Messing with Metaboxes custom order

Hello @intervik!

This is actually a Gutenberg feature that allows you to move the boxes. With this feature, all boxes are treated as one long list of boxes, including that in the sidebar. So if you’ve clicked the down arrow, the Yoast meta box will jump to the sidebar if it’s the last visible box. So you need to click the up arrow (multiple times if necessary) to push the meta box from the sidebar back under the content box.

Thanks for a quick reply!

We are not using Gutenberg. All sites running Classic Editor. No problema ever before until some weeks ago. Running 12 sites, same started on all some updates ago. (different reported dates by different clients)

However, It seems like it is the Extension Yoast Woocommerce, with added checkbox “above Yoast default metabox” that messing up custom metabox orders. Remember that many not using Gutenberg when dev plugins! My personal settings are:

Top (High prio)
1: Product Short description
2: Product settings and attributes
3: Product Long description (editor)
Mid (old default below)
1: Custom fields
2: Custom fields
3: Custom fields ...
Below (the new added section)
1: Yoast SEO
2: Custom fields ...
Sidebar:
- whatever

When Yaost Woocommmerce active, The 2: Product settings and attributes moves below Yaost bottom metabox every pageload… It is a javascript listener as we can see the “jump”.

Well, Read this – and mark as resolved – as this is a PRO paid BUG support issue

We discovered this same day we wrote the ticket here…

• This reply was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by Jonas Lundman. Reason: spelling

Hi Jonas,

Since you mentioned having Yoast WooCommerce SEO, you have access to premium support. Per the forum guidelines, we cannot answer questions about our premium products.

If you haven’t done so already, you’re welcome to contact our support team directly.