Best meta box plugins for WordPress
The most popular meta box plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Meta Box leads with 500K+ active installs, ahead of Ocean Extra (400K+) and MB Elementor Integration (1K+). All 56 plugins tagged “meta box” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 meta box plugins
- 1.
Meta BoxThe most installed meta box plugin, with 500K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 165 reviews, updated 4 days ago.
- 2.Ocean Extra
400K+ active installs. Rated 3.3 from 67 reviews, updated 4 weeks ago.
- 3.
MB Elementor Integration1K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 4.
MB Rest API1K+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 days ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 5.
Custom Fields for Gutenberg1K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 17 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 6.
Attesa Extra1K+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.
MB FacetWP Integration700+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 8.
MB Yoast SEO Integration600+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 9.
MB Text Limiter300+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 10.
Coding Chicken300+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 2 weeks ago.
All 56 plugins tagged “meta box”

Meta Box
#128by Meta Box4 days ago
Meta Box plugin is a powerful, professional developer toolkit to create custom meta boxes and custom fields for your custom post types in WordPress.
- Installs
- 500K+
- Rating
- 4.8(165)
- Downloads
- 4.2K/day
Ocean Extra
#130by oceanwp28 days ago
The ultimate companion for OceanWP. Adds local Google Fonts, mega menus, site templates, and per-page settings for total design authority.
- Installs
- 400K+
- Rating
- 3.3(67)
- Downloads
- 2.4K/day

MB Elementor Integration
Down in the last 7 days:2#5,065by Anh Tran22 days ago
Integrates Meta Box's custom fields with the Elementor page builder via dynamic tags.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 33/day

MB Rest API
Up in the last 7 days:3#5,782by Anh Tran4 days ago
Get and update Meta Box custom fields to the WordPress REST API responses.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 23/day

Custom Fields for Gutenberg
Down in the last 7 days:25#6,200by Jeff Starr8 days ago
Restores the Custom Field meta box for the Gutenberg Block Editor.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(17)
- Downloads
- 30/day

Attesa Extra
Up in the last 7 days:7#6,308by CrestaProject2 months ago
Add extra features to Attesa WordPress theme
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 18/day

MB FacetWP Integration
Up in the last 7 days:4#7,932by Anh Tran11 months ago
Integrates Meta Box custom fields with FacetWP. Make custom fields filterable.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

MB Yoast SEO Integration
Down in the last 7 days:39#8,495by Anh Tran1 year ago
Add content of Meta Box custom fields to Yoast SEO Content Analysis.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

MB Text Limiter
Up in the last 7 days:16#10,144by Anh Tran6 months ago
Limit number of characters or words entered for text and textarea fields in meta boxes.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

Coding Chicken
#10,267by Coding Chicken14 days ago
Easily import JetEngine meta box fields using WP All Import.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Reset Meta Box Positions
Down in the last 7 days:54#11,118by David Gwyer3 months ago
Reset the meta box positions on admin post editor screen for all post types, including custom post types.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 7/day

MB Beaver Builder Integration
Up in the last 7 days:223#14,015by Anh Tran11 months ago
Integrates Meta Box's custom fields with Beaver Themer.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

MB Rank Math Integration
Down in the last 7 days:62#14,078by Anh Tran1 year ago
Add content of Meta Box custom fields to Rank Math Content Analysis.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Custom post types for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:751#14,857by mauretto197812 days ago
Create and manage custom post types, taxonomies and custom fields in seconds, from a clean, developer-friendly interface.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.9(24)
- Downloads
- 23/day

Tag Selector
Down in the last 7 days:88#14,903by robmarston10 years ago
Tag Selector allows you to select tags for your post/page much the same way you select categories.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Featured Image Notes
Down in the last 7 days:137#15,207by drewrawitz9 years ago
This plugin allows you to add notes to your Featured Image meta box for specific post types.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Sierra Addons
Down in the last 7 days:52#17,384by themesty6 years ago
Plugin with extra features for WP Sierra theme.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Unsortable Meta Box
Down in the last 7 days:147#20,400by Yoren Chang12 years ago
Disable dragging of meta boxes and reset their positions.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

