Meta Box
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(162 reviews)
·500K+ active installs·Updated 5 days agoAs of April 2026, Meta Box is a WordPress meta box plugin with 500K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 162 reviews. It has been downloaded 23M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.5+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are up 8% this week. Support resolution rate: 0%. Top alternative: Ocean Extra.
4.8/5162 reviews
500K+active installs
0%resolved
15 yearssince 2011
Overview
WordPress custom fields plugin
Meta Box is a professional framework that makes building and customizing a website with dynamic data and content in WordPress fun and easy.
Meta Box helps you add custom fields and dynamic data to posts, pages, custom post types, forms and anywhere you want using over 40+ different field types such as text, images, file upload, checkboxes, and more.
On top of that, each WordPress custom field type has extensive internal options for unlimited content possibilities. Complete customization and control is just a few clicks away.
Meta Box Lite
We recommend using Meta Box Lite, a feature-rich free UI version of Meta Box that provides UI and all free features for managing custom fields and dynamic content on WordPress, including post types, taxonomies, custom fi…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Does everything without taking much space
by jameshgordy·3 weeks ago
I love this as an alternative to ACF – it’s much more intuitive and takes a healthier modular approach; much more adaptable when working with various frameworks and much better gui for the non technical clients.
Best Performance and works with Breakdance Visual Builder
by alamea·5 months ago
The performance is impressive, and the plugin is constantly maintained. It’s especially nice that it works seamlessly with Breakdance Visual Builder. Thanks to sample code from Metabox (thanks for the excellent documentation), I was finally able to configure a relationship I hadn’t been able to get past on my own.
Outstanding Plugin and Incredible Support!
by zentyx·9 months ago
MetaBox has been a game-changer for my WordPress development workflow. The usability is intuitive and highly functional — everything just makes sense and works seamlessly. What truly sets MetaBox apart, though, is the customer support. It’s hands down some of the best I’ve ever experienced. Fast, knowledgeable, and genuinely helpful. Highly recommended for anyone looking for a powerful and flexible custom fields plugin.
Not for admin
by Dan·1 year ago·2 replies
Looks like it’s free to use in the admin but you have to pay for that.
Moved from Toolset – so far so good
by psudan·1 year ago
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!
Download Trends
Today: 6KYesterday: 7KThis week: 131KPeriod total: 3.4M
Compatibility
| WordPress | 6.5+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
Version Adoption
v5.11
36.1%
v5.10
31.8%
Other
16.2%
v5.9
8.8%
v5.6
7.1%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
5.11.4 – 2026-03-30
- Add an internal hook for enqueuing custom blocks’ assets for
block_editorfield
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