Re Order Editor to be after meta box

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I want to reorder stuff in a custom post. I got the meta box and editor working together, but currently the editor is above the meta box
and I need it to be the other way around.

This is the code for my meta box:

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// adding the meta boxes
add_action("admin_init", "tl_admin_init");
function tl_admin_init(){
  add_meta_box("testimonial_description-meta", __('Testimonial Description', 'sagive'), "testimonial_description", "testimonial", "normal", "core");
}


// getting, setting and displaying PROJECT DESCRIPTION meta box
function testimonial_description() {
    global $post; // this is a must!
    $custom = get_post_custom($post->ID); // this is a must!
    $testimonial_description = $custom["testimonial_description"][0];
    ?>
    <textarea name="testimonial_description" style="width: 98%; height: 10em; " /><?php echo $testimonial_description; ?></textarea>
    <label><?php _e('Write a Simple 2 Line Description of your client testimonial without html for clean design.', 'sagive'); ?></label>
    <?php
}

I tried removing the editor and re-instating after this function
but I guess that`s an over simplistic solution since it doesn’t work.

I’ve removed the editor using this: 

/* This will help me get rid of the editor */
function tl_remove_pages_editor(){
    remove_post_type_support( 'testimonial', 'editor' );
}   
add_action( 'init', 'tl_remove_pages_editor' );

Then added it again using add_post_type_supports. 

Any suggestions anyone ?

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4 comments

  1. This will allow the post editor to be moved like the other sortable post boxes.

    function move_posteditor( $hook ) {
    if ( $hook == 'post.php' OR $hook == 'post-new.php' ) {
        wp_enqueue_script( 'jquery' );
        add_action('admin_print_footer_scripts', 'move_posteditor_scripts');

    }
}
add_action( 'admin_enqueue_scripts', 'move_posteditor', 10, 1 );

function move_posteditor_scripts() {
    ?>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        jQuery('#postdiv, #postdivrich').prependTo('#your_meta_box_id .inside' );
</script>
<?php }

  2. This is the simplest method I have found.

    When creating your metabox, simply set the context to “advanced”. Then, latch on to the edit_form_after_title hook – print your meta boxes out there, then remove it so it doesn’t appear twice.

    // Move all "advanced" metaboxes above the default editor
add_action('edit_form_after_title', function() {
    global $post, $wp_meta_boxes;
    do_meta_boxes(get_current_screen(), 'advanced', $post);
    unset($wp_meta_boxes[get_post_type($post)]['advanced']);
});

    Thanks to Andrew’s solution here.

  3. This solution from WordPress.org forums worked perfectly for me and without any JS. I modified it to only target a single CPT, so in the code below replace {post-type} with the post type you want to target: post, page, my_custom_post_type, etc… (If that’s confusing see the referenced link to .org for that standard page/post example)

    add_action( 'add_meta_boxes', 'jb_make_wp_editor_movable', 0 );
function jb_make_wp_editor_movable() {
    global $_wp_post_type_features;
    if (isset($_wp_post_type_features['{post-type}']['editor']) && $_wp_post_type_features['{post-type}']['editor']) {
        unset($_wp_post_type_features['{post-type}']['editor']);
        add_meta_box(
            'description_sectionid',
            __('Description'),
            'jb_inner_custom_box',
            '{post-type}', 'normal', 'high'
        );
    }
}
function jb_inner_custom_box( $post ) {
    the_editor($post->post_content);
}

  4. Have you tried to set $priority to high and change context?

    If this is not helping – there is a hack you could use – which is to MOVE the editor INSIDE a meta-box and then you can place it as you like.