Add a custom meta box to the new/edit category pages

VR Soft Coder

6 years ago

How to add a custom meta box to the new/edit category pages

The meta data is saved to the array term_meta[], which can handle further fields in the future. To create a meta field or custom field in product category edit page wordpress provide a hook…

<?php
add_action( 'product_cat_edit_form_fields', 'wpm_product_cat_edit_details_meta' );

function wpm_product_cat_edit_details_meta( $term ) {
$product_cat_details = get_term_meta( $term->term_id, 'details', true );
if ( ! $product_cat_details ) {
$product_cat_details = '';
}
$settings = array( 'textarea_name','wpm-product-cat-details' );
?>
//html goes here

<?php
}

?>

Now in your edit category page meta box appears. See screenshot….

Now we need to save this meta field in database. WordPress provide two hooks to save meta field in database.
By using this code you can create any type of fields.

add_action( 'create_product_cat', 'wpm_product_cat_details_meta_save' );
add_action( 'edit_product_cat', 'wpm_product_cat_details_meta_save' );

function wpm_product_cat_details_meta_save( $term_id ) {
if ( ! isset( $_POST['wpm_product_cat_details_nonce'] ) || ! wp_verify_nonce( $_POST['wpm_product_cat_details_nonce'], basename( __FILE__ ) ) ) {
//echo $_POST['read_more'];
update_term_meta($term_id,'read_more', $_POST['read_more']);
}

}

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