Plugin to add custom content area to admin panel

  • I’m trying to recall a plugin I used on a site a long time ago or something that provides the same functionality.

    It would add a menu option to the admin area. When you click it, you’re given a handful of pre-arranged custom fields. Then you could use shortcode to recall the content of those fields. I know what I’m describing sounds an awful lot like a custom post type but it was different in that there was no recursive element to it. With a standard custom post type, you can create an infinite number of that post type. With this plugin, you answered a series of predetermined questions and then could recall the questions on pages and posts using shortcode.

    So it’d be more like a custom fields plugin that allows the custom fields to stand alone without being assigned as metadata for a post type.

    Can anyone think of what I’m looking for? Or at least the correct verbiage to adequately Google around?

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  • Hello,

    Let me check.

    Thread Starter TheIronCheek

    (@theironcheek)

    If it helps, the point was to allow a non-admin user a place to change the text on a page without having access to the Posts or Pages.

    For example, if I have an About page that has content that looks like this:

    <h1>About</h1>

<img src="images/photo.jpg" style="float:left; margin-right:5px;" /> 
<p>Our business has been owned and operated for 45 years. We provide the best customer service in the area!</p>

    I want to allow my client an easy way to change the text on the page without accidentally changing the code there. With the plugin I’m thinking of, the content on the page would look something like this:

    <h1>About</h1>

<img src="images/photo.jpg" style="float:left; margin-right:5px;" />
<p>[myplugin fieldID=123]</p>

    My client would then have access to Posts and Pages removed and instead would have access to the plugin area where the field matching the shortcode would hold the appropriate text.

    okay, let me think the solution.

    Got some idea, I will show you a demo.

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