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Meta Box · Version history

Meta Box changelog and version history

Latest version
5.15.4
Nov 6, 2026 (3 days ago)
Releases
217
since 2012
In the last year
18
about one every 20 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4
PHP 7.4 or later

Releases each year

  • 20126 releases
  • 20138 releases
  • 20147 releases
  • 201513 releases
  • 201618 releases
  • 201713 releases
  • 201825 releases
  • 201923 releases
  • 202013 releases
  • 202115 releases
  • 202216 releases
  • 202314 releases
  • 202415 releases
  • 202515 releases
  • 202616 releases

202616 releases

  1. Meta Box 5.15.4Latest

    • Security: prevent stored XSS via slider, range and file input field values and map info window content
    • Security: prevent changing the query of post, taxonomy and user fields via Ajax requests
    • User field: Ajax search no longer searches by email by default
    • Map field: use Places API (New) for address autocomplete, so new Google Cloud projects work. Old API keys still work
    • Fix the wysiwyg field removing <span> tags without attributes (#1719)
    • Fix the post field with select advanced and multiple values in WooCommerce (#1716)
    • Show Meta Box abilities in the REST API
    • Developers: changing ajax_data.field.query_args in JavaScript no longer has effect. Custom ajax_action handlers must not trust the field data sent in the request

  2. Meta Box 5.15.3

    • Fix stored XSS in background field via unexpected array keys
    • Sanitize block editor field content on save
    • Fix a permission bypass in the [rwmb_meta] shortcode. The shortcode now checks whether the current user can read the object before it prints a value. Credit Mohammed Dsleman.
    • Public posts and terms stay readable. Password-protected posts need read_post until the visitor enters the password
    • User meta needs edit_user
    • Use rwmb_meta_shortcode_permission to override the check when needed
    • Only allow predefined keys to be used for block bindings (#1707)
    • Declare the text fields of blocks to WPML
    • Fix a permission bypass in the [rwmb_meta] shortcode. The shortcode now checks whether the current user can read the object before it prints a value.
    • Public posts and terms stay readable. Password-protected posts need read_post until the visitor enters the password
    • Settings pages, network settings pages, and models use their own capability
    • User meta needs edit_user
    • Use rwmb_meta_shortcode_permission to override the check when needed

  3. Meta Box 5.15.2

    • Show feature image for post field (if post type supports), and avatar for user field

  4. Meta Box 5.15.1

    • Fix multibyte IDs breaking WordPress 7.1 meta box tooltips
    • Fix focus handling for hidden validation error elements

  5. Meta Box 5.15.0

    • Highlights:
    • This version adds support for WooCommerce HPOS that allows you to use Meta Box fields to WooCommerce orders (with WooCommerce’s High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS) feature). For more information, see our blog post.

  6. Meta Box 5.14.1

    • Tighten security for Abilities: users now need the edit_post capability (or equivalent) to read custom field values, so sensitive data is only accessible to users who can edit content
    • Improve the readme with a link to the source code on GitHub, plus documentation for the Google Maps and OpenStreetMap fields, including terms of use and privacy policy links
    • Fix minor issues found in the WordPress.org plugin review (PHP syntax in the dashboard, plugin package contents)

  7. Meta Box 5.14.0

    • Highlights:
    • This release introduces Block Bindings for Meta Box fields, allowing you to bind field values directly to blocks in the WordPress editor. Meta Box fields now appear as a source in the block bindings panel, making it easy to use custom field data inside blocks without shortcodes or PHP.
    • See our blog post for an overview or the documentation for usage details.
    • Other changes:
    • Update select2 library to fix missing placeholder

  8. Meta Box 5.13.1

    • Fix missing authorization check in ajax_delete_file for enhanced security
    • Allow HTML in switch on/off and button group labels (e.g., Dashicons)

  9. Meta Box 5.13.0

    • Highlights:
    • This release introduces Abilities, enabling you to manage custom post types and taxonomies, as well as create, retrieve, update, and delete posts and terms.
    • See our blog post for an overview or the documentation for usage details.
    • Other changes:
    • Fix unable to scroll in full screen mode for the block_editor field (#1689)
    • Use WP_Query‘s search_columns instead of custom search_by_title filter
    • Fix autocomplete dropdown z-index in map/osm field inside MB Blocks

  10. Meta Box 5.12.1

    • Update style to match WordPress 7
    • Fix wp_style_add_data issue for OSM field
    • Fix: prevent invalid JSON in media field data attributes
    • Fix: escape $object->label with esc_html() in input-list walker

  11. Meta Box 5.12.0

    • New field type link that allows you to add a link with native WordPress experience (similar to ACF)
    • Auto add child blocks for allowed blocks for the block_editor field

  12. Meta Box 5.11.4

    • Add an internal hook for enqueuing custom blocks’ assets for block_editor field

