Metabox 3.3.X Custom Field Group Import Problems
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January 5, 2026 at 3:30 AM #49580
Tom
ParticipantI notice this on older versions of Metabox AIO but I am using 3.3.5 and when I import custom fields from another site (that also uses the same version of MetaBox AIO they get marked with a status of Scheduled. If I do a quick edit of the imported custom field group I only have the status of Scheduled, Pending Review and Draft. (no Published)
I also cannot enable the Custom Field Group using the switch on the admin page.
This is on a new clean install of WordPress 6.9
January 5, 2026 at 8:54 PM #49583Peter
ModeratorHello Tom,
Thanks for reaching out.
Can you please update Meta Box AIO to the latest version 3.3.5 on both sites and recheck the issue? If it doesn't help, please share the JSON file that you use to import custom field. I will check it on my site.
January 5, 2026 at 9:14 PM #49584Tom
ParticipantBoth websites use Metabox 3.3.5. Each website is on its own server.
I just tested the import again and I notice when doing a quick edit that the date was off by 5 hours. So instead of being published at 9am this morning that date read 2pm. Changing the time to now allowed me to publish the custom field and enable it (obviously). Not sure why the time gets bumped here when importing.
Both the server and the website are set to the same time and zone. Could MetaBox be using the Universal time here instead of Local? (as Univeral is 5 hours ahead)
Universal time is 2026-01-05 14:12:25.
Local time is 2026-01-05 09:12:25.I've tried 3 different custom fields group import files.
Here is the json of one of them.
{ "$schema": "https://schemas.metabox.io/field-group.json", "fields": [ { "name": "Image Position", "id": "image_position", "type": "select", "desc": "Image position. Inline (Left to Right) first and then Block (Top to Bottom)", "options": { "Left Top": "Left Top", "Left High-Center": "Left High-Center", "Left Center": "Left Center", "Left Low-Center": "Left Low-Center", "Left Bottom": "Left Bottom", "Center Top": "Center Top", "Center High-Center": "Center High-Center", "Center Center": "Center Center", "Center Low-Center": "Center Low-Center", "Center Bottom": "Center Bottom", "Right Top": "Right Top", "Right High-Center": "Right High-Center", "Right Center": "Right Center", "Right Low-Center": "Right Low-Center", "Right Bottom": "Right Bottom" }, "std": "Center Center", "select_all_none": false } ], "id": "hero-image-controls", "modified": 1764170240, "post_types": [ "page", "news" ], "title": "Hero Image Controls" }January 6, 2026 at 7:28 AM #49589Peter
ModeratorHello Tom,
I can understand the issue. I'm going to escalate it to the development team to enable an option to publish the field group in this case.
You can temporarily set the local time to UTC +0 and import field groups to publish them, then set the local time back to your original setting.Thanks.
January 11, 2026 at 7:20 PM #49613Michael Kern
Participantreporting same issue here. no option to publish. appears scheduled and never becomes published once the time passes.
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