[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #18179: WP_Meta_Box

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#18179: WP_Meta_Box
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 Reporter:  koopersmith          |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request      |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal               |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Administration       |     Version:
 Severity:  normal               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch 3.4-early  |
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Comment (by dwenaus):

 Is this going to make it into 3.4? it would be great to get this in there.

 About adding form element rendering, as nacin mentions, this would be
 great to have. The [http://www.farinspace.com/wpalchemy-metabox/ |
 WPAlchemy MetaBox PHP Class] seems to be the most mature in this respect,
 but maybe overkill as well. Do we pull the good stuff from there or write
 something new for form handling?

 A number of other custom field / meta box libraries and plugins exist
 also:
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/ | Advanced
 Custom Fields]
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/types/ | Types]
 * [http://drupal.org/project/cck | Content Construction Kit (CCK)] for
 Drupal
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-field-template/ | Custom
 Field Template]
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/more-fields/ | More Fields Plugin]
 * [https://github.com/jaredatch/Custom-Metaboxes-and-Fields-for-WordPress
 | Custom Metaboxes and Fields]
 * [http://www.deluxeblogtips.com/meta-box-script-for-wordpress | Meta Box
 Script]
 * [http://codecanyon.net/item/easy-custom-content-types-for-
 wordpress/234182 | Easy Custom Field Types]
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-fields/ | Simple Fields]
 * [http://svn.kingkool68.com/projects/metabox/ | another library], etc.

 A common need seems to be repeatable fields. It's such a common need it
 would be great if we could get that into the API. Beyond that repeatable
 field groups would be stellar, but maybe not for the first go.

 And what about front end display (ie. [http://wp-types.com/home/views-
 create-elegant-displays-for-your-content/ | Views] or
 [https://github.com/sorich87/the-loops | the loops]) I'm guessing that is
 separate, but related.

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