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Hi Long! I wonder if you have any updates on this request. Thank you!

I saw those answers, but (1) they are old and (2) I use taxonomy advanced custom field for which Meta box has a special way of saving in DB. I was hoping to get some directions from Meta Box on this issue as it is claimed as 100% compatible with WPML.

Custom tables for custom fields is one of Meta Box feature and there is no warning about any incompatibility with WPML for this feature. Translating custom fields via WPML strings feature is very inconvenient.

Thanks!

Thanks, Long!

Your suggestion helped to remove it from side admin menu, but not from the top one.

Thanks, Long!

Is it possible to create a custom block an editor can add in such cases, but the data from that block should be saved in a custom field? I tried creating a block, but it seems only with static content and it does not allow any inputs.

Hi Long,

I have used Meta Box web UI to create tables and it all looks correct in DB. Also, similar fields but added to a custom post type work as expected.

<?php
add_filter( 'rwmb_meta_boxes', 'your_prefix_function_name' );

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

    $meta_boxes[] = [
        'title'        => __( 'VoB Media Source', 'your-text-domain' ),
        'id'           => 'vob-source-media',
        'post_types'   => ['attachment'],
        'media_modal'  => true,
        'storage_type' => 'custom_table',
        'table'        => 'wp_custom_vob_source_media',
        'fields'       => [
            [
                'name'              => __( 'VoB Source Name', 'your-text-domain' ),
                'id'                => $prefix . 'vob_source_name',
                'type'              => 'taxonomy_advanced',
                'label_description' => __( 'Name of the publisher or web-site.', 'your-text-domain' ),
                'taxonomy'          => ['vob-source'],
                'field_type'        => 'select',
                'add_new'           => true,
                'required'          => true,
            ],
            [
                'name'              => __( 'VoB Source URL', 'your-text-domain' ),
                'id'                => $prefix . 'vob_source_url',
                'type'              => 'url',
                'label_description' => __( 'Link to content source.', 'your-text-domain' ),
                'placeholder'       => __( 'Add source URL', 'your-text-domain' ),
                'required'          => true,
            ],
        ],
        'validation'   => [
            'rules' => [
                $prefix . 'vob_source_name' => [
                    'required' => true,
                ],
                $prefix . 'vob_source_url'  => [
                    'required' => true,
                    'url'      => true,
                ],
            ],
        ],
    ];

    return $meta_boxes;
}

Your SQL query has been executed successfully.

DESCRIBE <code>wp_custom_vob_source_media</code>

ID  bigint(20) unsigned NO  PRI 
    NULL
        
vob_source_name text    YES     
    NULL
        
vob_source_url  text    YES     
    NULL
        

This is generated PHP as an example. NOTE: I am not registering taxonomy in php, I am using Meta Box web interface for all fields.

<?php
add_action( 'init', 'your_prefix_register_taxonomy' );
function your_prefix_register_taxonomy() {
    $labels = [
        'name'                       => esc_html__( 'Sources', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'singular_name'              => esc_html__( 'Source', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'menu_name'                  => esc_html__( 'Sources', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'search_items'               => esc_html__( 'Search Sources', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'popular_items'              => esc_html__( 'Popular Sources', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'all_items'                  => esc_html__( 'All Sources', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'parent_item'                => esc_html__( 'Parent Source', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'parent_item_colon'          => esc_html__( 'Parent Source', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'edit_item'                  => esc_html__( 'Edit Source', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'view_item'                  => esc_html__( 'View Source', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'update_item'                => esc_html__( 'Update Source', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'add_new_item'               => esc_html__( 'Add new source', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'new_item_name'              => esc_html__( 'New source name', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'separate_items_with_commas' => esc_html__( 'Separate sources with commas', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'add_or_remove_items'        => esc_html__( 'Add or remove sources', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'choose_from_most_used'      => esc_html__( 'Choose most used sources', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'not_found'                  => esc_html__( 'No sources found', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'no_terms'                   => esc_html__( 'No Sources', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'filter_by_item'             => esc_html__( 'Filter by source', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'items_list_navigation'      => esc_html__( 'Sources list pagination', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'items_list'                 => esc_html__( 'Sources list', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'most_used'                  => esc_html__( 'Most Used', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'back_to_items'              => esc_html__( 'Back to sources', 'your-textdomain' ),
    ];
    $args = [
        'label'              => esc_html__( 'Sources', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'labels'             => $labels,
        'description'        => '',
        'public'             => true,
        'publicly_queryable' => true,
        'hierarchical'       => false,
        'show_ui'            => true,
        'show_in_menu'       => true,
        'show_in_nav_menus'  => true,
        'meta_box_cb'        => true,
        'show_in_rest'       => true,
        'show_tagcloud'      => true,
        'show_in_quick_edit' => true,
        'show_admin_column'  => false,
        'query_var'          => true,
        'sort'               => false,
        'rest_base'          => '',
        'rewrite'            => [
            'slug'         => 'source',
            'with_front'   => false,
            'hierarchical' => false,
        ],
    ];
    register_taxonomy( 'vob-source', [], $args );
}