MB ACF Migration
Down in the last 7 days:85#20,644by Anh Tran3 months ago
Migrate custom fields from Advanced Custom Fields to Meta Box.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
WebPage Custom Schema (Schema.org JSON-LD)
Down in the last 7 days:20#21,592by Andrei F.4 years ago
WebPage Schema Plugin allows you to use your custom full-featured schema. Schema (JSON-LD) is the most important factor in search engine optimization.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Magic Meta Box
Down in the last 7 days:149#22,268by Abdelrhman elgreatly5 years ago
Magic Meta Box helps you to create easily custom meta boxes fields in post, page and custom post type. You can create repeated group fields and tabs.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Nekto Core
Down in the last 7 days:3,000#22,617by wpnekto8 days ago
Adds custom post types, categories, meta boxes, shortcodes, and widgets for displaying projects.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
MB Divi Integration
Down in the last 7 days:374#23,955by Anh Tran4 months ago
Integrates Meta Box's custom fields with Divi page builder via dynamic content and custom modules.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Header Image Uploader
Down in the last 7 days:537#27,899by imran32291 year ago
Simple WordPress plugin adds image uploader meta box.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Sticky Postbox
Up in the last 7 days:453#28,514by Enrico Sorcinelli2 months ago
Add sticky feature to administration meta boxes.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post Meta Box Order
Down in the last 7 days:141#29,700by Mustafa Uysal10 years ago
Easily change the order of the meta boxes on the posts screen.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Custom Order Meta Box
Down in the last 7 days:57#34,504by Jure Zadravec2 years ago
This plugin adds a custom meta box on WooCommerce order pages in the WordPress admin dashboard. With this plugin, store administrators can view all me …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Metabox Glue
Up in the last 7 days:3,252#36,734by cubecolour1 year ago
Glues the editor metaboxes in place so they cannot be repositioned or minimised.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
meta boxes
Up in the last 7 days:7,101#38,522by dhananjaysingh14 years ago
Using this plugin you can create custom post and you can add various types of metaboxes to those custom posts, posts and pages
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Native Custom Fields Meta Box and ACF
#38,616by kkarpieszuk8 years ago
Show WordPress native meta box for custom fields when Advanced Custom Fields plugin is active
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Link Post Type
Down in the last 7 days:4,258#39,714by tomi3311 years ago
Allows custom "link" post type which adds a Link URL value custom meta box to the post editor
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Set Yoast to Bottom
Up in the last 7 days:940#40,859by John Spellman9 years ago
Sets Yoast meta box priority as low, after custom fields.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Comment Link Suggest-O-Tron
Up in the last 7 days:5,809#41,959by Simon Fairbairn14 years ago
What if you could get more comments on your blog?
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
7K Image Uploader Meta Box
#42,346by Kharis Sulistiyono12 years ago
Simple WordPress plugin adds image uploader meta box.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Custom Meta Field
Up in the last 7 days:119#43,021by Megha Shah1 year ago
Custom Meta Field
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Transform Meta Boxes
Down in the last 7 days:7,951#46,437by keith_wp1 year ago
Alter any taxonomy's meta box appearance (in the Classic Editor) to single or multiple select dropdowns, or toggle button style checkboxes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Custom Fields to Metaboxes
Down in the last 7 days:2,723#46,608by erikdmitchell9 years ago
Migrate custom fields to metabox fields.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
MB Toolset Migration
#46,758by Anh Tran3 months ago
Migrate custom fields from Toolset to Meta Box.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Tiny YouTube Post Widget
Down in the last 7 days:12,514#47,374by Rnaby10 years ago
This is a widget to display different YouTube videos in widget assigned for different posts or pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Liuer Box
Up in the last 7 days:12,804#49,035by liuer1 month ago
A custom fields framework with a visual builder and clean, native storage. Zero plugin dependencies.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Siddik Tone Hints
Up in the last 7 days:16,496#52,472by mdabubakkersiddik5 months ago
Short editor sidebar: local tone hints plus quick reminders when gallery, form, or map appears in your text.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Activity Tracker
#52,544by Sahib Khan1 year ago
Tracks user activity when posts, pages, WooCommerce products, or custom post types are updated. Displays the activity log in a custom meta box.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Page Notification Email
#55,209by Stach Redeker2 months ago
Eliminate manual notifications. Page Notification Email lets editors send update emails from WordPress.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Kamaliya Meta Fields Builder
Up in the last 7 days:3,390#58,642by Kamlesh Kamaliya2 months ago
A powerful, fast, and lightweight custom fields and meta box builder for WordPress and Gutenberg.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Dynafield
Up in the last 7 days:14,569#58,654by Emtiaz Zahid3 days ago
Use ACF, Secure Custom Fields, Pods, Meta Box and post meta in free Elementor as dynamic tags: text, link, image, gallery, number, colour and date.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

OmniFields
#59,964by Vivek Soni19 days ago
Lightweight custom field manager with visual field groups, advanced ACF-style location rules, options pages, repeaters, media and galleries.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Customize search results order
Up in the last 7 days:9,750#63,601by Ondrej Donek8 years ago
Plugin which customizes order of search results by additional priority value. It supports plain WordPress search functionality as well as plugin Relev …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Plinth Custom Fields
#64,011by Shobhit Verma4 months ago
A self-contained custom fields manager with repeater support, location rules, and JSON import/export — no third-party dependencies required.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

MetaForge Engine
Down in the last 7 days:12,242#65,346by SearchnScore Solutions11 days ago
WordPress custom field builder & Advanced Custom Fields engine. Create custom fields, meta boxes, options pages & dynamic meta with zero lock-in.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 15/day

Cybo Advanced Field Engine
Up in the last 7 days:5,650#67,533by Cyboweb Technologies15 days ago
A high-performance custom fields engine for WordPress, built for flexible data structures, efficient database operations and modern integrations.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day