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mbv-media/magic-meta-box
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Helper class to generate WordPress MetaBoxes.

v1.5(10y ago)013MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Aug 21Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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MagicMetaBox
============

[](#magicmetabox)

Helper class to generate wordpress metaboxes

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

If you're using composer, run:

```
composer require mbv-media/magic-meta-box:*

```

Require composer `autoload.php` and add `use MagicMetaBox\MagicMetaBox;` to your plugins code.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Create a metabox

[](#create-a-metabox)

Create new instance of MagicMetaBox

```
$myMetaBox = new MagicMetaBox(
    'my-metabox', // unique metabox id
    'My MetaBox title', // Metabox title
    array( 'post', 'page' ), // Metabox screens
    'prefix_' // Meta prefix,
    'side', // Metabox context (optional)
    'high', // Metabox priority (optional)
    true // Serialize values under the metabox id
);

```

### Add input fields

[](#add-input-fields)

Add a text input field to your new metabox:

```
$myMetaBox->addTextField(
    'my-text-field', // Input name
    array( // Additional attributes
        'class' => 'input-field'
    ),
    'My text field', // Associated label text
    'I am a default', // Default value
);

```

Add a textarea to your new metabox:

```
$myMetaBox->addTextAreaField(
    'my-text-arae', // Textarea name
    array(), // Additional attributes
    'My text area', // Associated label text
    'I am a default', // Default value
);

```

Add a checkbox to your new metabox:

```
$myMetaBox->addCheckboxField(
    'my-checkbox', // Checkbox name
    array(), // Additional attributes
    'My checkbox' // Associated label text
);

```

Add a select input to your new metabox:

```
$myMetaBox->addSelectField(
    'my-select', // Select name
    array( // Options
      0 => 'Yes',
      1 => 'No'
    ),
    true, // Multiple
    array( // Additional attributes
        'size' => 5
    ),
    'My select' // Associated label text
);

```

### Access meta data

[](#access-meta-data)

Access meta data via prefix + metabox id. Data is stored as array with input names as keys.

```
$meta = get_post_meta( $postId, 'prefix_my-metabox', true );
echo $meta['my-text-field'];

```

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 50% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~22 days

Total

5

Last Release

3828d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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