MB Relationships

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 18% 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. ★★★★★ belanga

   3.7y ago

   The plugin itself seems powerful. However I wouldn’t know because it’s very difficult to use unless you’re a developer. Be aware that there is no UI with this plugin, it adds a capability to your site but you have to handle code to use it. The documentation is written for developers. Even if you’re willing to learn, the doc provides little examples; mostly short snippets that you must know where and how to use. To top it all, the support team answers novice questions mainly by redirecting to the documentation, and make it clear that they’re not willing to help you below a certain developing skill level. So unless 1) you’re a developer, 2) you are willing to hire one to use this plugin, or 3) you use a page builder that integrates with Metabox and MB Relationships specifically (Oxygen for example), I suggest you pass. Nothing wrong with making plugins for developers only, it’s a design and business decision by Metabox. But the plugin presentation makes it seem fairly beginner-friendly. It is not, you should be aware of it.

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2. ★★★★★ belanga

   3.7y ago

   The plugin itself seems powerful. However I wouldn’t know because it’s very difficult to use unless you’re a developer. Be aware that there is no UI with this plugin, it adds a capability to your site but you have to handle code to use it. The documentation is written for developers. Even if you’re willing to learn, the doc provides little examples; mostly short snippets that you must know where and how to use. To top it all, the support team answers novice questions mainly by redirecting to the documentation, and make it clear that they’re not willing to help you below a certain developing skill level. So unless 1) you’re a developer, 2) you are willing to hire one to use this plugin, or 3) you use a page builder that integrates with Metabox and MB Relationships specifically (Oxygen for example), I suggest you pass. Nothing wrong with making plugins for developers only, it’s a design and business decision by Metabox. But the plugin presentation makes it seem fairly beginner-friendly. It is not, you should be aware of it. This topic was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by belanga.

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3. ★★★★★ cardofearing

   6.1y ago

   👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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4. ★★★★★ bsmolyanov

   6.4y ago

   The from> to> relationship abilities of this plugin are unique as it writes them in the database. Bravo to the developers!

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5. ★★★★★ samtronic

   6.8y ago

   Please read my support topic when you have available time. Thank you!

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6. ★★★★★ Per Egil Roksvaag

   7.8y ago

   Sadly, there is no support for this plugin. I posted a bug report here: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sort-order-in-the-metabox-lost-or-reversed/ and here: https://github.com/wpmetabox/mb-relationships/issues/13 more than two weeks ago, but nobody bothers to reply… Edit 1: +2 stars for replying to the bug report. Edit 2: +2 stars for fixing the bug and now working really well. This topic was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by Jan Dembowski. This topic was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by Per Egil Roksvaag. This topic was modified 7 years, 6 months ago by Per Egil Roksvaag.

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Translated into 6 languages, 2 at 90% or more

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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).

• P Posts 2 Posts 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
• B BuddyPress Follow 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D
• P Posts 2 Posts – WPML integration 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
• Posts 2 Posts Relationships 40+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
• Connections to Directorist Migrator 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag D
• P P2P Slides 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag D

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MB Relationships: 1K+ active installs, 4.6★ (5 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/mb-relationships