  13. Meta Box 5.11.3

    • Add toolbar_position option for the block editor field, which accepts value top (default) or contextual. This option is for where to display editing toolbar for blocks.
    • Fix saving an empty paragraph in the block editor field
    • Fix validation error persisting after removing duplicate blocks
    • Fix extra empty clone saved when calling set_post_data() during validation

  14. Meta Box 5.11.2

    • Improvements for the block editor field:
    • Add breadcrumbs
    • Fix compatibility with Block Visibility plugin
    • Fix not loading 3rd-party blocks
    • Improve the CSS
    • Other changes:
    • Fix save time format for the datetime field
    • Fix icon field dropdown broken display when SVG contains double quotes
    • Fix path traversal in ajax_delete_file for security
    • Fix timestamp should not be set for the time picker field

  15. Meta Box 5.11.1

    • Improvements for the block editor field:
    • Add block inspector sidebar
    • Add structure panel to show the list view of blocks
    • Add fullscreen mode
    • Add height settings (default is 300px) and allow resizing the editor
    • Fixes for the block editor field:
    • Fix cannot upload images for the image block
    • Fix blank site editor when using the block editor field
    • Fix custom rich text formats not working
    • Fix conflicts with image_advanced and file_advanced fields
    • Other changes:
    • Fix cannot create new terms with required date/time fields

  16. Meta Box 5.11.0

    • Add new field type: block_editor. See more details on our blog post and documentation.

202515 releases

  1. Meta Box 5.10.19

    • Fix the use statement with non-compound name has no effect

  2. Meta Box 5.10.18

    • Fix deprecation message for datetime field

  3. Meta Box 5.10.17

    • WPML integration: fix error when filtering value for helper functions when no fields are found.

  4. Meta Box 5.10.16

    • WPML integration: filter helper functions to get the translated IDs for post field
    • Fix cloning post field not clearing the value

  5. Meta Box 5.10.15

    • Add marker_draggable option for map/osm fields to disable changing the pin on the map.

  6. Meta Box 5.10.14

    • Update dependencies

  7. Meta Box 5.10.13

    • Fix get_current_screen() error for term meta

  8. Meta Box 5.10.12

    • Fix Open Street Maps field not showing (sometimes) with conditional logic
    • Enqueue assets for the iframed editor, to make all fields are rendered properly in the iframed editor

