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Best meta plugins for WordPress

The most popular meta plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) leads with 2M+ active installs, ahead of Meta for WooCommerce (400K+) and Meta pixel for WordPress (400K+). All 254 plugins tagged “meta” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 meta plugins

  1. 1.
    Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)

    The most installed meta plugin, with 2M+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 1,440 reviews, updated 6 days ago.

  2. 2.
    Meta for WooCommerce

    400K+ active installs. Rated 2.1 from 481 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  3. 3.
    Meta pixel for WordPress

    400K+ active installs. Rated 2.7 from 164 reviews, updated 3 months ago.

  4. 4.
    SEO SIMPLE PACK

    100K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 14 reviews, updated 5 months ago.

  5. 5.
    Secure Custom Fields

    100K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 69 reviews, updated 5 days ago.

  6. 6.
    Advanced Custom Fields

    100K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 132 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.

  7. 7.
    Metricool

    90K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 23 reviews, updated 5 days ago.

  8. 8.
    Meta Tag Manager

    70K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 84 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  9. 9.
    Smart Custom Fields

    50K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 21 reviews, updated 3 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.

  10. 10.
    Custom Field Template

    30K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 24 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

All 254 plugins tagged “meta”