Title: MB Rest API
Author: Anh Tran
Published: <strong>སྤྱི་ཟླ་དྲུག་པ། 9, 2016</strong>
Last modified: སྤྱི་ཟླ་གསུམ་པ། 9, 2026

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# MB Rest API

 By [Anh Tran](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rilwis/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/mb-rest-api.2.0.6.zip)

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 *  [Installation](https://dzo.wordpress.org/plugins/mb-rest-api/#installation)
 * [Development](https://dzo.wordpress.org/plugins/mb-rest-api/#developers)

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## Description

[**MB Rest API**](https://metabox.io/plugins/mb-rest-api/) is an extension for [Meta Box](https://metabox.io)
which helps you to get and update custom fields’ values (meta value) from posts,
pages, custom post types, terms via the WordPress REST API.

> **Meta Box Lite**
>  We recommend using [Meta Box Lite](https://metabox.io/lite/),
> a feature-rich free UI version of Meta Box that provides UI and all free features
> for managing custom fields and dynamic content on WordPress, including post types,
> taxonomies, custom fields, and relationships.

### Plugin Links

 * [Project Page](https://metabox.io/plugins/mb-rest-api/)
 * [Documentation](https://docs.metabox.io/extensions/mb-rest-api/)
 * [Github Repo](https://github.com/rilwis/mb-rest-api/)

See more [Meta Box plugins](https://metabox.io/plugins/).

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## Installation

You need to install [Meta Box](https://metabox.io) plugin and WordPress REST API
first

 * Go to **Plugins | Add New** and search for **Meta Box**
 * Click **Install Now** button to install the plugin
 * After installing, click **Activate Plugin** to activate the plugin

Repeat the same process for **WP REST API** and **MB Rest API**.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“MB Rest API” is open source software. The following people have contributed to 
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Anh Tran ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rilwis/)
 *   [ Meta Box ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/metabox/)
 *   [ barcavn2 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/barcavn2/)

[Translate “MB Rest API” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/mb-rest-api)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mb-rest-api/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/mb-rest-api/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/mb-rest-api/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/mb-rest-api/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 2.0.6 – 2026-03-09

 * Fix updating WooCommerce products

#### 2.0.5 – 2024-11-01

 * Fix direct file access

#### 2.0.4 – 2024-08-19

 * Fix running PHP Codesniffer when installing & autoload the plugin’s main file
   via Composer

#### 2.0.3 – 2024-07-22

 * Fix PHP warning in WordPress 6.6

#### 2.0.2 – 2024-07-02

 * Fix not updating WooCommerce products

#### 2.0.1 – 2023-10-14

 * Ensure group value is always an array. Fix PHP warning when group has no values.

#### 2.0.0 – 2023-10-11

 * Complete rewrite the plugin for clarity and maintainability
 * Add support for settings page, allow you to get and update data for settings 
   pages
 * Show errors when updating non-existing fields

#### 1.5.1 – 2023-08-16

 * Fix cannot update user meta in a custom table (#18)

= 1.5.0 – 2023-07-29
 – Remove fields in the Rest API responses with hide_from_rest
= true – Do not show MB User Profile fields in the Rest API responses

#### 1.4.1 – 2023-05-17

 * Fix not working with `_filter`.

#### 1.4.0 – 2019-12-12

 * Add support for comment meta. Requires MB Comment Meta plugin.

#### 1.3.6 – 2019-11-07

 * Fix term meta not available.

#### 1.3.5

 * Fixed not updating fields in custom tables.

#### 1.3.4

 * Make it safe to include into AIO plugin.
 * Removed _state from returned value for groups.

#### 1.3.3

 * Fixed not updating user meta.

#### 1.3.2

 * Fixed custom fields for terms not saving for POST request. Props Mirza Pandzo.
 * Fixed wrong key for `post_tag`. Props Mirza Pandzo.

#### 1.3.1

 * Removed fields that have no values from the response (divider, heading, etc.).

#### 1.3

 * Added fully support for terms and users. Both get and update meta values.

#### 1.2

 * Improvement: The update callback now can accept array of params

#### 1.1

 * Improvement: Add update callback
 * Fix: Make sure the returned values of image/file fields are always array

#### 1.0.1

 * Fix: error when MB Term Meta is not installed

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **2.0.6**
 *  Last updated **1 month ago**
 *  Active installations **1ཨང་-སྒྲིག༌བཀོད-སྟོང༌-ཚག000+**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.9.4**
 *  PHP version ** 7.0 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mb-rest-api/)
 * Tags
 * [custom fields](https://dzo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/custom-fields/)[meta box](https://dzo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/meta-box/)
   [rest-api](https://dzo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/rest-api/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://dzo.wordpress.org/plugins/mb-rest-api/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ Anh Tran ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rilwis/)
 *   [ Meta Box ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/metabox/)
 *   [ barcavn2 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/barcavn2/)

## Support

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