[wp-hackers] Adding a meta_box to all Post Types

[James Laws]

Thanks for the replies and pointing me in the right direction.

James

On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 6:31 PM, Justin Tadlock <justin at justintadlock.com>wrote:

> Assuming you're hooking to `add_meta_boxes()`, the first parameter passed
> to your action is the post type.
>
> add_action( 'add_meta_boxes', 'my_meta_boxes' );
>
> function my_meta_boxes( $post_type ) {
>
>    $post_type_object = get_post_type_object( $post_type );
>
>    if ( true === $post_type_object->public )
>        add_meta_box();
>
> }
>
> On 11/21/2011 12:16 PM, Dagan Henderson wrote:
>
>> I just did this the other day, James, so good timing.
>>
>> Just geet a list of post types and loop through it:
>>
>>        $post_types = get_post_types( array( '_builtin' =>  false ),
>> 'objects' );  // Gets all custom types
>>
>>        array_push( $post_types, get_post_type_object( 'post' ),
>> get_post_type_object( 'page')  ); // Adds back the 'post' and 'page' types
>> while ommitting attachments, revisions, menus, etc.
>>
>>        foreach ( $post_types as $type ) {
>>
>>                add_meta_box( . . . );
>>        }
>>
>> Happy coding!
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: wp-hackers-bounces at lists.**automattic.com<wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com>[mailto:
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>> On Behalf Of James Laws
>> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 6:20 AM
>> To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.**com <wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com>
>> Subject: [wp-hackers] Adding a meta_box to all Post Types
>>
>> Could anyone point me in the right direction to add custom meta box to
>> all public post types?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> James
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