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wpmetabox/meta-box-builder
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MB Builder extension for Meta Box

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MB Builder
==========

[](#mb-builder)

**MB Builder** is a drag and drop UI for creating custom meta boxes and custom fields in WordPress. It is an extension for [Meta Box](https://metabox.io), which provides a powerful, professional tools to create dynamic websites on WordPress.

> **Meta Box Lite**
> We recommend using [Meta Box Lite](https://metabox.io/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 fields, and relationships.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- **Visual Drag & Drop Interface**: Build meta boxes, custom fields, settings pages, relationships with an intuitive drag and drop interface
- **40+ Field Types**: Support for all standard field types including text, textarea, select, checkbox, radio, file, image, audio, video, oembed, taxonomy, user, post, map, OSI map, and more
- **Advanced Fields**: Support for premium field types from [Meta Box extensions](https://metabox.io/plugins/)
- **Settings Pages**: Create admin settings pages with custom options
- **Relationships**: Create custom relationships between post types, users, or terms
- **Blocks Support**: Create custom Gutenberg blocks with `block.json` and sync changes back to the UI
- **Theme Code**: Auto-generate PHP code to display fields on the frontend
- **Local JSON**: Use JSON files to define field groups, eliminating database queries
- **WPML & Polylang**: Full support for translations

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- WordPress 6.5+
- PHP 7.4+
- [Meta Box](https://metabox.io) plugin (required)

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

[](#installation)

1. Upload the `meta-box-builder` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
2. Activate the plugin through the **Plugins** menu in WordPress
3. Install and activate the [Meta Box](https://metabox.io) plugin

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

- [Using MB Builder](https://docs.metabox.io/extensions/meta-box-builder/)

Other docs:

- [Quick Start](https://docs.metabox.io/getting-started/)
- [Field Types](https://docs.metabox.io/fields/)
- [Creating New Field Types](https://docs.metabox.io/creating-new-field-types/)
- [Local JSON](https://docs.metabox.io/local-json/)

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

See [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md) for a complete list of changes.

Links
-----

[](#links)

- [Plugin Homepage](https://metabox.io/plugins/meta-box-builder/)
- [Documentation](https://docs.metabox.io/)
- [Support Forum](https://support.metabox.io)
- [GitHub Repository](https://github.com/wpmetabox/meta-box-builder/)

###  Health Score

54

—

FairBetter than 96% of packages

Maintenance95

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community23

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity69

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 88.7% 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 ~24 days

Total

82

Last Release

22d ago

Major Versions

4.11.3 → 5.0.02025-08-18

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/668274?v=4)[Anh Tran](/maintainers/rilwis)[@rilwis](https://github.com/rilwis)

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