  9. Meta Box 5.10.11

    • Fix validation for blocks

  10. Meta Box 5.10.10

  11. Meta Box 5.10.9

  12. Meta Box 5.10.8

  13. Meta Box 5.10.7

  14. Meta Box 5.10.6

  15. Meta Box 5.10.5

202415 releases

  1. Meta Box 5.10.4

  2. Meta Box 5.10.3

  3. Meta Box 5.10.2

  4. Meta Box 5.10.1

  5. Meta Box 5.10.0

  6. Meta Box 5.9.11

  7. Meta Box 5.9.10

  8. Meta Box 5.9.9

  9. Meta Box 5.9.8

  10. Meta Box 5.9.7

  11. Meta Box 5.9.6

  12. Meta Box 5.9.5

  13. Meta Box 5.9.4

  14. Meta Box 5.9.3

  15. Meta Box 5.9.2

202314 releases

  1. Meta Box 5.9.1

  2. Meta Box 5.9.0

  3. Meta Box 5.8.2

  4. Meta Box 5.8.1

  5. Meta Box 5.8.0

  6. Meta Box 5.7.5

  7. Meta Box 5.7.4

  8. Meta Box 5.7.3

  9. Meta Box 5.7.2

  10. Meta Box 5.7.1

  11. Meta Box 5.7.0

  12. Meta Box 5.6.18

  13. Meta Box 5.6.17

  14. Meta Box 5.6.16

202216 releases

  1. Meta Box 5.6.15

  2. Meta Box 5.6.14

  3. Meta Box 5.6.13

  4. Meta Box 5.6.12

  5. Meta Box 5.6.11

  6. Meta Box 5.6.10

  7. Meta Box 5.6.9

  8. Meta Box 5.6.8

  9. Meta Box 5.6.7

  10. Meta Box 5.6.6

  11. Meta Box 5.6.5

  12. Meta Box 5.6.4

  13. Meta Box 5.6.3

  14. Meta Box 5.6.2

  15. Meta Box 5.6.1

  16. Meta Box 5.6.0

202115 releases

  1. Meta Box 5.5.1

  2. Meta Box 5.5.0

  3. Meta Box 5.4.8

  4. Meta Box 5.4.7

  5. Meta Box 5.4.6

  6. Meta Box 5.4.5

  7. Meta Box 5.4.4

  8. Meta Box 5.4.3

  9. Meta Box 5.4.2

  10. Meta Box 5.4.1

  11. Meta Box 5.4.0

  12. Meta Box 5.3.10

  13. Meta Box 5.3.9

  14. Meta Box 5.3.8

  15. Meta Box 5.3.7

202013 releases

  1. Meta Box 5.3.6

  2. Meta Box 5.3.5

  3. Meta Box 5.3.4

  4. Meta Box 5.3.3

  5. Meta Box 5.3.2

  6. Meta Box 5.3.1

  7. Meta Box 5.3.0

  8. Meta Box 5.2.10

  9. Meta Box 5.2.9

  10. Meta Box 5.2.8

  11. Meta Box 5.2.7

  12. Meta Box 5.2.6

  13. Meta Box 5.2.5

201923 releases

  1. Meta Box 5.2.4

  2. Meta Box 5.2.3

  3. Meta Box 5.2.2

  4. Meta Box 5.2.1

  5. Meta Box 5.2.0

  6. Meta Box 5.1.2

  7. Meta Box 5.1.1

  8. Meta Box 5.1.0

  9. Meta Box 5.0.1

  10. Meta Box 5.0.0

  11. Meta Box 4.18.4

  12. Meta Box 4.18.3

  13. Meta Box 4.18.2

  14. Meta Box 4.18.1

  15. Meta Box 4.18.0

  16. Meta Box 4.17.3

  17. Meta Box 4.17.2

  18. Meta Box 4.17.1

  19. Meta Box 4.17.0

  20. Meta Box 4.16.3

  21. Meta Box 4.16.2

  22. Meta Box 4.16.1

  23. Meta Box 4.16.0

201825 releases

  1. Meta Box 4.15.9

  2. Meta Box 4.15.8

  3. Meta Box 4.15.7

  4. Meta Box 4.15.6

  5. Meta Box 4.14.10

  6. Meta Box 4.15.5

  7. Meta Box 4.15.4

  8. Meta Box 4.15.3

  9. Meta Box 4.15.2

  10. Meta Box 4.15.1

  11. Meta Box 4.15.0

  12. Meta Box 4.14.11

  13. Meta Box 4.14.9

  14. Meta Box 4.14.8

  15. Meta Box 4.14.7

  16. Meta Box 4.14.6

  17. Meta Box 4.14.5

  18. Meta Box 4.14.4

  19. Meta Box 4.14.2

  20. Meta Box 4.14.1

  21. Meta Box 4.14.0

  22. Meta Box 4.13.4

  23. Meta Box 4.13.3

  24. Meta Box 4.13.2

  25. Meta Box 4.13.1

201713 releases

  1. Meta Box 4.13.0

  2. Meta Box 4.12.6

  3. Meta Box 4.12.5

  4. Meta Box 4.12.4

  5. Meta Box 4.12.1

  6. Meta Box 4.11.2

  7. Meta Box 4.11.1

  8. Meta Box 4.11

  9. Meta Box 4.10.4

  10. Meta Box 4.10.3

  11. Meta Box 4.10.2

  12. Meta Box 4.10.1

  13. Meta Box 4.10

201618 releases

  1. Meta Box 4.9.8

  2. Meta Box 4.9.7

  3. Meta Box 4.9.6

  4. Meta Box 4.9.5

  5. Meta Box 4.9.4

  6. Meta Box 4.9.3

  7. Meta Box 4.9.2

  8. Meta Box 4.9.1

  9. Meta Box 4.9

  10. Meta Box 4.8.7

  11. Meta Box 4.8.6

  12. Meta Box 4.8.5

  13. Meta Box 4.8.4

  14. Meta Box 4.8.3

  15. Meta Box 4.8.2

  16. Meta Box 4.8.1

  17. Meta Box 4.8.0

  18. Meta Box 4.7.3

201513 releases

  1. Meta Box 4.7.2

  2. Meta Box 4.7.1

  3. Meta Box 4.7

  4. Meta Box 4.6

  5. Meta Box 4.5.7

  6. Meta Box 4.5.6

  7. Meta Box 4.5.5

  8. Meta Box 4.5.4

  9. Meta Box 4.5.3

  10. Meta Box 4.5.2

  11. Meta Box 4.4.3

  12. Meta Box 4.5.1

  13. Meta Box 4.5

20147 releases

  1. Meta Box 4.4.1

  2. Meta Box 4.4.0

  3. Meta Box 4.3.11

  4. Meta Box 4.3.10

  5. Meta Box 4.3.9

  6. Meta Box 4.3.8

  7. Meta Box 4.3.7

20138 releases

  1. Meta Box 4.3.6

  2. Meta Box 4.3.5

  3. Meta Box 4.3.4

  4. Meta Box 4.3.3

  5. Meta Box 4.3.2

  6. Meta Box 4.3.1

  7. Meta Box 4.3

  8. Meta Box 4.2.4

20126 releases

  1. Meta Box 4.2.3

  2. Meta Box 4.2.2

  3. Meta Box 4.2.1

  4. Meta Box 4.2

  5. Meta Box 4.1.11

  6. Meta Box 4.1.10

Questions about Meta Box’s releases

What is the latest version of Meta Box?

5.15.4, released on Nov 6, 2026 (3 days ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 7.4 or later.

How often is Meta Box updated?

18 releases in the last year, about one every 20 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from September 2012.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in Meta Box’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.