See the discussion below<\/a> if you want to explore that further.<\/p>\n\n\n\nInstall and activate the Classic Editor plugin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n Go to Plugins -> Add New<\/em>. You'll probably see the Classic Editor<\/em> plugin on the initial page, but if not, just do a search for \"classic\" or \"classic editor\" and you'll see it.<\/p>\n\n\n\nClick \"Install Now\". Once the Classic Editor plugin has installed, the button will change to \"Activate\". Click \"Activate\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nNow you can go to Pages -> Add New<\/em>, or refresh the page editor you had open before.<\/p>\n\n\n\nYou should see the editor change from Gutenberg to Classic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nIf you don't see the Classic Editor, go to Settings -> Writing<\/em> and change the Default editor for all users<\/em> from Block editor<\/em> to Classic editor<\/em> and hit \"Save Changes\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nNow you can click on the meta box and drag it into position under the editing area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nOnce you release the mouse click, you should see the meta box in position below the editing area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nDeactivate the Classic Editor plugin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n You won't need the Classic Editor plugin any more, so you can go ahead and deactivate and delete it from the Installed Plugins<\/em> area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nOnce the Classic Editor is deactivated, refresh the page you were working on or add a new page. You should see the meta box below the Gutenberg editing area now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nWhen you have advanced meta boxes both in the sidebar and below the editing area, you can click and drag from one to the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There must be at least one advanced meta box in each of the areas, or it won't let you drag between them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this example, I have both the Yoast SEO meta box and a Layout meta box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because I have the Layout box in the sidebar, I can drag the Yoast SEO box to the sidebar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nI can drag the Layout box from the sidebar to below the editing area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nIt doesn't show the hover, but this is me dragging it into position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nThe Layout box is now in position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But now there are no advanced meta boxes in the sidebar, so I can't drag from below the editing area to the sidebar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It initially looks like you can drag them, but no dotted box appears on the sidebar and if you release the mouse, the meta box stays under the editing area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nThe only way once that happens is to activate the Classic Editor and drag the meta box into position as detailed above<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I was working on a website where the meta boxes that should have been at the bottom were over on the sidebar. It was very strange, the meta boxes were fine on the posts. The meta boxes were only in the wrong place on the pages. There seemed to be no way to drag the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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