;
       	$post_type = get_post_type_object($post->post_type);
   
       	if(!current_user_can($post_type->cap->edit_post, $post_id)){
       		echo 'ERROR';
       		return $post_id;
       	}
   
       	$metadata['cp_product_price'] = (isset($_POST['cp_product_price'])?$_POST['cp_product_price']: '');
       //		echo "<h1> Price is : $metadata['cp_product_price']</h1>";
   
       	foreach($metadata as $key => $value){
       		$current_value = get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true);
   
       		if( $value && '' == $current_value)
       			add_post_meta($post->ID, $key, $value, true);
       		elseif( $value && $value!= $current_value)
       			update_post_meta($post->ID, $key, $value);
       		elseif(''==$value && $current_value)
       			delete_post_meta($post->ID, $key, $current_value);
       	}
   
       }
       add_action('save_post','cp_product_meta_price_save',10,2);
       ```
   
 * Please could you tell me what is the problem in this code. I tried to find the
   problem for 2 days and found nothing wrong but I don’t know why it’s not working.
 * Thank you

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 * Last activity: [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-doesnt-save-custom-meta-box/)
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