{"id":613,"date":"2015-10-30T10:41:21","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T14:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.wpwhatnot.com\/?p=613"},"modified":"2016-09-22T06:49:54","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T10:49:54","slug":"adding-content-admin-edit-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpwhatnot.com\/adding-content-admin-edit-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding Content to the Admin Edit Screen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When creating custom post types, you often need custom fields for them. In the past, your options were &#8220;normal&#8221; or &#8220;side&#8221; with priorities. Depending on what else is displayed on your edit screen, these boxes could vary in where they appeared.<\/p>\n<p>And sometimes you just need to add a comment or note to the edit pages.<\/p>\n<p>Good News! We now have new hooks to place them precisely:<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-syntax-highlighter\">\n<pre><textarea id=\"mshighlighter\" class=\"mshighlighter\" language=\"php\" name=\"mshighlighter\" >add_action( 'edit_form_top', 'myprefix_edit_form_top' );\nfunction myprefix_edit_form_top() {\n    echo '&lt;h2&gt;This is edit_form_top!&lt;\/h2&gt;';\n}\n\nadd_action( 'edit_form_after_title', 'myprefix_edit_form_after_title' );\nfunction myprefix_edit_form_after_title() {\n    echo '&lt;h2&gt;This is edit_form_after_title!&lt;\/h2&gt;';\n}\n \nadd_action( 'edit_form_after_editor', 'myprefix_edit_form_after_editor' );\nfunction myprefix_edit_form_after_editor() {\n    echo '&lt;h2&gt;This is edit_form_after_editor!&lt;\/h2&gt;';\n}\n \nadd_action( 'edit_form_advanced', 'myprefix_edit_form_advanced' );\nfunction myprefix_edit_form_advanced() {\n    echo '&lt;h2&gt;This is ye olde edit_form_advanced!&lt;\/h2&gt;';\n}<\/textarea><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an article that explains the usage: <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2012\/12\/01\/more-hooks-on-the-edit-screen\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2012\/12\/01\/more-hooks-on-the-edit-screen\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When creating custom post types, you often need custom fields for them. 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