by Justin Sternberg 5 (91 reviews)

CMB2

Name: CMB2
Rating: 5.0 (91 reviews)
Author: Justin Sternberg

CMB2 is a metabox, custom fields, and forms library for WordPress that will blow your mind.

CMB2 ranks #189 among WordPress.org plugins with 300,000+ active installations, is #16 of 2,578 in the Contact Forms category, a 5/5 rating from 91 reviews, and was last updated May 31, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7 (Current: 7.1)

v2.12.0 Current Version v2.12.0

Updated 3 months ago Last Update on 31 May, 2026

Refreshed 11 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#16 of 2,578 in Contact Forms Top 1% by installs Downloads -23.8% this week

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#189

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Active Installs

300K+

-10.7%

KW Avg Position

0.2 better

Downloads

+830 today

Support Resolved

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Rating

100%

Review 5 out of 5

5 (91 reviews)

Next Milestone 400K

Total Progress 33.3%

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Reviews & Ratings

5.0

91 reviews

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Apr 3, 2024

CMB2 [cmb2] < 2.11.0

CVE-2024-1792 · Fixed in v2.11.0

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.12.0
Last Updated: May 31, 2026
Requires WP: 3.8.0+
Tested Up To: 7
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Justin Sternberg

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Reviews: 91
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

fields forms metaboxes options settings

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress developers who need to build custom metaboxes, fields, and forms for posts, terms, users, or comments. It solves the problem of manually coding custom fields by providing a flexible, extensible library with hooks for creating and managing custom metadata across the WordPress admin.