/CMB2

CMB2 is a developer's toolkit for building metaboxes, custom fields, and forms for WordPress that will blow your mind.

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CMB2

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CMB2

Contributors: jtsternberg, webdevstudios, zao, humanmade
Homepage: https://cmb2.io
Tags: metaboxes, forms, fields, options, settings
Requires at least: 3.8.0
Tested up to: 4.9.6
Stable tag: 2.4.2
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

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Complete contributors list found here: github.com/CMB2/CMB2/graphs/contributors

Description

CMB2 is a developer's toolkit for building metaboxes, custom fields, and forms for WordPress that will blow your mind. Easily manage meta for posts, terms, users, comments, or create custom option pages.

Download plugin on wordpress.org

CMB2 is a complete rewrite of Custom Metaboxes and Fields for WordPress. To get started, please follow the examples in the included example-functions.php file and have a look at the basic usage instructions.

You can see a list of available field types here.

If you are coming from the original "Custom Metaboxes and Fields for WordPress" plugin, please read this post for the CMB2 background story.

Contribution

Development occurs on Github, and all contributions welcome. Please read the CONTRIBUTING doc for more details.

A complete list of all our awesome contributors found here: github.com/CMB2/CMB2/graphs/contributors

Features:

Translation

If you are looking to provide language translation files, Please do so via WordPress Plugin Translations.

3rd Party Resources

Custom Field Types

Other Helpful Resources

Links

Installation

If installing the plugin from wordpress.org:

  1. Upload the entire /CMB2 directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
  2. Activate CMB2 through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
  3. Copy (and rename if desired) example-functions.php into to your theme or plugin's directory.
  4. Edit to only include the fields you need and rename the functions.
  5. Profit.

If including the library in your plugin or theme:

  1. Place the CMB2 directory inside of your theme or plugin.
  2. Copy (and rename if desired) example-functions.php into a folder above the CMB2 directory OR copy the entirety of its contents to your theme's functions.php file.
  3. Edit to only include the fields you need and rename the functions (CMB2 directory should be left unedited in order to easily update the library).
  4. Profit.

View CHANGELOG

Known Issues

  • Not all fields work well in a repeatable group.