Title: Plugin required if using the free generators?
Last modified: August 30, 2021

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# Plugin required if using the free generators?

 *  Resolved [Jamie Burchell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamieburchell/)
 * (@jamieburchell)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-required-if-using-the-free-generators/)
 * Hi there
 * If I use the free online generators at metabox.io to create the CPT and custom
   field PHP code, it’s not clear to me if I still need to install the plugin?
 * Thanks
    Jamie

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 *  Plugin Support [Neo WhiteRabbit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/longnguyen89/)
 * (@longnguyen89)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-required-if-using-the-free-generators/#post-14819811)
 * Hi Jamie,
 * If you use the code that creates the CPT, you do not need to activate Meta Box
   or other extensions. The tool helps you to create the CPT visually with the arguments
   of the function [register_post_type()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/register_post_type/).
 * But the code that creates meta boxes and custom fields needs the plugin Meta 
   Box activated. The tool creates a function that hooks to the filter `rwmb_meta_boxes`
   to add the meta box settings. Please read more here [https://docs.metabox.io/creating-meta-boxes/#using-code](https://docs.metabox.io/creating-meta-boxes/#using-code)
    -  This reply was modified 4 years, 9 months ago by [Neo WhiteRabbit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/longnguyen89/).
 *  Thread Starter [Jamie Burchell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamieburchell/)
 * (@jamieburchell)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-required-if-using-the-free-generators/#post-14822601)
 * Thanks for the quick response and explanation.

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 * Last activity: [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-required-if-using-the-free-generators/#post-14822601)
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