At the moment, each extension of the plugin Meta Box is provided separately. They acts like a small module that provides only one functionality for one purpose. While this approach is good for continuous development, users might not want that. Some users who purchased the Developer Bundle have suggested a AIO package that includes all the extension in a plugin. This way, they only need to install 1 plugin instead of 15, keeping the Plugins page clean and still have all the functionality.
Introducing MB Frontend Submission Extension
Embeding the meta boxes in the frontend is a frequent question from our users. And today, we're happy to release a new extension to resolve this problem - MB Frontend Submission. This extension not only allows you to put meta box form in the frontend, but also handle the post submission as well. So you can use it as a true solution for user-submitted content.
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Collapsible Groups with Better UI and Control
We're happy to release the new version of the Meta Box Group that supports collapsing/expanding groups with a new UI. This version truly bring the power and usefulness of the groups to our users. With it, you can collapse a very long group, drag and drop it to reorder and save that collapsible state. So next time you edit that post, that group is collapsed automatically.
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Meta Box Builder Now Supports Exporting To PHP Code
Since version 2.2, developers can use the Meta Box Builder to export PHP code that can be used on another websites without the extension. You can use Meta Box Builder to prototype the custom fields to test. When everything works, you can export the PHP code to use to increase the website performance.
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WordPress Beginner Guide for Meta Box
Meta Box is one of the best WordPress plugins for adding custom fields and meta boxes. It launched in 2010, as the first custom fields plugin for developers. And until Dec. 2016, it has been downloaded 1,300,000+ times and had active installs 200,000+. Due to our survey, more than 90% users are developers who are satisfied with our functional plugins. But we still believe anyone can install Meta Box and benefit from it. So today we would like to show a general guide for WordPress beginners to enjoy Meta Box. And as for the developers, we hope you can get something useful here to minimize your work.
So let's dig in…
Meta Box 2016 year in review
The New Year is here and we wish you health, success, and fun! 2016 is a great year for Meta Box when it reached 200.000 active installs (counted by WordPress.org), excluding users who are using Meta Box as a included module in themes. That is a double from the last year! And we want to say thank you to you all to support us and help us make the software a better tool for both developers and users.
Introducing MB User Meta Extension
Have you ever added custom information for user profiles such as an address, phone, or custom avatar? You probably had to use custom code that is available in some tutorials. Now everything is changed with the new extension for the Meta Box plugin: MB User Meta.
Introducing Meta Box Extension for WordPress REST API
Have you ever used REST API with WordPress? It helps you to get/update data (posts, users, comments) via ajax request in a standard way. You can use it to make themes or apps with WordPress.
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Nested, Nested, Nested... Groups is Possible
Today we're very happy to release the version 1.1 of the Meta Box Group extension. This is a minor update with support for multi-level nested groups. The feature is requested by many users for a long time. It's a technical challenge and we're so glad that we can come over it today.
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