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Using Metabox with scheduled post, meta box doesn't display :(

I have created a custom meta box to display a dropdown menu that an author can use to select a featured ad for a post, this works fine when the post is published straight away but when it is scheduled, the meta box ad never displays (but if you go back into the post and click update, the ad then appears).



/* Meta Boxes */

	add_action( 'add_meta_boxes', 'es_metabox_post_ads_create' );



	function es_metabox_post_ads_create()

	{

   		//create a custom meta box

   		add_meta_box( 'es_metabox_post_ads', 'Post Ads', 'es_metabox_post_ads_function', 'post', 'side', 'low' );

	}



	function es_metabox_post_ads_function( $post )

	{

		$eirepanel_inline_ads_options = get_option('eirepanel_inline_ads_options');

		$select_post_ads = get_post_meta( $post->ID, '_select_post_ads', true ); ?>



        <select name="select_post_ads">

        	<option style="min-width: 120px;">Please Select</option> 

            <?php for($i=0; $i<count($eirepanel_inline_ads_options['eirepanel_inline_ads_options_name']); $i++): ?>

            

            	<?php

				$selected = '';

				if($select_post_ads == $eirepanel_inline_ads_options['eirepanel_inline_ads_options_name'][$i])

				{

					echo $selected = 'selected';

					echo $eirepanel_inline_ads_options['eirepanel_inline_ads_options_name'][$i];

				} 

                sort($eirepanel_inline_ads_options['eirepanel_inline_ads_options_name']); ?>

                <option style="min-width: 120px;" <?php echo $selected; ?> >

					<?php echo $eirepanel_inline_ads_options['eirepanel_inline_ads_options_name'][$i]; ?>

				</option>

            <?php endfor; ?>

        </select>



	<?php

	}



//hook to save the meta box data

	add_action( 'save_post', 'boj_mbe_save_post_ads_meta' );



	function boj_mbe_save_post_ads_meta( $post_id )

	{

		if ( defined('DOING_AUTOSAVE') && DOING_AUTOSAVE ) 

	        return $post_id;

			update_post_meta( $post_id, '_select_post_ads', strip_tags( $_POST['select_post_ads'] ) ); 

	}

Keith Donegan | 07/04/11 at 8:57am | Edit

Previous versions of this question: 07/04/11 at 9:18am | 07/04/11 at 9:23am

(3) Possible Answers Submitted...

Last edited:
07/04/11
9:16am
Utkarsh Kukreti says:
Please post the code you're using.
- 07/04/11 9:18am
  
  Keith Donegan says:
  Hey, is this enough?
- 07/04/11 9:20am
  
  Utkarsh Kukreti says:
  There must be some more code. Something that contains 'add_post_meta'.
- 07/04/11 9:23am
  
  Keith Donegan says:
  Sorry, missed that block, updated.
Last edited:
07/04/11
9:19am
Armando Jaleo says:
Hi Keith:

Please Do you can give me more information, I don't understand "(but if you go back into the post and click update, the ad then appears)"

You can check: to save and publish a post straight away and edit and change the date of publish.

Greetings!
- 07/04/11 9:22am
  
  Keith Donegan says:
  Hi Armando.
  
  I can indeed save and publish the post and the ad appears, but my client has alot of authors that need to schedule posts and have then displayed over time.
Last edited:
07/04/11
9:47am
Jurre Hanema says:
I believe the save_post action is also called when a post status transitions from scheduled to published. Because in that case $_POST is of course empty the metadata gets removed.

So I have a feeling a simple check before you update the post metadata like this may solve the issue:
```
function boj_mbe_save_post_ads_meta( $post_id )

{

	if ( defined('DOING_AUTOSAVE') && DOING_AUTOSAVE ) 

		return $post_id;



	if(isset($_POST['select_post_ads']))

		update_post_meta($post_id, '_select_post_ads', strip_tags( $_POST['select_post_ads'] ) ); 

}
```
- 07/04/11 10:09am
  
  Keith Donegan says:
  Bingo, that makes sense! Thank you
- 07/04/11 10:16am
  
  Keith Donegan says:
  How do I pay you? lol
- 07/04/11 10:23am
  
  Jurre Hanema says:
  I believe you should use the "Vote?"-link underneath your first post.
- 07/04/11 10:32am
  
  Keith Donegan says:
  Done, get it ok?