WPIntell

Market

metabox

Metabox matters only if the evidence supports a paid workflow around shipping custom code and site changes without breaking production, not a list of isolated fixes. The current commercial thesis is: Custom code, snippets, headers, and editor changes can silently break sites or create hard-to-debug handoffs. The entry wedge is to preflight custom code changes, detect risky snippets, and package rollback-ready diagnostics.

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Commercial opportunities need traceable source links before they are treated as build-worthy.

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71.6% of this page's analysis has direct source links.

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Opportunity Summary

Full report

Build a developer change safety and site customization plugin for developers, agencies, and technical site owners: Custom code, snippets, headers, and editor changes can silently break sites or create hard-to-debug handoffs. The first wedge is to preflight custom code changes, detect risky snippets, and package rollback-ready diagnostics.

The unmet need is not the individual complaint. It is the recurring business workflow: Custom code, snippets, headers, and editor changes can silently break sites or create hard-to-debug handoffs. Current stage: commercial plugin opportunity.

Competitors

14 shown
Ocean Extra 500.0K installs · 3.3
weak incumbent
-100.0%momentum 68.4weakness 45/8pain/praise

Pain still appears around bugs, compatibility despite praise for quality, form.

Multi Image Metabox 7.0K installs · 4.9
praise owner
-100.0%momentum 63.8weakness 18/14pain/praise

Pain still appears around compatibility, support despite praise for quality, easy.

Multi Image Upload 300 installs · 5.0
praise owner
-100.0%momentum 56.0weakness 6/8pain/praise

Pain still appears around bugs, compatibility despite praise for quality, easy.

WP User Profiles 300 installs · 4.3
praise owner
-100.0%momentum 46.3weakness 11/16pain/praise

Pain still appears around missing feature, support despite praise for quality, easy.

CubeWP Framework 4.0K installs · 4.8
praise owner
-100.0%momentum 42.7weakness 6/12pain/praise

Pain still appears around bugs, compatibility despite praise for quality, support.

Categories Metabox Enhanced 1.0K installs · 4.9
praise owner
-100.0%momentum 38.2weakness 6/17pain/praise

Pain still appears around missing feature, support despite praise for quality, reliable.

WebMan Amplifier 2.0K installs · 3.9
praise owner
-100.0%momentum 32.6weakness 3/5pain/praise

Pain still appears around missing feature, bugs despite praise for quality, support.

Pure Metafields 10.0K installs · 4.3
praise owner
-100.0%momentum 23.2weakness 1/6pain/praise

Pain still appears around missing feature despite praise for easy, performance.

Flexia Core 200 installs · 0.0
watchlist
-100.0%momentum 38.4weakness 1/0pain/praise

Open gap: users report compatibility, missing feature without a matching collected praise theme.

Template List Metabox 900 installs · 5.0
watchlist
-100.0%momentum 37.5weakness 1/1pain/praise

Open gap: users report bugs, compatibility without a matching collected praise theme.

Meta Content 200 installs · 5.0
praise owner
-100.0%momentum 20.9weakness 1/2pain/praise

Pain still appears around missing feature despite praise for easy, quality.

Entity Viewer 100 installs · 5.0
praise owner
-100.0%momentum 31.6weakness 0/2pain/praise

Weakness evidence: stale update history.

Attesa Extra 1.0K installs · 0.0
watchlist
-100.0%momentum 19.5weakness 0/0pain/praise

Watch for positioning evidence as more conversations are collected.

IT Listings 200 installs · 0.0
watchlist
-100.0%momentum 16.0weakness 0/0pain/praise

Watch for positioning evidence as more conversations are collected.

complaint Installing ocean extra crashes server

Installing ocean extra crashes server: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ocean Extra · Installing ocean extra crashes server Have had a number of issues with Ocean extra, the latest is Fatal error : Out of memory (allocated 10485760 bytes) (tried to allocate 4294967296 bytes) in /homepages/44/d4297173619/htdocs/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/ocean-extra/includes/freemius/includes/managers/class-fs-plugin-manager.php on line 90 This appears to be
complaint Ocean Extra Issues?

