Meta box gone from Custom Post Type

  • Resolved imeldesign

    (@imeldesign)


    9 years, 2 months ago

    I set up Powerpress long ago on a client website. At the time the powerpress meta box showed under the editor even on the custom post type (WP Courseware). My client used it to put and audio file for his lessons.
    Going back to remove an audio file and the meta box is gone in the editor but the audio player is showing and working on the front end. It isn’t an option to display under Screen Options.
    I now see the option for adding it to custom post types in the PP settings. If I enable that and create it for the existing post type (course-units) the existing audio player disappears on the front end.
    How to I make the existing podcast metabox show up on the custom post type like it did before so I can edit it?

    Melanie

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  • Plugin Support Mike Dell

    (@benzoid)

    9 years, 2 months ago

    Make sure the “podcast episode” box isn’t just collapsed. When there is an episode already in the post, the box collapses and there is a check box that says “Modify existing podcast episode”. If it’s there, click that and the box will appear.

    -Mike
    Blubrry Support

    Plugin Support Mike Dell

    (@benzoid)

    9 years, 2 months ago

    If that doesn’t work, contact me. mike at blubrry dot com and we will look into it more.

    -Mike
    Blubrry Support

    Plugin Contributor Angelo Mandato

    (@amandato)

    9 years, 2 months ago

    Hello @imeldesign,

    Are you still having an issue with the episode box?

    Thread Starter imeldesign

    (@imeldesign)

    9 years, 2 months ago

    yes, sorry I haven’t responded. I did have the site on a local dev so it was working. I updated all the plugins and just like the live site it was gone. Turned off all the plugins except wp courseware and powerpress. Still gone.

    I’ve been out of town all week at a conference.

    Plugin Contributor Angelo Mandato

    (@amandato)

    9 years, 2 months ago

    Hello @imeldesign,

    Can you check to see if perhaps the meta box was removed? At the top right corner of the post edit screen, there is a link (looks like a tab) labeled “Screen Options”, please select that. When you select that a drawer will come down giving you a number of options. Please make sure the Podcast Episode check-boxes are checked. If one is not, then check it, that should make the meta box re-appear.

    If that does not solve the problem, can you reply with more information about your website such as are you using post types for your podcast?

    Thanks!

    Thread Starter imeldesign

    (@imeldesign)

    9 years, 2 months ago

    Angelo, That is the first place I looked. It isn’t even an option on the local or live site.
    screenshot

    • This reply was modified 9 years, 2 months ago by imeldesign.
    Plugin Contributor Angelo Mandato

    (@amandato)

    9 years, 2 months ago

    Hello @imeldesign,

    Did you ever use custom post types at one point on your website? If so, you may have a define in your wp-config.php, ‘POWERPRESS_POST_TYPES’. If you do, please comment out that define or delete it and see if that brings the episode box back.

    Did you ever use a roles and capabilities plugin and modify the capability type associated with blog posts? If this is the case, we can do the reverse and add the define for POWERPRESS_POST_TYPES. If that’s the case I can reply with a test define to try.

    Thanks,
    Angelo

    Thread Starter imeldesign

    (@imeldesign)

    9 years, 2 months ago

    WP-Courseware is a custom post type. It handles the access for those who bought the course. That is where the meta box has vanished from. There is nothing in the wp-config.php about PowerPress. So I added this:
    define (‘POWERPRESS_POST_TYPES’, ‘course_unit’);

    Now I am seeing the meta box.

    Thanks.

    Plugin Contributor Angelo Mandato

    (@amandato)

    9 years, 2 months ago

    ok awesome!

    Do you need a podcast RSS feed as well or are you only concerned with having the media on the web pages?

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