Description
Meta Box is a powerful, professional, and lightweight toolkit for developers to create custom meta boxes and custom fields for any custom post type in WordPress.
Meta Box helps you add custom fields and details on your website such as pages, posts, 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.
Adding WordPress custom fields and custom meta boxes for custom post types is quick and painless: Select the field types you want in the user-friendly Online Generator, then copy and paste the code into your child theme’s functions.php file.
Boom! All the power with none of the bloat.
There are also free and premium extensions available to add enhanced capabilities. You can manage the display and organization of your WordPress custom fields, the conditions upon which they appear, and become the ultimate WordPress data wizard.
You can also check out the full list of extensions and MetaBox.io for details.
Features
Create any type of metadata or custom fields in WordPress
That’s right – any type. No matter where you need to insert custom data and features, Meta Box’s WordPress custom fields have your back, and with infinite options to boot.
Here are just a few of the data types you can customize:
- Posts
- Pages
- Custom post types (you can also use our free plugin MB Custom Post Types & Custom Taxonomies to create custom post types and custom taxonomies)
- Taxonomies
- Settings pages
- Theme option pages
- User profile pages
- Post comments
- And even more data types than Batman has tools on his utility belt.
A wide-range of field types and options
Take your standard WordPress custom field and imagine it infinitely expanded. That’s how many options Meta Box gives you:
- Meta Box supports 40+ built-in WordPress custom field types for all your needs including text, textarea, WYSIWYG editor, image, file, post, select, checkbox, radio buttons, date/time picker, taxonomy, user, oembed and more to come.
- Not enough? You can also effortlessly create your own field type.
- Meta Box supports cloning fields for most field types including the WYSIWYG editor field. It also supports repeatable field groups.
- Utilize WordPress’ powerful action and filter system so you can build or change a site’s appearance and behavior in the plugin.
It’s developer-friendly
As a developer, you have enough on your plate. You shouldn’t have to create an entirely new system for each project. Use Meta Box to your full advantage.
You can use Meta Box and its custom fields for any custom post type in WordPress on as many websites as you want so you can use it on client projects as well.
- Has an ultra-lightweight, yet powerful API that won’t overload your site.
- Add only what you need instead of getting stuck with a bundle of features you don’t even want that bloat your site.
- Meta Box easily integrates with any theme and plugin, and also works with the Composer package dependency manager.
- We use the native WordPress meta data storage and functions for ease of use and lightning-fast processing.
- It’s compatible with WPML multilingual plugin, and is officially supported by the WPML team.
Don’t love coding? You’re in luck!
Meta Box is built mostly for developers since you need to copy and paste some code, but if you prefer a more visual system to create custom fields in WordPress, you can choose one or all of the extensions below:
- MB Custom Post Types & Custom Taxonomies
- Meta Box – Beaver Themer Integrator
- Meta Box Builder
The Meta Box Builder extension has a ton of features to make quick work of any project:
- All the power of Meta Box without touching a single line of code.
- It’s designer-friendly, lightweight and works at top-notch speeds.
- Create an unlimited amount of WordPress custom fields at lightning speeds and with a user-friendly drag-and-drop interface.
- Over 40 custom field types available that you can drag and drop to where you need ‘em.
- Export your custom fields and settings to PHP. Then, add it to a new site without needing to install this extension for an incredibly lightweight option.
- It has the goods with conditional logic, priority and context options ready and waiting.
Extensions
Speaking of extensions, there are a ton of free and premium ones available to further extend the already powerful core Meta Box plugin so you can supercharge your custom fields in WordPress.
You’ll have ultimate control to add whatever meta box and custom fields in WordPress you could ever want. Then, you can tailor it all to fit your exact specifications.
Free Extensions
- MB Custom Post Types & Custom Taxonomies: Create and manage custom post types and taxonomies quickly with an easy-to-use interface.
- MB Relationships: Create as many connections as you want from post-to-post or page-to-page.
- Meta Box Yoast SEO: Add WordPress custom fields to Yoast SEO Content Analysis to generate more accurate SEO scores.
- MB Rest API: Pull all meta values from posts and terms into the WP REST API responses.
- MB Comment Meta: Add WordPress custom fields to comments in WordPress. It supports all field types and options.
- MB Custom Taxonomy: Create and manage custom taxonomies in WordPress with a user-friendly interface.
- Meta Box Text Limiter: Limit the number of characters or words entered for text and textarea fields.
- Meta Box – FacetWP Integrator: Integrates Meta Box, and FacetWP to make WordPress custom fields searchable and filterable in the frontend.
- Meta Box – Beaver Themer Integrator: Integrates Meta Box, and Beaver Themer to show WordPress custom fields easier in the frontend.
