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.

v5.12.1Meta BoxUpdated 2026-06-10Added Nov 7, 2011500k+ installs96% rating0% support resolved
96
Score
5
Errors
16
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security100
Repo100
Performance100
Maintainability81

Top Issues by Category

Issues Details

21 issues found in latest scan

WARNING7
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "_rwmb_post_format_single_value".

WARNING4
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound

Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$now".

ERROR2
missing_direct_file_access_protection

PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;

WARNING2
update_modification_detected

Plugin Updater detected. Detected code which may be altering WordPress update routines. Detected: _site_transient_update_plugins

ERROR1
Generic.PHP.DisallowShortOpenTag.EchoFound

Short PHP opening tag used with echo; expected "<?php echo $now ..." but found "<?= $now ..."

WARNING1
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.DynamicHooknameFound

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;$filter&quot;.

WARNING1
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedClassFound

Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;RW_Meta_Box&quot;.

ERROR1
five_star_reviews_detected

Linking directly to 5 stars reviews is not allowed.

WARNING1
missing_composer_json_file

The &quot;/vendor&quot; directory using composer exists, but &quot;composer.json&quot; file is missing.

ERROR1
plugin_updater_detected

Plugin Updater detected. These are not permitted in WordPress.org hosted plugins. Detected: site_transient_update_plugins

Latest Snapshot

Findings

21

Errors

5

Warnings

16

Score History

First score snapshot

First scan completed Jun 19, 2026

v5.12.1 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 19, 2026

v5.12.1

96

Latest

Findings
21
Errors
5
Warnings
16
Plugin Check
2.0.0
Model
2026.06-mvp-static-v2

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