Lab Introduction - Know the Code

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Let’s get you ready to start this lab. I’ll walk through your setup.

Use the same setup and sandbox you created in the Post Metadata Basics lab, including having Kint installed.
You need to clone the starting plugin from GitHub. You will need Git installed on your machine in order to do this. Follow along with me in the video to clone it to your machine.
Make sure the Meta Box Basics plugin is on the “master” branch by typing: git checkout master
Then activate the plugin.

Break. Go rest your noodle for a couple of minutes.

Episodes

Total Lab Runtime: 02:21:18

1 Lab Introductionfree 07:20
2 What is a Meta Box?free 07:28
3 Add a New Meta Boxpro 11:46
4 Meta Box HTMLpro 18:39
5 Save Process & $_POSTfree 12:33
6 Bail Out if Not Our Meta Boxpro 05:03
7 Nonce Security Checkpro 10:16
8 On Save - Update or Delete Custom Field?pro 12:03
9 Validate & Sanitize BEFORE Updating Databasefree 14:41
10 Add Another Custom Fieldpro 08:49
11 Making Save Easier with $_POST Keypro 05:32
12 Better Saving Strategy for Multiple Custom Fieldspro 14:47
13 Changing Where Meta Box Appearspro 06:02
14 Passing Arguments to Renderpro 02:18
15 Wrap & Making it Reusablepro 04:01

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