CMB2

Contributors: jtsternberg, webdevstudios, tw2113
Homepage: https://cmb2.io
Tags: metaboxes, forms, fields, options, settings
Requires at least: 3.8.0
Requires PHP: 7.4
Tested up to: 7.1
Stable tag: 2.13.5 License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

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:

• Create metaboxes to be used on post edit screens.
• Create forms to be used on an options pages.
• Create forms to handle user meta and display them on user profile add/edit pages.
• Create forms to handle term meta and display wherever your taxonomies are used.
• Flexible API that allows you to use CMB forms almost anywhere, even on the front-end.
• Several field types are included.
• Custom API hook that allows you to create your own field types.
• There are numerous hooks and filters, allowing you to modify many aspects of the library (without editing it directly).
• Repeatable fields for most field types are supported, as well as repeatable field groups.
• CMB2 is safe to bundle with any project. It will only load the newest version in the system.

Translation

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

3rd Party Resources

Custom Field Types

• CMB2 Field Type: CMB Attached Posts Field from coreymcollins: custom_attached_posts, for attaching posts to a page.

• CMB2 Field Type: Post Search Ajax by alexis-magina: post_search_ajax Attach posts to each other. Same approach as CMB2 Attached Posts Field but with Ajax request, multiple/single option, and different UI.

• CMB2 Field Type: CMB2 Post Search field: post_search_text adds a post-search dialog for searching/attaching other post IDs.

• CMB2 Field Type: Ajax Search from rubengc: 3 different fields with the same UI in AJAX to search (with query parameters) to users, post type and taxonomy terms.

• CMB2 Field Type: Google Maps from mustardBees: Custom field type for Google Maps.

  The pw_map field stores the latitude/longitude values which you can then use to display a map in your theme.

• CMB2 Field Type: Leaflet Maps from villeristi: Custom field type for Leaflet Maps.

Other Helpful Resources

• CMB2 WooCommerce HPOS Orders: Adds the ability to add custom fields to the new WooCommerce HPOS orders page.
• CMB2 Admin Extension: Adds a UI to create CMB2 meta boxes from the WordPress admin. Also on wordpress.org.
• WordPress Shortcode Button: Uses CMB2 fields to generate fields for shortcode input modals.
• WDS-Simple-Page-Builder: Uses existing template parts in the currently-active theme to build a customized page with rearrangeable elements. Built with CMB2.
• CMB2 Example Theme: Demonstrate how to include CMB2 in your theme, as well as some cool tips and tricks.
• facetwp-cmb2: FacetWP integration with CMB2.
• CMB2-grid from origgami: A grid system for WordPress CMB2 library that allows the creation of columns for a better layout in the admin.
• CMB2 Metatabs Options from rogerlos: CMO makes it easy to create options pages with multiple metaboxes--and optional WordPress admin tabs.
• CMB2 Conditionals from jcchavezs: Allows developers to relate fields so the display of one is conditional on the value of another.
• from : Skip the boring bits. Use this generator to create fully functional CMB2 metaboxes easily. Now with bulk entry!

Links

• Project Homepage
• Github project page
• Documentation (GitHub wiki)
• Snippet Library

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.

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Known Issues

• Not all fields work well in a repeatable group.