MB Relationships
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About
A lightweight solution for creating relationships between posts, terms and users in WordPress.
What It Does
MB Relationships lets you build bi-directional connections between any combination of posts, terms, and users in WordPress through a simple admin UI. Instead of relying on default WordPress metadata or taxonomy, you create explicit relationships with their own database tables and can query them directly in templates and code. It fits sites that outgrow WordPress's built-in linking but do not want the weight of a full custom post type system for relationships.
Who It's For
Developers and technically comfortable site builders who need structured connections between WordPress objects, such as linking instructors to courses, authors to books, or products to categories. It is well suited to small-to-mid-sized custom sites where the team is comfortable writing WP_Query or template code to display relationships.
Who Should Skip It
Non-technical users or small brochure sites that do not need structured object relationships should skip this plugin. If you only need simple taxonomy-style grouping, a built-in category or tag already covers it without extra configuration.
The Bottom Line
MB Relationships is a well-maintained and developer-friendly plugin for wiring up structured connections between WordPress content types, scoring 74.73 out of 100 on PluginCheck. The lack of tracked support activity is a real gap for anyone relying on community help, so plan to test thoroughly and keep your own backups before adopting in production.