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tmf/wp-metabox-helper
=====================

A Pimple service that facilitates the creation of WordPress metaboxes

v0.1.3(11y ago)240MITPHP

Since Nov 26Pushed 11y ago1 watchersCompare

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WordPress Metabox Helper Service
================================

[](#wordpress-metabox-helper-service)

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A [Pimple](http://pimple.sensiolabs.org/) service based on the [Hookable Service Provider](https://github.com/tmf/wp-hookable-service) that facilitates the creation of metaboxes for post meta fields. The items in a metabox representing post meta fields are compatible with WordPress revisions and autosaves. This service can be registered in a pimple container and be used in WordPress themes or plugins.

This metabox helper service comes with the following types of items out of the box:

- Text inputs
- Dropdown fields (implemented with [selectize](http://brianreavis.github.io/selectize.js/))
- Textareas
- TinyMCE Editors

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

This service is installable via [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) and relies on it's class autoloading mechanism. You can package the vendor directory with you theme or plugin, with your WordPress installation or with a setup of your choosing.

1. Create a composer project for your plugin or theme:

    ```
    cd your-plugin-directory
    # install composer phar
    curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
    # create a basic composer.json
    ./composer.phar init
    ```
2. Add the metabox helper service as a dependency in your composer.json

    ```
    ./composer.phar require tmf/wp-metabox-helper ~0.1
    ```
3. Create a pimple container and register the metabox helper service

    ```
    // load the vendors via composer autoload
    if (file_exists( __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php')) {
        require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
    }

    use Tmf\Wordpress\Service\Metabox\MetaboxServiceProvider,
        Tmf\Wordpress\Service\Metabox\Metabox,
        Tmf\Wordpress\Service\Metabox\Item\InputItem,
        Tmf\Wordpress\Service\Metabox\Item\DropdownItem,
        Tmf\Wordpress\Service\Metabox\Item\EditorItem;

    // create the service container
    $services = new Pimple\Container();

    // register the metabox helper with this service provider. the service is registered with the 'metaboxes' key
    $services->register(new MetaboxServiceProvider());
    ```
4. Add a metabox and some metabox items representing post meta values

    ```
    add_action('admin_init', function () use ($services) {
        // create a metabox for 'post' post types
        $services['metaboxes']['foo'] = new Metabox('Foo', ['post'], 'normal', 'high');

        // add item: the key is the post meta key
        $services['metaboxes']['foo']['text'] = new InputItem(['label' => 'Metatext', 'description' => 'Some description']);
        $services['metaboxes']['foo']['dropdown'] = new DropdownItem([['label' => 'Foo', 'value'=>'foo'], ['label' => 'Bar', 'value'=>'bar']]);
        $services['metaboxes']['foo']['editor'] = new EditorItem();
    });
    ```

Extend
------

[](#extend)

If you want to use your own metabox items, your item must implement the `Tmf\Wordpress\Service\Metabox\Item\MetaboxItemInterface` interface. You can, however, extend any of the available items or the `Tmf\Wordpress\Service\Metabox\Item\TwigTemplateItemRenderer`. If you want to define your own Twig templates for the item rendering, add a Twig loader to the Twig Chain:

```
add_action('add_meta_boxes', function() use ($services) {
    $this->getContainer()->extend('metaboxes.twig.loader', function($loader, $services){
        /** @var Twig_Loader_Chain $loader */
        $loader->addLoader(new Twig_Loader_Filesystem(get_stylesheet_directory() . '/templates/items'));
        return $loader;
    });
}, 95); // additional twig loaders should be registered between priority 90 and 100
```

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity56

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~13 days

Total

4

Last Release

4143d ago

### Community

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Top Contributors

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