Rather than adding an AI assistant itself, Meta Box abilities are a collection of of tools that AI agents can use via the WordPress Abilities API.

WordPress 7.0, set for release April 9th, is introducing block API version 3 which loads the editor in an iframe. This may cause issues with blocks that use the older API and haven’t been updated. In this article you can learn what the Meta Box team has done to be ready.

I’m happy to see them being proactive. I wonder if we will see issues with many third party block collections with the 7.0 release?

This tutorial from the Meta Box team shows how to let users favorite posts and then display them in a grid using Meta Box Views and the Favorite Posts extension.

You are familiar with the text area custom field type. Now Meta Box has added a Block Editor custom field type. It lets you add a Gutenberg block editor are into your meta boxes and settings pages. You then have access to the Gutenberg editor for adding custom content.

For those you want to work with code, Meta Box has a tutorial on how to create a star rating feature using Meta Box Views.

Meta Box has added 4 database tools to the All-in-One extension. These tools allow you to do things like change a post type or remove orphaned fields.

Here is a nice tutorial on using Meta Box with Bricks and how to filter by relationship fields.

The Meta Box Builder included in the Meta Box All in One extension has been updated and modernized. It now offers better performance and more flexibility.

Meta Box has added the ability to reorder posts, pages, and Custom Post Type articles without the need for an additional plugin. This feature is available in their Custom Post Type extension.