Meta Box Admin Columns Addon GPL v1.7.2

Overview of Meta Box Admin Columns Addon GPL: MB Admin Columns serves as an extension for the Meta Box plugin, empowering developers to showcase custom fields within the posts, terms, and users lists in the WordPress admin area. This extension provides the flexibility to set column positions, titles, and enables sorting and searching functionalities.

When engaged in WordPress theme development, plugin creation, or website customization, the inclusion of custom columns in admin screens for posts or custom post types is a frequent requirement.

Custom admin columns enhance the user’s content overview. For instance, in the case of a custom post type like “Book,” it becomes essential to display columns such as Book Author, Publisher, Number of Pages, and Category on the All Books screen (as illustrated in the provided screenshot). WordPress, by default, offers a limited display of content (title, date) on this screen, which may not suffice.

MB Admin Columns efficiently addresses this task. Simply specify the desired custom field to be displayed, and let the plugin handle the rest. You can also customize column titles, set their positions, and make them sortable or searchable.

Features of Meta Box Admin Columns Addon GPL:

• Customize column positions with support for before/after/replacing existing columns and ordering.
• Tailor the output and column titles according to your preferences.
• Support for all standard types of custom fields.
• Display custom HTML before and after column content.
• Enable column sorting and searching for custom field data.
• Automatic styling to align with WordPress UI.
• Compatibility with post, term, and user meta (since version 1.1.1).
• Minimalistic LESS code, requiring only 1 parameter.
• Optimization for Meta Box users.
• Lightweight and supports posts, terms, and users.

Expanding Functionality:

• Since version 1.1.1, MB Admin Columns extends support beyond post meta to include term meta and user meta, facilitating the display of additional information for terms and users in their respective list tables.

Note: For adding meta to terms and users, MB Term Meta and MB User Meta extensions are required.

Taxonomy Filtering:

• In version 1.2, MB Admin Columns introduces the ability to filter posts by custom taxonomies. Simply set the taxonomy as filterable, and the plugin takes care of the rest.

Note: If you wish to utilize this functionality as a standalone plugin, consider trying Admin Taxonomy Filter.