CMB2

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 31% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ suiramus

   1.3y ago

   Thank you for your hard work!One of the best plugin for developers. Simple and effective.

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2. ★★★★★ paknejad

   1.3y ago

   Simple and free and much better than advance custom fields

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3. ★★★★★ Aditya Thok

   2.3y ago

   Powerfull, Simple and Clean

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4. ★★★★★ nunziorash

   2.4y ago

   Excellent plugin, I’ve always used it

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5. ★★★★★ Anonymous

   2.4y ago

   I love CMB2. I love hooking into functions and extending addons so fields update each other intelligently, while locking out non-admins to sections. Blocks are great, don’t get me wrong, and the extensions to make the, more hookable and meta-integrated is nice, but CMB2 gives you full and complete control, with API documented and dozens of add on plugins out there. Using FacetWP? We have an add on! Need to attach posts? We have an add on? Want to use Shadow Taxonomies to connect posts instead of attaching them and somehow manage to do so dynamically and speedily? Hey buddy. They’ve got you. The power is yours to command. Seeing even a version-matching-tested-up-to update makes me worry far less that this plugin will fall by the wayside. Up next? PHP 8 compat (I hope…)

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6. ★★★★★ ajanes94

   2.8y ago

   …easy to use, nice metaboxes for all post types

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7. ★★★★★ Max Manuel Camiña Azaña

   4.0y ago

   Perfect plugin for metboxes.

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8. ★★★★★ lathieuhiep

   4.5y ago

   Best plugin. Saved a lot of time and effort

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.12.0 Enhancements Confirmed compatibility with PHP 8.2 and 8.3, and tested up to WordPress 7.0. [Development] Migrated end-to-end testing from Cypress to Playwright and replaced Grunt with npm scripts for the asset build pipe 2.12.0
2. — Version 2.11.0 Enhancements Package updates. Update WordPress Tested up to tag 6.1. Props @RubenMartins ( #1477 ). Add filters for setting object_id and mb_object_type and in do_scripts – Allows overriding by plugins/libs. (Added to su 2.11.0
3. — Version 2.10.1 Bug Fixes Fix issue with date picker formatting. Fixes #1448 . 2.10.1
4. — Version 2.10.0 Enhancements Sanitize URLs, defaulting to https . Props @paulschreiber ( #1413 ). Establish Cypress E2E Testing. Props @markjaquith ( #1437 ). Updated the JS shiftRows functionality to be simpler, and fix issues with JS 2.10.0
5. — Version 2.9.0 Enhancements Added cmb2_tab_group_tabs filter for adding arbitrary menu page urls to the cmb2 tabs, and move tab markup output to separate method, CMB2_Options_Hookup::options_page_tab_nav_output() . Fixes #1407 . Limit 2.9.0
6. — Version 2.8.0 Enhancements Added CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md file to meet GitHub Community standards. Props @RubenMartins ( #1331 ). Add ability to define the page-registration admin menu hook priority for options pages. Fixes #1380 . Bug Fixe 2.8.0

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. High · 7.5 CMB2 <= 2.10.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) PHP Object Injection ↗
   2024-04-03 CVE-2024-1792 Deserialization of Untrusted Data Affects <= 2.10.1 Patched in 2.11.0

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Translated into 115 languages, 14 at 90% or more

Plus 91 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-05-13 400K+ → 300K+ down after 2 days in tier
2. 2025-05-11 300K+ → 400K+ up

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• C CMB2 Admin Extension 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 5 shared tags B
• C CMB2 Taxonomy 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 5 shared tags D
• O OptionTree 50K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• Custom Global Variables 5K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
• T ThemeKit For WordPress 700+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• Admin Options Pages 500+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A

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CMB2: 300K+ active installs, 5.0★ (91 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-25. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/cmb2