wow it’s been a month, no response. Can anyone point us to where the documentation for displaying the widgets html and css on the frontend?

Hi, I have come across this before and its not because of post statuses. It seems from your explanation that you are not saving the meta data. wp_insert_post and wp_update_post only save the standard fields you need to save the post_meta using add_post_meta and update_post_meta.

Can you post the function that creates the post and saves the post meta data so I can get a better understanding. An example of how I did this is below:

/**
		 * Insert the new post and associated post meta
		 */
		$fullname = $_POST['first-name'] . ' ' . $_POST['last-name']; 
	    $entry = array(
	        'post_title' => wp_strip_all_tags( $fullname ),
	        'post_type' => 'tgu_form_entry',
	        'post_status' => 'publish',
	        'post_author' => $user_id

	    );

	    $the_post_id = wp_insert_post( $entry );

	    if($the_post_id) {
	    	$wp_tgu_session['user_temp'] = $the_post_id;

	    	//Related Job
		    add_post_meta( $the_post_id, '_tgu_related_job', $_POST['job-id'], true );

		    //Personal Info post meta
		    add_post_meta( $the_post_id, 'tgu_job_first_name', sanitize_text_field($_POST['first-name']), true );
		    
		    add_post_meta( $the_post_id, 'tgu_job_last_name', sanitize_text_field($_POST['last-name']), true );

		    add_post_meta( $the_post_id, 'tgu_job_email', sanitize_email( $_POST['email']), true );

		    add_post_meta( $the_post_id, 'tgu_job_phone', $_POST['phone-number'], true );

		    //add_post_meta( $the_post_id, 'tgu_job_region', $_POST['region'], true );

		    add_post_meta( $the_post_id, 'tgu_job_city', $_POST['city-borough'], true );

		    
		    // Custom Questions
		    for ($i=1; $i < 6; $i++) { 
		        if( ! empty( $_POST['tgu_cus_q_' . $i] ) ) {
		            add_post_meta ($the_post_id, 'tgu_cus_q_' . $i, $_POST['tgu_cus_q_' . $i]);
		        }
		    }

		    /**
		     * Upload Resume
		     */
		    // These files need to be included as dependencies when on the front end.
		    require_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/image.php' );
		    require_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/file.php' );
		    require_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/media.php' );

		    
		    $attachment_id = media_handle_upload( 'upload-resume', $the_post_id );

		    /**
		     * Handle Add More/ Repeater Fields
		     */
		    //There are arrays
		    //Education
		    $institution = $_POST['tguinstitution'];
		    $year = $_POST['tguyear'];
		    $degree = $_POST['tgudegree'];
		    $course = $_POST['tgucourse'];
		    $grade = $_POST['tgugrade'];

		    if( count($institution) > 0 ) {
		        for ($i=0; $i < count($institution); $i++) { 
		            add_post_meta( $the_post_id, 'tgu_app_ins_' . $i, $institution[$i]['name'], true );
		        }
	        }

	        if( count($year) > 0 ) {
		        for ($i=0; $i < count($year); $i++) { 
		            add_post_meta( $the_post_id, 'tgu_app_yr_' . $i, $year[$i]['name'], true );
		        }
	        }

	        if( count($degree) > 0 ) {
		        for ($i=0; $i < count($degree); $i++) {
		        	add_post_meta( $the_post_id, 'tgu_app_deg_' . $i, $degree[$i]['name'], true ); 
		        }
	        }

	        if( count($course) > 0 ) {
		        for ($i=0; $i < count($course); $i++) { 
		            add_post_meta( $the_post_id, 'tgu_app_crse_' . $i, $course[$i]['name'], true );
		        }
	        }

	        if( count($grade) > 0 ) {
		        for ($i=0; $i < count($grade); $i++) { 
		            add_post_meta( $the_post_id, 'tgu_app_grade_' . $i, $grade[$i]['name'], true );
		        }
	        }
	        //-----------
	        //Experience
	        $company = $_POST['tgucompany'];
	        $industry = $_POST['tguindustry'];
	        $jobtitle = $_POST['tguexpjobtitle'];
	        $year = $_POST['tguexpyear'];
	        $role = $_POST['tguexproles'];

	        if( count($company) > 0 ) {
		        for ($i=0; $i < count($company); $i++) { 
		            add_post_meta( $the_post_id, 'tgu_app_exp_co_' . $i, $company[$i]['name'], true );
		        }
	        }

	        if( count($industry) > 0 ) {
		        for ($i=0; $i < count($industry); $i++) { 
		            add_post_meta( $the_post_id, 'tgu_app_exp_in_' . $i, $industry[$i]['name'], true );
		        }
	        }

