Meta Box – WordPress Custom Fields Framework

Meta Box plugin is a powerful, professional developer toolkit to create custom meta boxes and custom fields for your custom post types in WordPress.

4.8

Rating summary

161

Reviews

600K

Active installations

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Meta Box – WordPress Custom Fields Framework

Overview

Compatibility

Installation instructions

Customer support & learning resources

Changelog

Main benefits

Create custom meta boxes

Supports 40+ field types

Developer-friendly lightweight API

Visual custom field creation

Extensive documentation available

About this plugin

Categories: Design and Customization

Version: 5.9.11

Last updated: 17-07-2024

WordPress version: 5.9

Tested up to: 6.6

PHP version required: 7.0

Languages: English (Canada), English (UK) [+19]

Tags:

Meta box Custom Taxonomies Post type Custom post types Custom fields

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Overview

Meta Box is an essential toolkit designed for WordPress developers to create custom meta boxes and custom fields for any custom post type seamlessly. With over 40 versatile field types like text, images, file uploads, and checkboxes, it empowers you to insert custom data and details into pages, posts, forms, and more. The tool's user-friendly Online Generator simplifies the process by allowing you to select field types and generate code that integrates easily into your theme’s functions.php file. Enhanced with free and premium extensions, Meta Box offers robust customization, display management, and easy condition setting, transforming you into a WordPress data wizard with minimal effort. Additionally, its lightweight API and seamless integration capabilities ensure high performance without any bloat, making it a go-to solution for both developers and designers. The plugin is backed by extensive documentation to help you maximize its potential.

Create any type of metadata or custom fields in WordPress

Supports a wide range of data types including posts, pages, custom post types, taxonomies, settings pages, user profile pages, and post comments.
Infinite options for customization and control over the data types.

A wide-range of field types and options

Supports 40+ built-in WordPress custom field types including text, textarea, WYSIWYG editor, image, file, post, select, checkbox, radio buttons, date/time picker, taxonomy, user, and oembed.
Allows effortless creation of custom field types and supports cloning fields and repeatable field groups.

Developer-friendly

Ultra-lightweight yet powerful API that won’t overload your site.
Easily integrates with any theme and plugin, supports Composer, and uses native WordPress meta data storage for fast processing.
Includes numerous actions and filters for building or changing a site’s appearance and behavior.

Don’t love coding? You’re in luck!

Offers visual systems like MB Custom Post Types & Custom Taxonomies and Meta Box Builder for creating custom fields without coding.
Designer-friendly, lightweight, and fast.
Allows exporting custom fields and settings to PHP for use on new sites without needing the extension.

Features list

Feature

Premium version

Lifetime VIP plan for professional users

A one-time payment plan for professional users.

Unlimited sites

Use on an unlimited number of websites.

All PRO extensions

Access to all current PRO extensions.

All future PRO extensions

Access to all future PRO extensions.

Meta Box All-In-One plugin

Includes the Meta Box All-In-One plugin.

All Solutions

Access to all available solutions.

Composer support

Support for Composer integration.

Lifetime updates

Receive updates for a lifetime.

Lifetime support

Receive support for a lifetime.

No renewal

No need for renewal payments.

Pricing

Basic Bundle

$49 / year

Plan includes

Essential plugins for custom fields

1 site

12 PRO extensions

Composer support

1 year of updates

1 year of support

Annual renewal

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Lifetime Bundle

$699 / one-time

Plan includes

Lifetime VIP plan for professional users

Unlimited sites

All PRO extensions

All future PRO extensions

Meta Box All-In-One plugin

All Solutions

Composer support

Lifetime updates

Buy Now

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Rating and reviews

4.8

Rating summary

161

Reviews

600K

Active installations

User sentiment analysis

Users find the Meta Box plugin for WordPress versatile and invaluable for managing custom post types and custom fields. It receives high praise for its functionality, allowing users to build various websites and directories efficiently. The plugin is celebrated for its ease of use, extensive documentation, and responsive customer support. Users appreciate the plugin’s performance, particularly when compared to alternatives like Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), noting significant improvements in database handling and speed. However, some users mention a steep learning curve and occasional compatibility issues with WordPress updates, which can hinder features like post previews. Despite these drawbacks, the plugin’s robust set of features, performance, and excellent support make it a preferred choice among developers.

Dan

11 Jan, 2025

Looks like it’s free to use in the admin but you have to pay for that.

psudan

03 Oct, 2024

I loved the Views and Conditional shortcode in Toolset. MB Views is good but not as user friendly, missing the conditional shortocde. On the other hand the Settings page in MB is great Overall very happy with my move – integration with Bricks Builder is great!

justauser034675

13 Sep, 2024

Meta Box has always been a great a plugin and they’re still pushing great updates and fixes fast. Support is excellent, even with technical and custom development.

lunarboy

20 Aug, 2024

It’s lightweight and works great.

evenue

16 Aug, 2024

I already wrote everything in the title, using WP with Meta Box is a whole other thing, in this way WP becomes a powerful development tool Furthermore, the assistance (commercial and technical) is really very efficientGood guys!

Meta Box – WordPress Custom Fields Framework

Overview

Compatibility

Installation instructions

Customer support & learning resources

Changelog

Main benefits

About this plugin

Overview

Create any type of metadata or custom fields in WordPress

A wide-range of field types and options

Developer-friendly

Don’t love coding? You’re in luck!

Features list

Pricing

Plan includes

Plan includes

Rating and reviews

User sentiment analysis

FAQ

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What types of data can I customize with Meta Box?

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What are some of the free extensions available for Meta Box?

What are some of the premium extensions available for Meta Box?

Where can I find documentation and tutorials for Meta Box?