What Is Metabox

A meta box is a UI (user interface) component to allow interactivity with content but without the technical aspects. Think about that statement. A meta box makes it easy to interact with content by adding, editing, deleting, etc. WordPress comes with a built Custom Field meta box.

What is WordPress metabox?

What is a Meta Box in WordPress? It’s an interface to interact with metadata. … In the back-end, WordPress has built-in meta boxes for categories, publishing, tags, and the featured image. You can build a custom one which has the HTML form fields to provide an interface to work with the custom fields (metadata).

How do I add a metabox in WordPress?

To create a meta box use the add_meta_box() function and plug its execution to the add_meta_boxes action hook. The following example is adding a meta box to the post edit screen and the wporg_cpt edit screen. add_action( ‘add_meta_boxes’ , ‘wporg_add_custom_box’ );