Editor Meta Box Tabs

Editor Meta Box Tabs turns classic WordPress editor meta boxes into a compact, accessible tab bar above the editor. It is especially useful for complex custom post types with many fields and settings.

Features

• Places editor meta boxes in a clearly labeled button bar above the classic editor.
• Leaves Publish and Categories in their standard locations.
• Displays one meta box at a time, with every box hidden initially.
• Lets users click the active button again to hide all meta boxes.
• Uses WordPress's native behavior to expand collapsed meta boxes.
• Supports keyboard navigation and reduced-motion preferences.
• Works with posts, pages, and custom post types.

Installation

1. Download 24moves-editor-meta-box-tabs.zip from the latest GitHub release.
2. In WordPress, open Plugins > Add New Plugin > Upload Plugin.
3. Select the ZIP, install it, and activate Editor Meta Box Tabs.

Alternatively, copy the 24moves-editor-meta-box-tabs directory into wp-content/plugins/ and activate it from the Plugins screen.

Developer filters

Limit the plugin to selected post types:

add_filter(
	'moves24_embt_enabled_post_types',
	function () {
		return array( 'page', 'your_custom_post_type' );
	}
);

Add another meta box to the default exclusion list:

add_filter(
	'moves24_embt_excluded_meta_box_ids',
	function ( $excluded_ids ) {
		$excluded_ids[] = 'postimagediv';
		return $excluded_ids;
	}
);

Returning an empty array from moves24_embt_enabled_post_types enables the plugin for every post type. Publish (submitdiv) and Categories (categorydiv) are excluded by default.

Requirements

• WordPress 6.0 or later
• PHP 7.4 or later

License

Editor Meta Box Tabs is licensed under the GPL v2 or later. See LICENSE.