# Meta box

Concept · [Technical basics](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/technical)

Also called: meta boxes, metabox, custom fields box, custom fields

A panel on a [WordPress](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/wordpress) editing screen with extra fields for a post, such as an event date or a price, beyond the main title and body.

**For example:** An events site adds a meta box so editors can enter each event's start time and [venue](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/event-venue) in their own fields.

## Connects to (3)

- [Content management system](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/content-management-system): Software that lets people create and edit a website's content, such as pages, posts and images, without writing code.
- [Shortcode](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/shortcode): A short tag in square brackets, used in WordPress and similar systems, that a plugin replaces with richer content when the page loads.
- [Data model](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/data-model): The plan for what information an app stores and how the pieces relate, such as customers, orders and products and which belongs to which.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/meta-box