Description

Register, Save, Modify and Get meta data in the Gutenberg editor.
Use this plugin to add meta data controls inside a sidebar in the editor of posts, pages or custom post types.
This is the list of controls available:

Buttons
Checkbox, Checkbox Multiple
Color, Color with Alpha
Custom text
Date Range, Date Single
Image, Image Multiple
Radio
Range, Range with Float number
Select
Text, Textarea

The plugin comes with different options to customize the Sidebars, Tabs, Panels and Setting controls.

Usage

Once the plugin is installed, you will need to include the plugin filter inside your plugin or theme to create a sidebar with it’s settings.
The new sidebar/s can be accessed in any post type where it was registered.
Modify the setting values with the controls inside the sidebar.
Use the plugin helpers (see Helpers to get the meta values section) to get the meta data in the front end.

Screenshots

Sidebar with different tabs, panels and controls

Installation

Installation from the WordPress admin.

Log in to the WordPress admin and navigate to Plugins > Add New.
Type Post Meta Controls in the Search field.
In the results list Post Meta Controls plugin should appear, click Install Now button.
Once it finished installing, click the Activate button.
Now you can register your sidebar and settings using the filter in your plugin or theme.
To view your sidebar go to any post where Gutenberg is enabled and the sidebar was registered to.

Reviews

jmscott55 1 February 2020 1 reply

This plugin is incredibly helpful in quickly allowing for meta tags to be added to the Gutenberg sidebar. A tedious task otherwise... This makes the task quick, efficient. Excellent work.

cjyabraham 22 November 2019 1 reply

Since I started using Gutenberg to build sites I've found this plugin essential in order to add meta info for CPTs. At one point I looked around for alternatives but ended up finding none that could do everything this plugin does. Thank you!

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Contributors and Developers

“Post Meta Controls” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Alvaro

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Change Log

1.4.1

Updated dependencies

1.4.0

Updated dependencies
Minor bug fixes

1.3.4

Fixed bug with color default value not saving
Fixed initial data fetch
Minor style fixes for WP 5.6

1.3.3

Fixed bug with case sensitive file name mismatch

1.3.2

Fixed incompatibilities with WordPress 5.5
Updated packages

1.3.1

Fixed bug that didn’t load correctly small images in the editor.
Minor bug fixes.

1.3.0

Added minimum_days option in date_range.
Added maximum_days option in date_range.

1.2.0

Added unavailable_dates option in date_single and date_range.
Use a rest route to get the sidebars data instead of printing the data inline.
Fixed WP 5.3 meta key from saving an empty value if the key doesnt exist.
Fixed momentjs locales file not loading correctly.
Fixed date_range defaults not showing.
Fixed bug when saving empty value in image and image_multiple.
Code refactor. Migrated JavaScript to TypeScript.

1.1.0

Simplified some of the core functions.
Styling fixes.
Minor bug fixes.
Updated dependencies.

1.0.1

Checkbox Multiple fix: If there were old values saved that no longer belong to the options, we display them as selected. If they are deselected we remove them from the options.
Updated dependencies.

1.0.0

Initial release.

Post Meta Controls