Setting up Simple Meta Boxes

Follow these simple steps to set up your copy of Simple Meta Boxes:

1. Download and add the simple-meta-boxes folder to your project.
2. include or require simple-meta-boxes.php in your theme's functions.php file.
3. Create a new array to hold all your metaboxes. In the documentation we will be referring to this array as $metaboxes.
4. Instantiate the Simple_Meta_Boxes class with the $metaboxes array as a parameter of the class.

Below is an example in which we include the class files, instantiate the class and pass it an array which will create a new custom meta box called Movie Information with two meta fields.

//This code should live in your functions.php file or a file included/required by your functions.php file.
include 'simple-meta-boxes/simple-meta-boxes.php';
$metaboxes = array();
$metaboxes['movie_information'] = array(
	'id'          => 'movie_information',
	'title'       => 'Movie Information',
	'post_type'   => array( 'movies' ),
	'description' => 'You can add the movie\'s information here.',
	'fields'      => array(
        array(
		    'title'   => 'Production Studio',
		    'id'      => 'production_studio',
		    'type'    => 'text',
		),
		array(
			'title'   => 'Genres',
			'id'      => 'movie_genres',
			'description' => 'Select the movie genres.',
			'type'    => 'checkbox',
			'choices' => array(
				'action' => 'Action',
				'comedy' => 'Comedy',
				'drama' => 'Drama',
				'documentary' => 'Documentary'
			),
		),
	)
);

$smb = new Simple_Meta_Boxes($metaboxes);

All set up and ready for some meta box magic? See Adding meta boxes and Adding meta fields to a meta box.