wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php:1988Handles saving the meta box order via AJAX.
function wp_ajax_meta_box_order() { check_ajax_referer( 'meta-box-order' ); $order = isset( $_POST['order'] ) ? (array) $_POST['order'] : false; $page_columns = $_POST['page_columns'] ?? 'auto'; if ( 'auto' !== $page_columns ) { $page_columns = (int) $page_columns; } $page = $_POST['page'] ?? ''; if ( sanitize_key( $page ) !== $page ) { wp_die( 0 ); } $user = wp_get_current_user(); if ( ! $user ) { wp_die( -1 ); } if ( $order ) { update_user_meta( $user->ID, "meta-box-order_$page", $order ); } if ( $page_columns ) { update_user_meta( $user->ID, "screen_layout_$page", $page_columns ); } wp_send_json_success();}Introduced in 3.1.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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