Add Post Type Instructions
by dauidus 5 (7 reviews)

Add Post Type Instructions

Allows admins to easily set instructional context for metaboxes and more on pages, posts or custom post types.

Add Post Type Instructions ranks #22,374 among WordPress.org plugins with 40+ active installations, is #499 of 1,182 in the Editor & Writing category, a 5/5 rating from 7 reviews, and was last updated Apr 24, 2015. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 4.2 (Current: 7.1.4)
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Updated 11 years ago Last Update on 24 Apr, 2015
Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on
#499 of 1,182 in Editor & Writing Top 50% by installs No update in over a year
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Security History

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress admins and site editors who manage pages, posts, or custom post types. It solves the problem of clients not knowing how to fill in specific fields correctly by letting admins add instructional context above titles, editors, and within metaboxes like publish, featured image, and page attributes.

  • Instructions above title field
  • Instructions above WYSIWYG editor
  • Default content within editor
  • Publish metabox instructions
  • Featured image metabox instructions
  • Multisite network support
  • Per-site setting definitions
  • OOP post type support

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Add Post Type Instructions

I wrote this plugin to provide simple assistance for my clients as they publish content. With just a quick look at any metabox, site managers (authors, editors...) can see a clear description of what will happen when they add content to that metabox. I have used this to convey the ideal image size for featured images, explain what tags are, or even add default content to any post type. I have also used this to add consice instructions immediately below the title field on any post type. Hopefully, it will benefit both site admins and site managers.
Yes. This plugin can be either network activated or activated individually for each site on a network.
Simply delete this plugin to remove all data associated with it. Deactivating the plugin will keep all plugin data saved in the database, but will not remove it.

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