MB Rest API

60 Quality Score

Active Installs

14/30

With roughly 1,000 active installs, MB Rest API sits in a small niche, mostly because its usefulness is tied to Meta Box usage and headless architectures.

Update Freshness

24/25

The plugin was last updated on 6 March 2026, indicating very active upkeep, and it is tested against WordPress 6.9.4, signalling strong compatibility with current releases.

User Rating

0/15

A 0/100 rating from 0 reviews means there is no community signal to validate quality, so the score is effectively neutral rather than negative.

Support Health

8/15

With 0 support threads and 0 resolved tickets, there is no public track record of how the developer responds to user issues, which raises some risk for production deployments.

WP Compatibility

15/15

A perfect compatibility score reflects that the plugin supports WordPress down to 4.1, runs on PHP 7.0 or higher, and has been tested against the latest 6.9.4 release.

Scores higher than 8% of indexed plugins

About

Get and update Meta Box custom fields to the WordPress REST API responses.

Active Installs 1k+

Rating 0/5

Last Updated 2026-03-09 1:20am GMT

Requires WordPress 4.1+

Tested Up To 6.9.7

Requires PHP 7.0+

✓ No known vulnerabilities

What It Does

MB Rest API extends the WordPress REST API so that custom fields created with the Meta Box plugin appear in API responses and can be updated through API requests. In practice, it lets headless frontends, mobile apps, and other external clients read and write Meta Box field data without needing direct database access. Without it, those custom fields stay invisible to the REST API by default.

Who It's For

This plugin is for developers building headless WordPress sites, mobile apps, or decoupled frontends that already rely on Meta Box for custom fields and need that data exposed through REST endpoints. It is most useful on projects where Meta Box is the chosen field framework and the team needs read/write access to field values from outside WordPress. Smaller sites with no custom field needs or no headless setup will get little value from it.

Who Should Skip It

Anyone not already using Meta Box to manage custom fields should skip this plugin, as it provides no benefit without that dependency. Sites that do not consume the REST API externally have no reason to add it.

The Bottom Line

MB Rest API is a focused, well-maintained bridge for a specific stack: Meta Box plus a headless or external client. Its overall quality score of 60.93/100 is held back by a tiny install count and zero user ratings, but the maintenance and compatibility signals are strong. Use it if you are already committed to Meta Box and need REST access; otherwise, ACF or Pods will give you broader community support out of the box.

Related Plugins

Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) 94/100

Pick ACF if you want a more popular custom field framework with a native, better-supported REST API integration and a much larger install base.

Meta Box 87/100

Pick the core Meta Box plugin when you need the underlying custom field framework that MB Rest API depends on.

Pods - Custom Content Types and Fields 86/100

Pick Pods if you want an all-in-one custom content solution that already exposes its fields to the REST API without an add-on.

Admin Columns 85/100

Pick Admin Columns if your goal is to display and edit custom fields in the WordPress admin rather than expose them through the REST API.