• Expand the WordPress Quick Edit Menu
    by ShibaShake on Mar 2, 2011
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    29 Comments
    1. Anonymous

      Hi, your code is really magic but i’m not a php expert developer, is there a way to insert custom fields instead the ID post?

      I need to show the 3 custom field options into the “option” form.

      I’m using this:


      'lotes',
      'numberposts' => -1,
      'post_status' => 'publish') );
      ?>

      Inside the form:

      <?php
      foreach ($estatus_columns as $estatus_column) {
      echo "ID}'>{$estatus_column->post_title}\n";
      }
      ?>

      I’m trying to do this with no success:

      Inside the form:

      <?php
      foreach ($estatus_columns as $estatus_column) {
      echo "estatus}'>. get('estatus') .\n";
      }
      ?>

      Thank you in advance.

      3:00 pm on April 2nd, 2012 Reply
    2. Amy

      Very interesting work, I was wondering if there is a way to remove items from quick edit, for example the categories box?

      7:55 am on March 13th, 2012 Reply
    3. S Kumar

      HI Shiba,

      Is there a way to add desired columns such as postmeta field to quick edit
      option without creating columns? I did this by calling method but i could’t make it work since those values are not saving could you walk through it once please guide me to achieve this.

      3:50 am on January 24th, 2012 Reply
      • S Kumar

        Hey I found solution we can create columns as many as we want without creating columns by calling foreign method to quick edit save anyways –thanks

        11:09 pm on January 24th, 2012 Reply
    4. kathy

      as a heads up if you are using this on a hierarchical post type, then you must change post_row_actions to page_row_actions. got stuck on that for a while. and to touch back on my old comment about setting the thumbnail from the edit.php screen, i was able to accomplish this except that the new image wouldn’t fade in. i couldn’t find any way to hook onto the completion of the ajax save. still looking for the appropriate callback.

      2:43 pm on January 5th, 2012 Reply
    5. Adnan

      I have to get the current post meta inside the function and update the data with conditions of new and existing data. But seems like get_post_meta is not working. I tried this: get_post_meta($post_id, ‘_vm’, TRUE) while there is some existing data with meta key _vm but. It outputs nothing. It works good on other function. I need quick help.

      3:32 am on September 30th, 2011 Reply
      • ShibaShake

        Not sure why. It could be an issue with the wrong $post_id or that the meta key starts with an underscore. I would print out the $post_id to make sure it is the post that I want. If that is not the issue, I would try using a different meta key.

        Anyway, let us know what works out.

        2:15 pm on September 30th, 2011 Reply
        • Adnan007

          Sorry for late reply. That doesn’t work. The post id and meta key is accurate. I tried printing them and also tried with some other meta before doing the comment. It looks like the get_post_meta function doesn’t work inside the function for me. If you have time you may try. I used same code and data to get the meta data on edit post page and other places and that works fine.

          7:30 pm on November 18th, 2011 Reply
    6. jonathan

      Im struggling to follow this. the first bit add a custom column Widget Set to the admin I cant follow as you dont illustrate which file is needed to be edited. It would be easier if you pointed out edit the /wp-admin/admin.php file (or what ever file it is)

      Im trying to just add a new field in the pages edit menu so that it will just display the page file name eg left-handed-widgets.html. ultimatly I just want to export a list of the page file names my site has. but dont want it in xml. just want a text file or CSV. cant find a plugin to to this anywhere. Ijust need to record on a table each page file name and its inherant google page rank. So I can get a at the glance view of which pages need a bit of sculpting.

      does anyone know if there is a plugin that will do this. I could follow the instructions if didnt have to second guess while file is being edited. or is that just the arrogance of the person writing the tutorial “if your wanting to edit this code, then you should know what file we are using, else get lost” how much extra effort does it take to just put in a step that says ‘open wp-admin/edit-xyz.php’ .

      6:03 am on August 15th, 2011 Reply
      • ShibaShake

        In general, you do not want to edit WordPress core files.

        The best ways to add in new functionality is through a child theme or through a plugin. Some people edit their current theme file for a short term solution.

