Meta Box

Here it is:

function hello() {
    return '<b style="color:red;">Hello</b>';
}

I got it. In this case, the problem is handling the "saved meta value". I'd suggest using WP cron to perform a regular check on the meta value (posts). When a condition occurs (date is passed), then update the meta value.

This is the pseudo code:

register_activation_hook(__FILE__, 'prefix_activation');

function prefix_activation() {
    if (! wp_next_scheduled ( 'prefix_daily_check' )) {
	wp_schedule_event(time(), 'hourly', 'prefix_daily_check');
    }
}

add_action('prefix_daily_check', 'prefix_update_posts_daily');
function prefix_update_posts_daily() {
    $now = time();
    $option = get_option( 'featured_position_1' );
    foreach ( $option as $key => $value ) {
        if ( $time > strtotime( $value['featured_item_1_schedule_start'] ) ) {
            unset( $option[$key] );
        }
    }
    update_option( 'featured_position_1', $option );
}

Hi Locke2,

I'm not very clear about your question. Do you want a checkbox that when it's checked, the post will be set to "sticky"?

Just looked at the code again and found that you "echo" the content instead of returning it. The callback function "must" return the content.

If your content is complicated, you should use output buffering to return it.

Hi Jackky, let me check and fix that. Thanks for reporting!

Hi Jackky,

Thanks for the idea. It's a good idea. We haven't implemented that feature yet in the plugin. I'll try that 🙂

Hi,

I think you can do that by looping through the meta box definition and remove the fields when a condition happens. The idea is similar to this documentation. Please try it.