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Unsortable Meta Box

Disable dragging of meta boxes and reset their positions.

By Yoren Chang·Unsort·Free
5(1 reviews)
·90 active installs·Updated 11 years ago
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As of April 2026, Unsortable Meta Box is a WordPress unsort plugin with 90 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.6K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns.

5/51 reviews
90active installs
2.6K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014

Overview

Draggable and sortable meta boxes is one of the cool features of WordPress. But let users customize the UI could become painful when doing technical supports online or on the phone. The client might has moved the publish box to the bottom of the page, but you still ask her / him to look at the top right corner for it. Unsortable Meta Box is a simple fix to situation like this.

This plugin is made for:

  • Disable dragging of meta boxes. You could disable dragging on all or certain pages (Dashboard, Post, Page, Custom Post Types etc.), which could be set on the Settings page.
  • Reset positions of the meta boxes on certain pages. Do this on the Settings page.
  • TODO – Add roles selection. (Disable dragging or reset the positions for selected roles.)
  • TODO – Save the positions of the met…
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Ratings & Reviews

51 reviews
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1 ★
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Compatibility

WordPress3.5+ requiredTested up to 4.1.42
PHPfalse+ required

Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

0.9.0

  • Fix “commentsBox is not defined” issue.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

yorenyorenYoren ChangYoren Chang
Plugin Info
Version
0.9.0
Last Updated
Jan 1, 2015
WP Requires
3.5+
Tested Up To
4.1.42
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
90
Downloads
2.6K+
Added
Jan 22, 2014
Business
Free

Tags

unsortmeta boxreset-positionsdisable-dragging

Developer

Y
Yoren Chang
6 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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