Change The Titles Of Custom Meta Boxes

  • I’m trying to create a function (without the use of JS) to change the title of Custom Meta Boxes.

    Currently I have the following code which changes the titles of Core WordPress Meta Boxes (such as author etc.):

    //hook to the 'add_meta_boxes' action
add_action('add_meta_boxes', 'change_meta_box_titles');
function change_meta_box_titles() {
    global $wp_meta_boxes; // array of defined meta boxes
    // cycle through the array, change the titles you want
    $wp_meta_boxes['post']['normal']['core']['authordiv']['title']= 'Team Member';
}

    However it doesn’t appear that custom meta boxes can be called the same way. They don’t show up when you use the following snippet inside your function to view the $wp_meta_boxes array:

    echo '<pre>';
print_r($wp_meta_boxes);
echo '</pre>';
wp_die('');

    Anyone have any suggestions on how to change the titles of custom meta boxes?

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  • If I call print_r($wp_meta_boxes); from within my metabox generating class it shows the metaboxes I’ve added.

    Thread Starter Syrehn

    (@syrehn)

    Thanks noponies for the tip. If I try to use the print_r($wp_meta_boxes) code snippet inside my change_meta_box_titles function (shown in first post), it displays the custom post type but not the custom meta box details.

    In order to show the custom meta box details I had to place the print_r($wp_meta_boxes) snippet inside my function to create my meta boxes, once posted there it displays custom post type and custom meta box info.

    With the print_r($wp_meta_boxes) snippet now inside my create meta boxes function it displays the following (I left out the portions not related to the custom meta box):

    [portfolio] => Array
        (
            [side] => Array
                (
                    [high] => Array
                        (
                            [cc_projectinfo_meta] => Array
                                (
                                    [id] => cc_projectinfo_meta
                                    [title] => Project Info
                                    [callback] => cc_show_projectinfo_meta_box
                                    [args] =>
                                )
                        )
                )

    The above shows that I should be able to use the following code inside my change_meta_box_titles function to change the title of the custom meta box:

    $wp_meta_boxes['portfolio']['side']['high']['cc_projectinfo_meta']['title']= 'A New Title';

    However, it doesn’t work. The custom meta box title doesn’t change. Yet now if I use the print_r($wp_meta_boxes) snippet inside the change_meta_box_titles function it displays the following:

    [portfolio] => Array
        (
            [side] => Array
                (
                  [high] => Array
                        (
                            [cc_projectinfo_meta] => Array
                                (
                                    [title] => New Title
                                )
                       )
               )

    I’m not sure why this isn’t working correctly. Did I miss something? Can anyone offer any further insight here?

    Thread Starter Syrehn

    (@syrehn)

    Anyone know why this might not be working correctly?

    You might try the high priority to make sure the code runs after meta box has been added:

    add_action('add_meta_boxes', 'change_meta_box_titles', 999);

    Thread Starter Syrehn

    (@syrehn)

    @rilwis

    That did the trick. What a simple fix that I can’t believe I didn’t test, herp derp. ??

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