Question

I am editing a Custom Post Type template, and am using custom fields to enter info into a meta box to be included on the page, as well as include some static default text on all the pages.

I basically need to “chunk” together the post info in the_content along with the static text and some meta box info. Here’s what I want:

• the_content
• static text
• meta box 1
• more static text
• meta box 2
• end of the _content

I have plugins that add social buttons before the_content and a signature after the_content so I am trying to figure out how to get all my custom stuff sandwiched in between those.

If I just add the meta boxes i nthe template, they display outside of the_content and the plugins display in unwanted places.

Answer 1

I ended up figuring this out on my own. The solution: using functions.php and add_filter, I had to create a new function to create the default content, and it works great.

here’s the general code for anyone interested:

function custom_post_type_default_content($content) {
global $post;
    if ($post->post_type == 'your-custom-post-type') {
    $content .= '<p> '. get_post_meta( $post->ID, "metabox-1-slug", true ).' 
    <br />
    <p> '. get_post_meta( $post->ID, "metabox-2-slug", true ).'</p>
    <p>YOUR TEXT HERE.</p>';
}
add_filter('the_content', 'custom_post_type_default_content', 0);

Note that the zero just near the end controls placement. I have a social media plugin that has a priority of “1”, and to get the default content to appear above that I have to make this a priority of “0”.

Also note the single apostrophes that open and close the code following $content .=

You basically add whatever you want between those apostrophes, and in this case I am pulling metabox info which have their own apostrophes containing code. It gets confusing!

In other words, your code should be $content .='YOUR CUSTOM CONTENT' and within those apostrophes, add your text, code, etc. The standalone metabox code is '. get_post_meta( $post->ID, "metabox-1-slug", true ).' which is nested inside where the YOUR CUSTOM CONTENT text is.

I am basically explaining this to myself, as these were the things that tripped me up so figured would explain them in detail to help someone else like me. Or me when I have to go look this up again!