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move-the-excerpt-meta-box-above-the-editor.md

Move the excerpt meta box above the editor

Created: 2017.04.07

It's always seemed odd to me that the excerpt / summary is entered below the post body.

WP Artisan describe a workaround in WordPress: How to move the excerpt meta box above the editor

x-move-the-excerpt-meta-box-above-the-editor.php

/**
 * Removes the regular excerpt box. We're not getting rid
 * of it, we're just moving it above the wysiwyg editor
 *
 * @return null
 */
function oz_remove_normal_excerpt() {
  remove_meta_box( 'postexcerpt' , 'post' , 'normal' );
}
add_action( 'admin_menu' , 'oz_remove_normal_excerpt' );

/**
 * Add the excerpt meta box back in with a custom screen location
 *
 * @param  string $post_type
 * @return null
 */
function oz_add_excerpt_meta_box( $post_type ) {
  if ( in_array( $post_type, array( 'post', 'page' ) ) ) {
    add_meta_box(
      'oz_postexcerpt',
      __( 'Excerpt', 'thetab-theme' ),
      'post_excerpt_meta_box',
      $post_type,
      'after_title',
      'high'
    );
  }
}
add_action( 'add_meta_boxes', 'oz_add_excerpt_meta_box' );

/**
 * You can't actually add meta boxes after the title by default in WP so
 * we're being cheeky. We've registered our own meta box position
 * `after_title` onto which we've regiestered our new meta boxes and
 * are now calling them in the `edit_form_after_title` hook which is run
 * after the post tile box is displayed.
 *
 * @return null
 */
function oz_run_after_title_meta_boxes() {
  global $post, $wp_meta_boxes;
  # Output the `below_title` meta boxes:
  do_meta_boxes( get_current_screen(), 'after_title', $post );
}
add_action( 'edit_form_after_title', 'oz_run_after_title_meta_boxes' );