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As per title, I am trying to hide the meta box for a specific template following the tutorial (https://piklist.com/user-guide/tutorials/hide-meta-boxes-page-template/)
I have added the filters in my functions.php and included the comment “Hide for Template” to the comment block but still cannot hide the meta box.
What should I look out for to resolve this issue?
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Please change the filter names:
piklist_get_file_data TO piklist_part_data
piklist_add_part TO piklist_part_addLet me know if that works.
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Dear Steve
Nope, it isn’t working.
Below is the comment block for the metabox and the codes to be placed under functions.php/*
Title: Right Bar Section
Description: Customized right bar section
Post Type: page
Hide for Template: page-full-width
Order: 3
*/add_filter(‘piklist_part_data’, ‘my_custom_comment_block’, 10, 2);
function my_custom_comment_block($data, $type)
{
// If not a Meta-box section than bail
if($type != ‘meta-boxes’)
{
return $data;
}// Allow Piklist to read our custom comment block attribute: “Hide for Template”, and set it to hide_for_template
$data[‘hide_for_template’] = ‘Hide for Template’;return $data;
}add_filter(‘piklist_part_add’, ‘my_hide_for_template’, 10, 2);
function my_hide_for_template($data, $type)
{
global $post;// If not a meta box than bail
if($type != ‘meta-boxes’)
{
return $data;
}// Check if any page template is set in the comment block
if (!empty($data[‘hide_for_template’]))
{
// Get the active page template
$active_template = pathinfo(get_page_template_slug($post->ID), PATHINFO_FILENAME);// Is there a page template set for this page?
if(!empty($active_template))
{
// Does the active page template match what we want to hide?
if (strpos($data[‘hide_for_template’], $active_template) !== false)
{
// Change meta-box access to user role: no-role
$data[‘role’] = ‘no-role’;
}
}
}
return $data;
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I have the same problem with both filters, and I think I’ve found the solution (or the real problem):
- As Steve says, you must use ‘piklist_part_data’ and ‘piklist_part_add’ filters.
- In ‘function my_custom_comment_block’ the key or slug of $data can’t contain chars as ‘_’. I don’t know why, but try using $data[‘hidefortemplate’] or $data[‘HideForTemplate’] instead of $data[‘hide_for_template’] as shown in the sample code.
- When ‘piklist_part_add’ filter is applied, the callback’s first parameter ($data) is sent empty (array()). This call is done in piklist/includes/class-piklist.php file (line 693), and there you can see the call:
array_merge(apply_filters(‘piklist_part_add’, array(), $folder), self::$processed_parts[$folder][‘parts’]);
The second parameter (array()) should be $data variable. If you change it manually (NOT RECOMMENDED, I’ve done it only for TESTING!!) it works
Please, tell me if this diagnostic is correct and when you would publish an update with this correction or the real one (I suppose i could be wrong, I really don’t know Piklist as deep as a Piklist developer).
Thank you!
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Sorry, about this. We updated some filters and didn’t do a good job documenting it. I updated the tutorial with the new filter names.
Please change the filter names:
piklist_get_file_data TO piklist_part_data
piklist_add_part TO piklist_part_process_callbackLet me know if that works.
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I’ve found that the code in the updated tutorial works if you use $data[‘data’][‘hide_for_template’] instead of $data[‘hide_for_template’] in my_hide_for_template function.
In general, the code works using $data[‘data’][‘whatever’] structure instead of $data[‘whatever’] in that function (my_hide_for_template).
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Dear riotxoa
Thanks you for your assistance but it does not work as per your suggestions. The meta box just wouldn’t hide from the specific page template.
Codes as per below:
add_filter('piklist_part_data', 'my_custom_comment_block', 10, 2); function my_custom_comment_block($data, $folder) { // If not a Meta-box section than bail if($folder!= 'meta-boxes') { return $data; } // Allow Piklist to read our custom comment block attribute: "Hide for Template", and set it to hide_for_template $data['hide_for_template'] = 'Hide for Template'; return $data; } add_filter('piklist_part_process_callback', 'my_hide_for_template', 10, 2); function my_hide_for_template($data, $type) { global $post; // If not a meta box than bail if($type != 'meta-boxes') { return $data; } // Check if any page template is set in the comment block if (!empty($data['data']['hide_for_template'])) { // Get the active page template $active_template = pathinfo(get_page_template_slug($post->ID), PATHINFO_FILENAME); // Is there a page template set for this page? if(!empty($active_template)) { // Does the active page template match what we want to hide? if (strpos($data['data']['hide_for_template'], $active_template) !== false) { // Change meta-box access to user role: no-role $data['role'] = 'no-role'; } } } return $data; } /* ===== Comment Block in meta-boxes folder ===== */ /* Title: Right Bar Section Description: Customized right bar section Post Type: page, promo Hide for Template: page-home Order: 3 */ -
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Dear riotxoa
Once again thank you for your assistance. Unfortunately, it still does not work as expected.
Codes as below:
add_filter('piklist_part_data', 'my_custom_comment_block', 10, 2); function my_custom_comment_block($data, $folder) { // If not a Meta-box section than bail if($folder!= 'meta-boxes') { return $data; } // Allow Piklist to read our custom comment block attribute: "Hide for Template", and set it to hide_for_template $data['hidefortemplate'] = 'Hide for Template'; return $data; } add_filter('piklist_part_process_callback', 'my_hide_for_template', 10, 2); function my_hide_for_template($data, $type) { global $post; // If not a meta box than bail if($type != 'meta-boxes') { return $data; } // Check if any page template is set in the comment block if (!empty($data['data']['hidefortemplate'])) { // Get the active page template $active_template = pathinfo(get_page_template_slug($post->ID), PATHINFO_FILENAME); // Is there a page template set for this page? if(!empty($active_template)) { // Does the active page template match what we want to hide? if (strpos($data['data']['hidefortemplate'], $active_template) !== false) { // Change meta-box access to user role: no-role return; } } } return $data; } -
Wow! We really messed up on this one. The array has been totally updated and we didn’t do a good job communicating.
I just updated the tutorial and tested, and now it’s guaranteed to work.
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@noobie– Just to make sure you are using this properly:
1) Add a new page
2) Choose page template
3) Save page
4) Metaboxes should be goneIs that what you are doing?
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Dear Steve
Yes, I have a page “Home” using template “Home Page” (filename: page-home.php).
But the metabox is still showing.comment block as per below:
/* Title: Right Bar Section Description: Customized right bar section Post Type: page, cpt_promo, cpt_news_event Hide for Template: page-home Order: 3 */
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@noobie– please zip by your theme and piklist code and email to [email protected]
We’ll take a look.
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@noobie– I was able to take a look much sooner 😉
The Full Page template worked fine for me, it was the default template that didn’t. The reason is because the default template is saved as an empty string.
I updated the tutorial. You just need to update the function that’s being called by “piklist_part_process_callback”.
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@noobie– Great! Thank you for helping us work through this.
closing this ticket.
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