	        if( count($jobtitle) > 0 ) {
		        for ($i=0; $i < count($jobtitle); $i++) { 
		            add_post_meta( $the_post_id, 'tgu_app_exp_job_' . $i, $jobtitle[$i]['name'], true );
		        }
	        }

	        if( count($year) > 0 ) {
		        for ($i=0; $i < count($year); $i++) { 
		            add_post_meta( $the_post_id, 'tgu_app_exp_yr_' . $i, $year[$i]['name'], true );
		        }
	        }

	        if( count($role) > 0 ) {
		        for ($i=0; $i < count($role); $i++) { 
		            add_post_meta( $the_post_id, 'tgu_app_exp_rr_' . $i, $role[$i]['name'], true );
		        }
	        }

	        //References
	        $reffulln = $_POST['reffn'];
	        $refco = $_POST['refco'];
	        $reftitle = $_POST['reftitle'];
	        $refPhone = $_POST['refphone'];

	        if( count($reffulln) > 0 ) {
		        for ($i=0; $i < count($reffulln); $i++) { 
		            add_post_meta( $the_post_id, 'tgu_ref_fn_' . $i, $reffulln[$i]['name'], true );
		        }
	        }

	        if( count($refco) > 0 ) {
		        for ($i=0; $i < count($refco); $i++) { 
		            add_post_meta( $the_post_id, 'tgu_ref_co_' . $i, $refco[$i]['name'], true );
		        }
	        }

	        if( count($reftitle) > 0 ) {
		        for ($i=0; $i < count($reftitle); $i++) { 
		            add_post_meta( $the_post_id, 'tgu_ref_job_' . $i, $reftitle[$i]['name'], true );
		        }
	        }

	        if( count($refPhone) > 0 ) {
		        for ($i=0; $i < count($refPhone); $i++) { 
		            add_post_meta( $the_post_id, 'tgu_ref_ph_' . $i, $refPhone[$i]['name'], true );
		        }
	        }

	        return $the_post_id;

	
	    } else {
	    	throw new Exception('There was a problem creating your application');
	    }

Notice that on successful wp_insert_post you will get the post_id, therefore if the post_id is present then you update_post_meta.

Hi,

Could you provide how you registered your post type and its name when registering. You have to make sure Post Type is set to the registered name of the post type example if I registered a post with piklist e.g

$post_types['client'] = array(
			'labels'	=>	piklist( 'post_type_labels', 'Client' ),
			'title'	=>	__('New Client', 'cjwd-scm'),
			'public'	=>	true,
			'supports'	=>	array(
				'title',
				'editor',
				'thumbnail'
			),
			'menu_icon'	=>	'dashicons-store',
			'edit_columns'	=> array(
				'title'	=>	__('Client Name', 'cjwd-scm' )
			),
		);

Post Type: client

Marcus I tried making your edits.
But I get an error on one of your changes line 208:
$spt = self::$paths[$_theme];

NOTICE: C:\wamp\www\tap\plugins\piklist\includes\class-piklist.php:208 - Undefined index: parent-theme

Ok let me clarify as much as possible.
I’m working on my local development machine which is a Windows 7 machine running Wamp to run WordPress 3.8.1 etc.

Problem 1: About and Settings Page for Piklist Plugin (v 0.9.3.1) are both blank.

Problem 2: I believe as a result of Problem 1, my metabox fields are not showing up. I can see the metabox with its title but its blank. The metabox fields are created by custom post types using my own custom post type plugin ( which is a piklist plugin)

Problem 3: A previous install of WordPress had 0.9.3 and I updated to 0.9.3.1 and it stopped working giving the following errors:
Notice:Undefined variable: Notice: Undefined variable: _part in C:\wamp\www\wpthemetester\wp-content\plugins\piklist\includes\class-piklist.php on line 208

Notice: Undefined variable: _part in C:\wamp\www\wpthemetester\wp-content\plugins\piklist\includes\class-piklist.php on line 210

Warning: include(C:\wamp\www\wpthemetester\wp-content\themes\cjwebdesign\piklist): failed to open stream: Permission denied in C:\wamp\www\wpthemetester\wp-content\plugins\piklist\includes\class-piklist.php on line 272

Warning: include(): Failed opening ‘C:\wamp\www\wpthemetester/wp-content/themes/cjwebdesign/piklist’ for inclusion (include_path=’.;C:\php\pear’) in C:\wamp\www\wpthemetester\wp-content\plugins\piklist\includes\class-piklist.php on line 272

I have the correct permissions. I tried chmod’ing other permissions settings and nothing has worked.
Please Advised.