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wpmetabox/meta-box-lite
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A single plugin that provides UI and all free features for managing custom fields and dynamic content on WordPress.

2.4.5(1mo ago)7292GPL-2.0-or-laterPHPCI passing

Since Jan 9Pushed 1mo ago1 watchersCompare

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**Meta Box Lite is an easy-to-use, powerful, and performant tool to create custom post types and custom fields for WordPress.**

The plugin provides an easy-to-use and WordPress-like interface to create post types and fields right inside the WordPress admin. The plugin has more than 40 different field types such as text, textarea, WYSIWYG editor, image/file, post, choice, date/time picker, taxonomy, user, oEmbed, and more.

Each custom field type has extensive internal options for unlimited content possibilities. Complete customization and control is just a few clicks away.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Create custom post types
- Create custom taxonomies
- Create custom fields for post, page or any post type
- Supports 40+ built-in 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
- Supports cloning fields for most field types including the WYSIWYG editor field
- Optimized for performance

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

[](#installation)

1. Visit [Meta Box Lite](https://metabox.io/lite/)
2. Enter your email to download the plugin
3. Upload the plugin to your site
4. Activate it and you'll see **Meta Box** menu on the left

[Get started here](https://docs.metabox.io/introduction/).

###  Health Score

43

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FairBetter than 91% of packages

Maintenance90

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 67.3% 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 ~17 days

Recently: every ~27 days

Total

26

Last Release

45d ago

Major Versions

1.4.0 → 2.0.02025-08-05

### Community

Maintainers

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

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Top Contributors

[![rilwis](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/668274?v=4)](https://github.com/rilwis "rilwis (109 commits)")[![github-actions[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/15368?v=4)](https://github.com/github-actions[bot] "github-actions[bot] (53 commits)")

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Tags

wordpresswordpress-plugin

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