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Best WordPress Plugins for Meta Box

15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Meta Box

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for meta box comes down to a few things: whether it is still actively maintained, whether real users rate it well, and whether it does the specific job you need without dragging the rest of the site down.

We ranked 15 plugins using our WPScore, which weighs the user rating (adjusted for how many people actually rated it), how many sites run it, how recently it was updated, and which WordPress version it is tested against. 15 of them have enough public data to be scored; the rest are listed below the ranked block, clearly marked, rather than being given a number we cannot justify.

How this list is funded. Some links here earn us a commission if you buy. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not move anything up the list — the order comes from the WPScore, which is calculated from public ratings, install counts and update history. See the method.

At a glance

  1. 1. Classic Editor Best overall 95/100
  2. 2. Disable Gutenberg 93/100
  3. 3. Meta Box 91/100
  4. 4. Ocean Extra 83/100
  5. 5. Custom Fields for Gutenberg 81/100
  6. 6. MB Elementor Integration 80/100
  7. 7. CMB2 Admin Extension 74/100
  8. 8. Attesa Extra 72/100
  9. 9. MB Rest API 69/100
  10. 10. Reset Meta Box Positions 69/100
  11. 11. Meta Content 69/100
  12. 12. MB Text Limiter 67/100
  13. 13. MB FacetWP Integration 63/100
  14. 14. Juiz Lang Attribute 61/100
  15. 15. MB Beaver Builder Integration 59/100
1 Classic Editor
Best overall Free by WordPress.org

Classic Editor

Enables the previous "classic" editor and the old-style Edit Post screen with TinyMCE, Meta Boxes, etc. Supports all plugins that extend this screen.

4.9★
from 1,246 ratings
8M+
active installs
Updated
May 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
95

WPScore

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2 Disable Gutenberg
Free by Jeff Starr

Disable Gutenberg

Disable Gutenberg Block Editor and restore the Classic Editor and original Edit Post screen (TinyMCE, meta boxes, etc.).

5★
from 733 ratings
500k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
93

WPScore

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3 Meta Box
Free by Meta Box

Meta Box

Meta Box plugin is a powerful, professional developer toolkit to create custom meta boxes and custom fields for your custom post types in WordPress.

4.8★
from 165 ratings
500k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
91

WPScore

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4 Ocean Extra
Free by oceanwp

Ocean Extra

The ultimate companion for OceanWP. Adds local Google Fonts, mega menus, site templates, and per-page settings for total design authority.

3.3★
from 67 ratings
500k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
83

WPScore

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11 Meta Content
Free by Mervin Praison

Meta Content

A meta box which helps us to add content or scripts to any part of the website, on each individual post/page. Easy to Implement with Shortcode.

5★
from 2 ratings
200+
active installs
Updated
Nov 2025
Tested to
WP 6.8.8
69

WPScore

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14 Juiz Lang Attribute
Free by Geoffrey

Juiz Lang Attribute

Add a custom HREFLANG meta box on your post to manually edit the link between your post and a translation (which could be outside your domain).

2.5★
from 4 ratings
1k+
active installs
Updated
Dec 2024
Tested to
WP 6.7.7
61

WPScore

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