Adding custom fields automatically to a NEW POST

[dresden_phoenix]

Is there a way (or plug in) that adds a set of predefined custom fields to be filled in specific types of post or pages?

For example,
If I have a category, "Gallery", set up and I create a new post for that category.. how can I have the custom fields "Height", "Width" , "medium", "date" , and "Image" be created automatically ( currently I have to manually create 5 new custom fields and scroll down from the pull down menu to select the appropriate field name each time I create a new post, which is not very efficient.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[Slackr]

You can add and define metabox info for a post type by using Easy Custom Content Types by Pippin's Plugins. He's a solid Plugin developer who follows best practice in coding and is very good at supporting his products. I own this and have used it to heavily customise an academic post entry with multiple extra entries. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it and it should be easy enough to estabilsh if it will do what you need to before purchasing as well.

[kohoutek]

It's quite simple to do, actually. Here's a good tutorial to start with: http://wp.smashingmagazine.com/2011/...xes-wordpress/

If you prefer a plugin, then something like WPAlchemy might be a good option. The developer also has a tutorial on how to build custom meta boxes without using the plugin: http://www.farinspace.com/wordpress-...ox-next-level/