[wp-hackers] Multiple category boxes / tabs in the Admin Area

[Jennifer Hodgdon]

Ah, that's quite different. The meta_box() function lets you add 
separate boxes to the edit screen. If you want to modify a built-in 
box, the code that creates that built-in box would need to have an 
"action" hook call in it that would let plugins add to the box 
(assuming you don't want to hack core).

It doesn't appear to me that the post_categories_meta_box() function 
in wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php has such a hook right now, but if 
you file a bug on trac.wordpress.org with a patch that adds an action 
hook call, you can probably get it added to 2.8 (the WP Powers that Be 
are usually pretty receptive to these additions). Meanwhile, you can 
hack core by adding just that one line to the file, which isn't quite 
as bad as totally rewriting the function.

Good luck!
   --Jennifer

ps: I don't know how familiar you are with WP "action" hooks... the 
line you would want to add to core WP is something like this:

do_action( 'post_categories_meta_box' );

And your plugin would have:

add_action( 'post_categories_meta_box', 'myplugin_myfunctionname' );
function myplugin_myfunctionname() {
    //print out your addition to the box
}

Anyway, you could try this out, and if it works, file a Trac bug to 
get the do_action line added to core.

Eduardo Wosiack Zulian wrote:
> Almost there, Jennifer. Put each top-level category in its own box is an
> idea. However, I was planning to maybe, if possible, to put these categories
> into the post_categories_meta_box, side by side with the "most used" tab. Is
> that possible, right?

-- 
Jennifer Hodgdon * Poplar ProductivityWare
www.poplarware.com
Drupal, WordPress, and custom Web programming