Ocean Extra Issues?: users show bugs, performance, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ocean Extra · Ocean Extra Issues?
complaint Downed a 7,000 + page news website

Downed a 7,000 + page news website: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ocean Extra · It crashed both front and back end.
complaint Undefined variable

Undefined variable: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ocean Extra · Undefined variable Hi, I have just updated Ocean Extra and now my site is broken when Preloader is enabled.
complaint Fatal Error / Missing Style Sheet

Fatal Error / Missing Style Sheet: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ocean Extra · Fatal Error / Missing Style Sheet Hi, Since OpeanExtra tried to automatically install a newer version (2.2.6.) our website isn’t functioning anymore.
complaint Crashed several of my sites!

Crashed several of my sites!: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ocean Extra · Crashed several of my sites!
complaint Recommend not to use

Recommend not to use: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ocean Extra · This is a lot of issue causing theme.
complaint Crashed my site

Crashed my site: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ocean Extra · Crashed my site Latest update crashed my site.
complaint Error

Error: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ocean Extra · Error Error ab version 2.0.4 🙁 Error ab version 2.0.4 🙁 Hi @merten70 , It’s very late to reply as I’ve missed these entirely.
complaint 30 of my sites down because of ocean extra plugin

30 of my sites down because of ocean extra plugin: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ocean Extra · They all said: “There has been a critical error on this website” – had a terrible time explaining to my clients what went wrong… Is there any sign of this plugin being more secure in the future?
complaint Crush my site

Crush my site: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ocean Extra · That I would be even denied logging in 🙁 Hi @wyllspace , It’s very late to reply as I’ve missed these entirely.
complaint Limit access to admins?

Limit access to admins?: users show security, bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Featured Item Metabox · Is there an easy way to limit the access of the metabox to admins only?
complaint Broken

Broken: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Featured Item Metabox · Broken This plugin is broken with wordpress 3.6.1 This plugin is broken with wordpress 3.6.1 I didn’t see on the first page that it’s Compatible up to: 3.5.2 .
mixed Class "acf_options_page" not found

Class "acf_options_page" not found: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ultimate Metabox Tabs · Class "acf_options_page" not found Hi, I’m experiencing a problem with the plugin when I install it.
complaint sanitize_meta missing arguments

sanitize_meta missing arguments: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Drag & Drop Featured Image Improved · sanitize_meta missing arguments It looks like the plugin is using sanitize_meta incorrectly, as it is only passing one argument to the function: Uncaught ArgumentCountError: Too few arguments to function sanitize_meta(), 1 passed in plugins/drag-drop-featured-image-improved/assets/views/options.php on line 16 and at least 3 expected As a result, the options
complaint PHP Deprecated / Warning / Fatal Error

PHP Deprecated / Warning / Fatal Error: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ocean Extra · PHP Deprecated / Warning / Fatal Error We’re getting countless errors as follows as per PHP debug log: [22-Jan-2025 02:23:03 UTC] PHP Deprecated: preg_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /www/public_html/wp-includes/kses.php on line 1805 [22-Jan-2025 02:23:03 UTC] PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “tax
complaint Always something with the icons

Always something with the icons: users show bugs, compatibility, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ocean Extra · Always something with the icons I had originally installed this along w/ the theme but have had nothing but problems and conflicts with the social and other line icons on desktop vs.
complaint fatal error since WP 5.2, no answer

fatal error since WP 5.2, no answer: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ocean Extra · fatal error since WP 5.2, no answer it’s now 2 (3?) weeks there is a fatal error.
complaint Crashed my site on install

Crashed my site on install: users show bugs, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ocean Extra · Crashed my site on install This extension crashed my website on install.
mixed Plugin settings page is broken.

