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  • April 1, 2021 at 2:44 AM #26843
    ChicharitoChicharito
    Participant

    Is there a way to enable or disable blocks by post type?
    Something similar to
    'post_types' => 'my_post_type',
    But for blocks.
    I tried it but it doesn't work.

    April 1, 2021 at 9:46 AM #26854
    Long NguyenLong Nguyen
    Moderator

    Hi,

    You can check the post type with the function get_post_type() before registering the meta box. For example:

    function your_prefix_function_name( $meta_boxes ) {
    if( 'my_post_type' == get_post_type() ) {
        return;
    }
    $meta_boxes[] = [
        ...
    ];
    return $meta_boxes;
}
    April 2, 2021 at 12:14 AM #26884
    ChicharitoChicharito
    Participant

    That worked perfectly.
    Thanks!

    April 2, 2021 at 1:42 AM #26886
    ChicharitoChicharito
    Participant

    Spoke too soon, I thought it was working but it seems that at that point
    get_post_type
    is always false.

    April 2, 2021 at 10:29 AM #26896
    Long NguyenLong Nguyen
    Moderator

    Hi,

    Please try again with this code.

    function your_prefix_function_name( $meta_boxes ) {
    if( isset( $_GET['post_type'] ) && $_GET['post_type'] == 'my_post_type'  ) {
        return;
    }
    $meta_boxes[] = [
        ...
    ];
    return $meta_boxes;
}
    April 2, 2021 at 11:32 PM #26918
    ChicharitoChicharito
    Participant

    It didn't work, but I tried this

    global $pagenow;
if ( 'post.php' === $pagenow && isset( $_GET['post'] ) ) {
    $post_id   = $_GET['post'];
    $post      = get_post( $post_id );
    $post_type = $post->post_type;

    if ( 'page' === $post_type ) {
        return;
    }
}

    I can get the post type, but when it hits return none of my blocks work.
    I get this message on all of the blocks:
    Your site doesn’t include support for the "meta-box/my-block" block. You can leave this block intact or remove it entirely.

    April 3, 2021 at 2:57 PM #26929
    Long NguyenLong Nguyen
    Moderator

    Hi,

    The code helps you to disable one custom block on the specific post type, understand that is enabled by default if you do not add the condition. See my screen record https://share.getcloudapp.com/L1udYD40.

    Full of code to test

    add_filter( 'rwmb_meta_boxes', 'your_prefix_function_name', 999 );

function your_prefix_function_name( $meta_boxes ) {
    $prefix = '';

    if( isset( $_GET['post_type'] ) && $_GET['post_type'] == 'page'  ) {
        return $meta_boxes;
    }

    $meta_boxes[] = [
        'title'    => __( 'My Block', 'your-text-domain' ),
        'category' => 'text',
        'type'     => 'block',
        'context'  => 'content',
        'fields'   => [
            [
                'name' => __( 'Text', 'your-text-domain' ),
                'id'   => $prefix . 'text_t4541bur58',
                'type' => 'text',
            ],
        ],
    ];
    return $meta_boxes;
}
    April 9, 2021 at 12:43 AM #27067
    ChicharitoChicharito
    Participant

    Since I have separate archives for each block, my solution was to load the block file based on the post type. It may not be the best solution but it is working.

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