will be id for add_meta_box 2. Post Strength Mode => will be the Title for the meta box and it will be displayed in the admin dash board 3. buffercode_inner_post_mode => function to go with our busines logics. */ add_meta_box( 'buffercode_post_mode_id', __( 'Post Strength Mode', 'buffercode_box' ), 'buffercode_inner_post_mode', $buffercode_locations ); } } #registering our meta boxes in admin dash board. add_action( 'add_meta_boxes', 'buffercode_post_mode' ); function buffercode_inner_post_mode( $post ) { // Add an nonce field so we can check for it later. wp_nonce_field( 'buffercode_inner_post_mode', 'buffercode_inner_post_mode_nonce' ); /* Get the value previous value from the database to display in the admin dashboard */ $value = get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'buffercode_meta_value_key', true ); #label to show the field Select the Difficult of this Post echo ''; _e( "Select the Difficulty of this Post", 'buffercode_box' ); echo ' '; ?> >1 >2 >3 >4 >5 ID, 'buffercode_meta_value_key',true); //Get the selected value from the admin dashboard //$content .= $original; switch($meta_value) //checking for the value selected { case 1: //if value 1 selected the one star will be displayed $new_content .= $bc_text_field_value."   <".$bc_star_size_value." style=\"display:inline-block;margin:-20px 0px 20px 0px;\">☆"; break; case 2: //if value 2 selected the Two star will be displayed $new_content .= $bc_text_field_value."   <".$bc_star_size_value." style=\"display:inline-block;margin:-20px 0px 20px 0px;\">☆ ☆"; break; case 3: //if value 3 selected the Three star will be displayed $new_content .= $bc_text_field_value."   <".$bc_star_size_value." style=\"display:inline-block;margin:-20px 0px 20px 0px;\">☆ ☆ ☆"; break; case 4: //if value 4 selected the four star will be displayed $new_content .= $bc_text_field_value."   <".$bc_star_size_value." style=\"display:inline-block; margin:-20px 0px 20px 0px;\">☆ ☆ ☆ ☆"; break; case 5: //if value 5 selected the five star will be displayed $new_content .= $bc_text_field_value."   <".$bc_star_size_value." style=\"display:inline-block;margin:-20px 0px 20px 0px;\">☆ ☆ ☆☆ ☆"; break; default: echo "wrong value"; } //If Rating selected to display above if($bc_above_below_value=='above') return $new_content.$content; //returning the orginal content and new content else ////If Rating selected to display Below return $content.$new_content; } #filter to add the above function after the content add_filter( 'the_content', 'buffercode_meta_content' ); ?>