Extending meta_boxes arrays

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June 20, 2016 at 2:58 PM #3497

carassius

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I am creating a plugin that I want to release addons for.

When I create the new addon I want to be able to add tabs and fields to the existing settings page?

Any ideas on how to achieve that?

This is my main function


function bl_extensions_options_meta_boxes( $meta_boxes )
{
	$meta_boxes[] = array(
		'id'             => 'options',
		'title'          => __( 'Extensions Options', 'fl-builder' ),
		'settings_pages' => 'builder-extensions',
        
        'tabs'           => array(
            'general'    => array(
                'label'  => __( 'General', 'fl-builder' ),
                'icon'   => 'dashicons-admin-tools',
            ),
            'popup'    => array(
                'label'  => __( 'OnClick Popup', 'fl-builder' ),
                'icon'   => 'dashicons-admin-plugins',
            ),
        ),
        
		'fields'         => array(            
			array(
				'name' => __( 'Panel Name', 'fl-builder' ),
				'id'   => 'branding',
				'type' => 'text',
				'std'  => 'Extensions',
                'tab'  => 'general',
			),
            
			array(
				'name' => __( 'Enable Bootstrap', 'fl-builder' ),
				'id'   => 'bootstrap',
				'type' => 'checkbox',
                'tab'  => 'popup',
			),            
		),
        
	);
	return $meta_boxes;
}
add_filter( 'rwmb_meta_boxes', 'bl_extensions_options_meta_boxes' );

And then this is how I am trying to extend that function with a addon plugin

function animate_module_tab_setup( $meta_boxes )
{
	$meta_boxes[] = array(
		'settings_pages' => 'builder-extensions',
        
        'tabs'           => array(
            'animate'    => array(
                'label'  => __( 'Animated Text', 'fl-builder' ),
                'icon'   => 'dashicons-editor-textcolor',
            ),
        ),
        
		'fields'         => array(            
			array(
				'name' => __( 'Panel Name', 'fl-builder' ),
				'id'   => 'text',
				'type' => 'text',
                'tab'  => 'animate',
			),         
		),
        
	);
	return $meta_boxes;
}
add_filter( 'rwmb_meta_boxes', 'animate_module_tab_setup' );

June 20, 2016 at 3:43 PM #3500

carassius

Participant

Ok so I tried going the parent route

these are my main functions to add the menu pages and the fields

// Create Extensions Page
function bl_extensions_options_page( $settings_pages )
{
	$settings_pages[] = array(
		'id'            => 'builder-extensions',
		'option_name'   => 'builder_extensions',
		'menu_title'    => __( 'Page Builder Extensions', 'fl-builder' ),
		'icon_url'      => 'dashicons-images-alt',
		'submenu_title' => __( 'General', 'fl-builder' ), // Note this
	);
	return $settings_pages;
}
add_filter( 'mb_settings_pages', 'bl_extensions_options_page' );

// Add Fields to Extensions Page
function bl_extensions_options_meta_boxes( $meta_boxes )
{
	$meta_boxes[] = array(
		'id'             => 'options',
		'title'          => __( 'Extensions Options', 'fl-builder' ),
		'settings_pages' => 'builder-extensions',
        
		'fields'         => array(            
			array(
				'name' => __( 'Panel Name', 'fl-builder' ),
				'id'   => 'branding',
				'type' => 'text',
				'std'  => 'Extensions',
			),
            
			array(
				'name' => __( 'Enable Bootstrap', 'fl-builder' ),
				'id'   => 'bootstrap',
				'type' => 'checkbox',
			),            
		),
        
	);
	return $meta_boxes;
}
add_filter( 'rwmb_meta_boxes', 'bl_extensions_options_meta_boxes' );

and then to try an extend it I added this to the next plugin

// Create Extensions Page
function animated_text_settings_page( $settings_pages )
{
	$settings_pages[] = array(
		'id'          => 'animated-text-module',
		'option_name' => 'builder_extensions',
		'menu_title'  => __( 'Animated Text', 'fl-builder' ),
		'parent'      => 'builder-extensions',
	);	
	return $settings_pages;
	
}
add_filter( 'mb_settings_pages', 'animated_text_settings_page' );

// Add Fields to Extensions Page
function animate_module_fields( $meta_boxes )
{
	$meta_boxes[] = array(
		'id'             => 'animated_text',
		'title'          => __( 'Animated Text Options', 'fl-builder' ),
		'settings_pages' => 'animated-text-module',
        
		'fields'         => array(            
			array(
				'name' => __( 'Custom Field', 'fl-builder' ),
				'id'   => 'my_custom_field',
				'type' => 'text',
			),       
		),
        
	);
	return $meta_boxes;
}
add_filter( 'rwmb_meta_boxes', 'animate_module_fields' );

The issue with this setup is that the Animated Text appears as a sub menu to the parent item, but when I click on it, it takes me to a 404 page like this for example http://mydomain.com/wp-admin/animated-text-module

June 20, 2016 at 4:27 PM #3501

Anh Tran

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Hi,

I think you can use a trick to find the correct meta box for your settings page and add/edit fields/tabs for it.

The trick is using a key for meta boxes, like this:

$meta_boxes['prefix_settings_page_id'] = array();

And in your extension:

$meta_boxes['prefix_settings_page_id']['tabs'][] = array();
$meta_boxes['prefix_settings_page_id']['fields'][] = array();

Just make sure the extension hooks into the rwmb_meta_boxes after the main plugin.

This technique is covered partly in this documentation https://metabox.io/docs/edit-remove-meta-boxes/.

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