Best customfields plugins for WordPress
The most popular customfields plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Edit Custom Fields leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of LJ-Moods (10+) and Arbitrary Shortcodes (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “customfields” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 customfields plugins
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Edit Custom FieldsThe most installed customfields plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 16 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
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LJ-Moods10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
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Arbitrary Shortcodes10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 17 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.7.1.
All 3 plugins tagged “customfields”
Edit Custom Fields
Down in the last 7 days:2#4,516by Jay3 years ago
A simple interface to edit or delete Custom Fields.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.8(16)
- Downloads
- 14/day
LJ-Moods
Up in the last 7 days:1,301#43,686by kelson3 months ago
Displays the mood, music, and location fields as imported by the LiveJournal importer at the end of each post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Arbitrary Shortcodes
#44,970by philfreo17 years ago
Allows page content to contain arbitrary shortcodes (e.g., [email]) that are replaced by the values of the home page's custom fields.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day