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CMB2

CMB2

Content Management Custom Fields & Content Modeling

CMB2 is a WordPress plugin for Custom Fields & Content Modeling. It ranks #6 of 209 in that group by active installs and was last updated 1 week ago.

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Slug cmb2

300K Active installs As the directory reports it, rounded to a band
5.0 Rating out of 5 From 91 ratings
8 Releases Since 16 September 2014
Oct 2026 Last release 1 week ago

Maintenance check

Is CMB2 still maintained?

Yes - by every measure the directory publishes, it is actively maintained.

  • Updated recently. The last release was 1 week ago.
  • Tested with current WordPress. Tested up to 7.1.4; most actively maintained plugins are tested on 7.1.
  • Well rated. 5.0 out of 5 from 91 ratings.

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Standing

More installed than 99.6% of the directory

Ahead of 47,529 of the 47,729 plugins that report an install count at all. An install figure on its own says nothing; this is what it is worth.

99.6% Percentile by installs Among plugins that report an install count
47,529 Plugins it is ahead of Fewer active installs than this one
199 Plugins ahead of it More active installs, or the same published band
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Details

The record

Everything the directory publishes about this plugin, as it was last read.

Current version
2.13.5
Requires WordPress
3.8.0
Tested up to
7.1.4
Requires PHP
7.4
Added to the directory
16 September 2014
Last updated
27 October 2026
Contributors
3
Author
Justin Sternberg

Its own tags

  • fields
  • forms
  • metaboxes
  • options
  • settings

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