Using Custom Meta Boxes in WordPress

Find out how to use CMB2 as a framework to create advanced and extended WordPress posts using custom meta fields, and explore ways to display that info on the frontend.

Introduction

• Custom fields without dependency
• What you should know
• Demo project overview

1. How CMB2 Works

• What is CMB2 and how does it work?
• The difference between CMB2 and ACF
• Installing CMB2 via the Plugin Directory
• Setting up our project plugin
• CMB2 as a library for your plugin
• The CMB2 documentation
• Field types in CMB2
• CMB2 and the block editor

2. Building Our Custom Fields

• Defining our custom fields
• Creating our meta boxes
• Adding a the custom field type
• Adding fields to our meta boxes
• Adding a file uploader
• Creating a repeatable field
• How to get data from CMB2
• Adding our custom fields to the frontend
• Displaying from a repeatable field

3. Creating a Post Select Box

• Building a post select box
• Updating the content output

4. Noteworthy Features

• Bringing in taxonomies
• Frontend Meta Box support
• Creating a theme options page
• Adding fields to user profiles

Conclusion

• Next steps