WPGraphQL for Metabox

WPGraphQL-MetaBox: WPGraphQL provider for Meta Box

Quick Install

Download and install like any WordPress plugin.

Documentation

The WPGraphQL documentation can be found here.

• Requires PHP 7.3+
• Requires WordPress 5.4+
• Requires WPGraphQL 1.0.4+
• Requires Meta Box 5.3.3+
• Requires MB User Meta extension for User fields

Overview

This plugin provides an integration for Meta Box and WPGraphQL.

By simply adding an extra graphql_name property to the field registration the field will be exposed in the GraphQL schema.

Usage:

This assume you know how to expose custom post types in WPGraphQL - read their documentation for further info.

Using Meta Box, define a custom field. Copy and paste the generated code to your functions.php (or where ever you store your custom code).

Add in the graphql_name to the field definition:

$meta_boxes[] = [
    'title' => 'Extra Fields',
    'id' => 'extra-fields',
    'post_types' => [
        0 => 'post',
    ],
    'context' => 'after_title',
    'priority' => 'high',
    'autosave' => true,
    'fields' => [
        [
            'id' => 'a_random_number',
            'name' => 'A Random Number',
            'type' => 'number',
            'std' => 5,
            'columns' => 2,
            'size' => 3,
            'graphql_name' => 'randomNumber',
        ],
    ],
];

That's it. The field randomNumber will be exposed on the type post. This will work for any custom post types you may create.

NB: You must expose custom types by adding show_in_graphql to the configuration of the CPT.

A simple query might look like this:

query {
    posts {
        nodes {
            title
            content
            randomNumber
        }
    }
}

Limitations

Currently the plugin only supports custom fields on post and user types (ie no Settings Pages).

Currently the plugin only supports using the following Meta Box types:

• switch
• checkbox
• checkbox_list
• background
• color
• custom_html
• date
• heading
• datetime
• oembed
• password
• radio
• textarea
• time
• select
• text
• fieldset_text
• number
• range
• text_list
• key_value
• select_advanced
• url
• single_image