        There are a variety of articles out there on child themes and how to write a plugin. I would start with the WordPress Codex. I also have an example plugin that you can use -
        http://shibashake.com/wordpress-theme/wordpress-example-plugin

        I can understand your frustration with WP programming, but striking out at others is perhaps not the best way to get questions answered.

        7:36 am on August 15th, 2011 Reply
    7. Rutwick

      Great! I had been looking for this since a long time! I needed a way to set my custom fields without opening up the post edit screen, but couldn’t find one. And then I came across this post when I was reading your http://shibashake.com/wordpress-theme/custom-post-type-permalinks post.

      Thanks! You rock!

      -Rutwick

      10:24 pm on July 18th, 2011 Reply
    8. kathy

      nm. i must have messed something up while trying to expand it to my own purposes. sweet.

      9:46 am on July 9th, 2011 Reply
    9. kathy

      hi! i love this. i just noticed that when you update the post after quick editing the ‘widget set’.. that if you go back to the quick edit, the drop down doesn’t remember the value. this probably b/c there is no comparison of the the current value to the value in the foreach loop


      foreach ($widget_sets as $widget_set) {
      echo "ID}'>{$widget_set->post_title}\n";
      }

      and setting selected=”selected”. though there might be more to the javascript side of things

      9:28 am on July 9th, 2011 Reply
    10. kathy

      thumbs up to Jan’s idea! i also have been wondering for a while if the thumbnail (added from your other tutorial) could be changed/set from the quick edit menu.

      11:05 am on July 1st, 2011 Reply
    11. Friend

      I get these errors in the Firebug console when I use this code. Clicking the quick edit link doesn’t work when I use my copied and pasted version of the code.

      ReferenceError: Can’t find variable: inlineEditPost
      ReferenceError: Can’t find variable: set_inline_widget_set

      7:28 pm on June 15th, 2011 Reply
      • ShibaShake

        Where are you trying to add the quick edit expansion? What version of WP are you running?

        inlineEditPost should be defined in inline-edit-post.js (a native WP file) which automatically gets loaded in the Edit Post screen.

        1:08 pm on June 16th, 2011 Reply
    12. Friend

      Thank you so much for this tutorial! You are amazing.
      I think there’s a typo, in the last bit of code:
      It looks like you have an extra “)” here:
      // Add to our admin_init function
      add_filter(‘post_row_actions’, ‘shiba_expand_quick_edit_link’), 10, 2);

      6:15 pm on June 15th, 2011 Reply
    13. Chris

      Do you know if this is possible for custom post types?

      3:49 pm on May 31st, 2011 Reply
    14. Perry

      You are my hero – the only person I could find that may have a chance at helping me!

      Is there any way you would take a paying job to help me create a column in my wp-admin post screen? I just installed the la petite URL plugin, and want the shortened URL’s to display on my main admin posts screen (for quick reference). I don’t need it in the quick edit function – just a column that displays the link/data.

      Please contact me at the email I put into the comment. Thanks!

      7:33 pm on April 26th, 2011 Reply
    15. Kendra

      This was an amazing article! I’m still fairly new to WordPress, so I’m learning as much about cutomizing it and using it as I can. This was some great info for me; it is helping me to better understand the programming side of WordPress, since I am trained more on the graphic side :)

      4:13 pm on April 2nd, 2011 Reply
    16. Michael Bailey

      I think I love you :)

      Thanks so much for this.. I can’t tell you how much help this was for me.

      With more appreciation than you could shake a stick at..

      Michael.

      2:51 am on April 1st, 2011 Reply
      • ShibaShake

        LOL! Well love is great and all but diamonds are a girl’s best friend. ;)

        11:54 am on April 2nd, 2011 Reply
    17. jan

      I wonder if you could use it to add a “quick edit” button to the Media Library? It would be very useful to modify the captions and alts from there…

      Thanks!

      5:07 pm on March 25th, 2011 Reply
      • ShibaShake

        That is a good idea. I will add that to my to-do list.

        3:37 pm on March 28th, 2011 Reply
    18. Johannes

      Thanks – You’re article helped a lot understanding and using quickedit.

      greets from Salzburg,

      - johannes

      1:29 am on March 6th, 2011 Reply
      • ShibaShake

        Glad it was helpful. Nice photographs on your site. :)

        9:45 am on March 6th, 2011 Reply

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