attitude_sk

<p>When you have a lot of metaboxes in the post/page edit screen, you end up scrolling which is confusing. Metaboxes<br />
represent a group of fields like Address, or Ingredients, etc. Imagine you are creating a deep CV for a person.<br />
Suddently you have <code>Addresses</code>, <code>Contacts</code>, <code>Profile</code>, <code>Education</code>, <code>Skills</code>, <code>Languages</code>, etc. But as you can see<br />
    Addresses, <code>Contacts</code>, <code>Profile</code> can be categorized as `Personal Data.</p>
<p>This plugin lets you group metaboxes by anything, just name each metabox as <code>Tab / Box name</code>. So the<br />
    Addresses metabox should be named as <code>Personal Data / Addresses</code> and it will be grouped with <code>Personal Data / Contact</code><br />
under <code>Personal Data</code> tab.</p>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>Both <code>Tab / Box name</code> and <code>Tab/Box name</code> or <code>Tab/ Box name</code> work</li>
<li>Built-in metaboxes are ignored (they usually sit in the sidebar and are needed all the time)</li>
<li>Although tested on 3.2, it should work since 2.5</li>
<li>Javascript enabled is required</li>
</ul>


Post Metaboxes Tabs

Groups mataboxes when editing post/page in administration backend to tabs according to metabox name pattern Tab/Metabox.

kdmurthy

<p>WpPDE is a development environment for WordPress. You can create your own plugins and maintain them using WpPDE.</p>
<p>WpPDE allows you to create plugins that contain:</p>
<ul>
<li>Widgets</li>
<li>Actions</li>
<li>Hooks</li>
</ul>
<p>WpPDE integrates with <a href="http://ace.ajax.org" rel="nofollow ugc">Ace editor</a> to provide a productive development environment.</p>
<p>WpPDE also facilitate easy creation of readme files for your plugins.</p>
<h4>Documentation</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://wp-pde.jaliansystems.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">WpPDE – Plugin Development Environment</a> – Official home page</li>
<li><a href="http://wp-pde.jaliansystems.com/documentation/" rel="nofollow ugc">WpPDE – User Guide</a> – Documentation for WpPDE plugin</li>
<li><a href="http://wp-pde.jaliansystems.com/tutorials/" rel="nofollow ugc">WpPDE – Tutorials</a> – Selected screencasts demonstrating the functionality.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Plugin Elements</h4>
<p>Use the <strong>Plugin Elements</strong> box to add different type of items to your plugin. You can add:</p>
<ul>
<li>Actions</li>
<li>Filters</li>
<li>Widgets (More on this in the next section)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Widgets</h4>
<p>Once a widget element is added to the plugin, you can configure it in the GUI. You can also add form elements to the widget. WpPDE automatically creates the widget form for you including saving of the widget data. You just need to provide the display code (corresponding to <code>widget()</code> method).</p>
<h4>Form Elements</h4>
<p>You can various kinds of form elements to the widget. These include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Labels (with various styles)</li>
<li>Checkbox</li>
<li>Text</li>
<li>Text Area</li>
<li>Radio</li>
<li>Dropdown lists</li>
</ul>
<p>You can also hide/unhide dependent elements using the value of the selected item for checkbox, radio and dropdown items.</p>
<h4>External Files</h4>
<p>You can add external files (javascript, css, PHP etc.) to your plugin using the <code>External Files</code> box. WpPDE even lets you enqueue(or require) the files automatically.</p>
<h4>Readme Generation</h4>
<p>WpPDE can generate readme files (in standard wordpress readme format or markdown format for github). Provide the information in <code>About the Plugin</code> box and let WpPDE generate the files for you.</p>
<h4>Editor Options</h4>
<p>You can change the editor options using the <code>Editor Options</code> box.</p>


WpPDE

A development environment for creating plugins with support for widgets, actions and hooks.

Post Metaboxes Tabs vs WpPDE