Plugin settings page is broken.: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Drag & Drop Featured Image Improved · Plugin settings page is broken.
mixed wordpress crash with new version od Ocean Extra plugin

wordpress crash with new version od Ocean Extra plugin: users show bugs, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ocean Extra · wordpress crash with new version od Ocean Extra plugin i think as per new version their is a serious problem with this plugin.
complaint Cannot activate plugin: parse error

Cannot activate plugin: parse error: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP Alternative Slug by 010Pixel · Cannot activate plugin: parse error Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.
complaint Hacked!!!!

Hacked!!!!: users show security, bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ocean Extra · Hacked!!!!
complaint Full of problems

Full of problems: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ocean Extra · Full of problems Bought this in good faith with a life time package and nothing but issues since they sold out (site data too) and moved to Freeminus.
complaint dont download

dont download: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ocean Extra · This pluggins caused fatal error on my web.
mixed Fatal error on line 146

Fatal error on line 146: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

WebMan Amplifier · Fatal error on line 146 I am a new comer to WordPress.
mixed Documentation for adding custom sections?

Documentation for adding custom sections?: users show compatibility, missing feature, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP User Profiles · Documentation for adding custom sections?
mixed select2 fields on profile pages do not work

select2 fields on profile pages do not work: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP User Profiles · select2 fields on profile pages do not work I am attempting to add select2 boxes that fetch information via ajax to a User Profile screen.
mixed Not working after last update

Not working after last update: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP User Profiles · Not working after last update Hi, after last update your plugin is not playing nice with another plugin Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function submit_button() in /home/wpdev/public_html/admin/wp-content/plugins/application-passwords/class.application-passwords.php:583 Stack trace: #0 /home/wpdev/public_html/admin/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.ph
complaint not functional. needs fixing

not functional. needs fixing: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ocean Extra · needs fixing disabling any unused JS causes critical error This topic was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by Dr9 .
mixed New WordPress & New ACF compatibility

New WordPress & New ACF compatibility: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ultimate Metabox Tabs · New WordPress & New ACF compatibility So I’ve upgraded to WP 3.5 and ACF 3.5.4.1 using Chrome There’s a conflict with this plugin and ACF.
question Getting a fatal error

Getting a fatal error: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

CubeWP Framework · Getting a fatal error I am getting a fatal error.
mixed Add Section for Custom Fields

Add Section for Custom Fields: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP User Profiles · 2.0.0 will come with some support for other plugins that try to hook into the normal Profile/Edit actions.
complaint Site goes down when Ocean Extra Is Installed

The site timed out whenever Ocean Extra was active, but removing it fixed uptime while breaking page formatting.

Ocean Extra · When the plugin is active, it is loading forever until the connection times out.
neutral custom_settings_page not found

custom_settings_page not found: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Pure Metafields · custom_settings_page not found Hi, I installed and activated your plugin but show the error message “ Fatal error : Uncaught TypeError: call_user_func_array(): Argument #1 ($callback) must be a valid callback, function “custom_settings_page” not found or invalid function name in /wordpress/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php:2″.
neutral 2.2.0 and Genesis framework

2.2.0 and Genesis framework: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP User Profiles · 2.2.0 and Genesis framework The latest release seems to generate a fatal error in combination with Genesis themes: Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function genesis_meta_boxes() in /www/wp-content/themes/genesis/lib/admin/user-meta.php:33 Stack trace: #0 /wordpress/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(287): genesis_user_options_fields(Object(WP_User))
praise uninstalled

uninstalled: users show bugs, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ocean Extra · uninstalled It seems no giving extra value..
praise Pretty Good Plug-in

Pretty Good Plug-in: users show support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Multi Image Metabox · It really helps me get the job done.
praise Very promising!

Very promising!: users show bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Modern Fields • Custom Fields for Gutenberg · It’s a fast plugin with plenty of possibilities and, big surprise, out-of-the-box integration with the Greenshift builder.
neutral A few UI wishes

A few UI wishes: users show bugs, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ultimate Metabox Tabs · A few UI wishes As you see on this screenshot the title field for tabs could be a little bigger and because I’m on a german installation the Update button is to small for the german translation.