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For some client projects I needed to embed javascript code in a page (Post). I used a custom field textarea to insert the code when creating the Post. The problem was the default for text fields was to run them through a sanitizer.php to strip out any type of code that might be malicious. This is a good thing. But in this case it defeats the purpose.
So how to disable the sanitizing for just this field without breaking the default?
What the Code Snippet does
This is how to disable the sanitize.php functionality on a custom text field created with Metabox.io Custom Fields without editing the sanitize.php file in the metabox plugin, or for that matter writing any code at all.
Here's the Code Snippet
It turns out to be so simple, there's an Advanced tab on the settings for the custom textarea field where you can add an Attribute. The "sanitize_callback" with the value "none" is one such Attribute. So that's really all you have to do.
No longer do I need to edit the sanitizer.php file and comment out the textarea field on line 89 everytime the metabox plugin gets updated!
I used to have to comment out line #89 in the plugin sanitizer.php file every time the Metabox plugin got updated :-(
Below is a short video from Anh Tran the metabox.io developer made showing how to set the textarea custom field attribute "sanitize_callback" to "none"
20 March, 2020 - Loom Recording — Watch Video
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