Make the Status, Visibility, or Date fields opened by default in the Publish box

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By default, the Status, Visibility, and Date fields in the Publish metabox are closed, and you have to click Edit to show them.

Is there a way to make these fields visible by default?

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The hidden elements all have a class of hide-if-js.

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  1. This jQuery code seems to work, when added via the admin_footer hook.

    • #submitdiv = the whole Publish metabox
    • .misc-pub-section = each UI section (except the Publish and Save sections)

    • .hide-if-js = the fields that are hidden by default

      $('#submitdiv .misc-pub-section')
    .has("#post-status-display, #timestamp")
    .find('.hide-if-js')
    .toggle();

    That will unhide the Status dropdown and the Date picker.

  2. Building upon @supertrue ‘s answer, here is a full implementation.

    1./ Create a .js file (for ex: admin-post-ui-visibility.js) containing the following:

    (function($){

    $('#submitdiv .misc-pub-section')
        .has("#post-status-display, #timestamp")
        .find('.hide-if-js')
        .toggle();

})(jQuery);

    2./ Add this to your Theme’s functions.php file:

    function reveal_visibility_metabox($hook){
    if( 'post.php' != $hook )
        return;
    wp_enqueue_script( 'reveal_visibility_metabox', get_stylesheet_directory_uri().'/library/js/admin-post-ui-visibility.js', array( 'jquery' ), '', true );
}
add_action( 'admin_enqueue_scripts', 'reveal_visibility_metabox' );