Best metaboxes plugins for WordPress
The most popular metaboxes plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Ocean Extra leads with 400K+ active installs, ahead of CMB2 (300K+) and PT Theme Addon (1K+). All 14 plugins tagged “metaboxes” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 metaboxes plugins
- 1.
Ocean ExtraThe most installed metaboxes plugin, with 400K+ active installs. Rated 3.3 from 67 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 2.
CMB2300K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 91 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.
PT Theme Addon1K+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 4.
Attesa Extra1K+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.
Theme Toolkit700+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 6.
Sweet Custom Dashboard400+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 7.
CMB2 Admin Extension200+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 8.
CMB2 Taxonomy200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 9.
Business Era Extension100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 10.
CMS admin area10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
All 14 plugins tagged “metaboxes”
Ocean Extra
#130by oceanwp27 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
- 2.6K/day
CMB2
#192by Justin Sternberg13 days ago
CMB2 is a metabox, custom fields, and forms library for WordPress that will blow your mind.
- Installs
- 300K+
- Rating
- 5.0(91)
- Downloads
- 2.6K/day
PT Theme Addon
Down in the last 7 days:1#6,283by ProDesigns8 years ago
Plugin to add team, testimonial portfolio and clients custom post type. Each post type has its widget and shortcode to use in theme.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Attesa Extra
Down in the last 7 days:8#6,315by CrestaProject2 months ago
Add extra features to Attesa WordPress theme
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 19/day
Theme Toolkit
Up in the last 7 days:14#7,619by ProDesigns8 years ago
Theme toolkit is a plugin to register custom post types, widgets and shortcodes to add additional feature and functionality to any WordPress theme.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sweet Custom Dashboard
Up in the last 7 days:13#9,244by Remi Corson14 years ago
A nice plugin to start creating your own custom WordPress dashboard.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
CMB2 Admin Extension
Down in the last 7 days:34#11,418by twoelevenjay27 days ago
Create and manage CMB2 meta boxes from the WordPress admin without writing code.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
CMB2 Taxonomy
Down in the last 7 days:1#11,648cmb2-taxonomy11 years ago
CMB2 Taxonomy will create metaboxes and forms with custom fields for your taxonomies using the CMB2 API (and yes, it will blow your mind too).
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Business Era Extension
Up in the last 7 days:1#14,004by ProDesigns9 years ago
Plugin to extend features of Business Era Theme. This plugin registers custom post types, widgets and custom fields for the Business Era theme.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
CMS admin area
Up in the last 7 days:720#33,925by netbiel13 years ago
Useful and easy way to customize your WordPress admin area and the login page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post Metaboxes Tabs
Down in the last 7 days:942#34,411by attitude_sk15 years ago
Groups mataboxes when editing post/page in administration backend to tabs according to metabox name pattern Tab/Metabox.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Rexly Toolbox
Up in the last 7 days:1,599#43,953by wpfreeware10 years ago
Registers custom post types & metaboxes for Rexly theme.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WolfOz taxonomy mbtree
Up in the last 7 days:28#68,525by wolfoz2 years ago
Tree view for metaboxes of taxonomies (products, publications, etc.)
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day