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title: "The View Settings Meta Box"
date: 2026-04-23
author: "GravityKit"
link: "https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/getting-started-gravityview/the-view-settings-meta-box/"
---

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3Ulu509PIU ![View Settings Meta Box with options for enabling lightbox, showing approved entries, and caching settings](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/file-JgHNUxdJ4a.png)**Note**: As you can see, there are 8 tabs on the left-hand side that contain settings for different aspects of a View. These 8 tabs are the default settings tabs. You may see more tabs here if you have one or more extensions installed.

Here's a brief overview of each tab:

- **View Settings** - General settings that apply to the entire View
- **Multiple Entries** - Settings related to the Multiple Entries Layout
- **Single Entry** - Change the Single Entry page title and other options
- **Edit Entry** - Allow users to edit entries they create and change the button text for the Update, Delete and Cancel buttons
- **Delete Entry** - Allow users to delete entries they created
- **Filter & Sort** - Select various options for sorting entries including restricting by date
- **Permissions** - Configure user permissions related to your View such as allowing users to download data
- **Custom Code** - Allows the user to add additional CSS styles or custom JavaScript that will only run for the specific View.