Meta Box

I don't see anything wrong with your code. Are the fields not showing up in the backend?

Hi Dan,

Just answered you on the Meta Box group on Facebook. I'm posting here for reference:

For custom taxonomy, please use the syntax described in the docs. It's more complicated than the category and tags (caused they're built in and we can define a specific syntax for them).

Hi,

The std is what you want. But it's applied (e.g. show) only when the meta box hasn't saved. So, if you have saved the meta box once, the field won't show the std value. You can check that with new post, where the meta box hasn't been saved and you'll see the std value is showing.

Hi Juanita,

You can overwrite the orderby parameter with this code:

add_filter( 'posts_clauses', function( $clauses, $query ) {
    $relationship = $query->get( 'relationship' );
    if ( ! $relationship || 'REL_ID' != $relationship['id'] ) ) {
        return $clauses;
    }
    $clauses['orderby'] = 'ORDER BY post_date DESC';
    return $clauses;
}, 99, 2 );

It overwrites the orderby in the query. You might change it to fit your needs.

Hello,

I've just tested and the image_size parameter works. Here is a screenshot:

https://imgur.elightup.com/9O6rSZB.png

Just a note: when the size specified in image_size parameter is not available, the full size is used. That might be your case.

Just want to note to this topic: the original bug with switch value is resolved, and the discussion continues here.

I have answered these questions via email. I'll post them here in case anyone has a similar problem:

Would storing the Meta Box data in a separate db table keep the relationship with each product ID it was entered on

The answer for this is YES. There's a relationship between the products (posts table) and the custom table. Technically, the value of the custom table's ID column = product (post) ID.

Whats the best approach to something like this?

If what you meant is exporting the data in the custom table when using the export functionality of WordPress, then I have to say it's not supported. WP export feature seems to be limited to custom fields that stored in the post_meta table only.

I have no good solution for this at the moment, as the task of exporting and importing data from custom table along with the product data seems to be complicated. It's best to use some tools or plugins to export the whole database to SQL file. But I guess it's not what you want.