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.
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Top 10 meta plugins
- 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.Meta for WooCommerce
400K+ active installs. Rated 2.1 from 481 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.Meta pixel for WordPress
400K+ active installs. Rated 2.7 from 164 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 4.SEO SIMPLE PACK
100K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 14 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 5.Secure Custom Fields
100K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 69 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
- 6.
Advanced Custom Fields100K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 132 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 7.
Metricool90K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 23 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
- 8.
Meta Tag Manager70K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 84 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 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.
Custom Field Template30K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 24 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
All 254 plugins tagged “meta”
Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)
#28by WP Engine6 days ago
ACF helps customize WordPress with powerful, professional and intuitive fields. Proudly powering over 2 million sites, WordPress developers love ACF.
- Installs
- 2M+
- Rating
- 4.5(1.4K)
- Downloads
- 18.9K/day
Meta for WooCommerce
#138by Facebook1 month ago
Reach more customers and drive sales on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp with the official Meta for WooCommerce plugin.
- Installs
- 400K+
- Rating
- 2.1(481)
- Downloads
- 3.6K/day
Meta pixel for WordPress
#140by Facebook3 months ago
Grow your business with Meta for WordPress!
- Installs
- 400K+
- Rating
- 2.7(164)
- Downloads
- 1.6K/day
SEO SIMPLE PACK
Up in the last 7 days:1#304by LOOS5 months ago
This is a very simple SEO plugin. You can easily set and customize meta tags and OGP tags for each page.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.6(14)
- Downloads
- 513/day
Secure Custom Fields
Up in the last 7 days:13#403by WordPress.org5 days ago
Secure Custom Fields boosts content management with custom fields and options. It deactivates Advanced Custom Fields to prevent duplicate code errors.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.8(69)
- Downloads
- 4.1K/day

Advanced Custom Fields
#450by Konrad Chmielewski20 days ago
All-in-one enhancement suite that improves WordPress & Advanced Custom Fields.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.8(132)
- Downloads
- 1.8K/day

Metricool
Up in the last 7 days:3#491by Really Simple Plugins5 days ago
Site metrics and social media analytics for Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, X Twitter. The single best tool for Social Media Managers!
- Installs
- 90K+
- Rating
- 4.4(23)
- Downloads
- 1.7K/day

Meta Tag Manager
Down in the last 7 days:2#599by Marcus (aka @msykes)1 month ago
Easily add and manage custom meta tags to various parts of your site or on individual posts, such as Yahoo and Google verification tags.
- Installs
- 70K+
- Rating
- 4.8(84)
- Downloads
- 145/day
Smart Custom Fields
Up in the last 7 days:2#696by Takashi Kitajima3 months ago
Smart Custom Fields is a simple plugin for managing custom fields.
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 4.9(21)
- Downloads
- 335/day

Custom Field Template
Down in the last 7 days:2#966by Hiroaki Miyashita2 months ago
The Custom Field Template plugin extends the functionality of custom fields.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.0(24)
- Downloads
- 190/day

Custom Block Builder
Up in the last 7 days:6#1,158by nK13 days ago
Easily create custom blocks and custom meta fields for Gutenberg without hard coding.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.9(80)
- Downloads
- 449/day

Simple Taxonomy Ordering
Down in the last 7 days:2#1,444by Evan Herman3 years ago
Quickly and easily reorder taxonomy terms with an easy to use and intuitive drag and drop interface.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(28)
- Downloads
- 222/day

Head Meta Data
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,705by Jeff Starr3 months ago
Adds a custom set of <meta> tags to the <head> section of all posts & pages.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(19)
- Downloads
- 69/day

G Meta Keywords
#1,922by Sinan Yorulmaz7 years ago
G Meta Keywords (GMK) is a simple but useful WordPress add-on that allows you to easily add the keyword insertion field removed from many Search Engin …
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Simple SEO
Up in the last 7 days:1#2,066by David Cole1 month ago
Allows the modification of META titles, descriptions and keywords for all pages and posts. Also allows for default setting for of META title, descript …
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.7(33)
- Downloads
- 70/day

Meta Generator and Version Info Remover
Up in the last 7 days:2#2,157by Pankaj Mondal1 year ago
This plugin will remove the version info appended to enqueued style and script urls along with Meta Generator in the head section and in RSS feeds.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(28)
- Downloads
- 35/day

WP REST API Controller
Down in the last 7 days:2#2,452by Evan Herman3 years ago
Enable a UI to toggle visibility and customize properties in WP REST API requests.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.3(12)
- Downloads
- 33/day

Custom Meta Widget
Up in the last 7 days:8#2,624by Luke Mlsna8 years ago
Clone of the standard Meta widget plus options to hide log in/out, admin, feed and WordPress.org/custom links.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 5.0(23)
- Downloads
- 22/day

REST API Meta Support
Down in the last 7 days:4#2,891by Pericor6 years ago
Stores meta data (i.e plugin settings) from the meta field of a WP REST API posts or pages POST creation call in the created page or post meta data.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 12/day
NS Featured Posts
Down in the last 7 days:14#3,472by Nilambar Sharma2 months ago
A plugin for making posts, pages, or custom post types featured. Users can enable/disable Featured flags for selected post types.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.8(29)
- Downloads
- 41/day
Login-Logout
Up in the last 7 days:5#4,203by webvitalii6 years ago
Widget with login, logout, admin and register links. Replacement of the default Meta widget.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(25)
- Downloads
- 12/day
wp_head() cleaner
Down in the last 7 days:8#4,447by jwilsson2 months ago
Remove unused tags from wp_head() output.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 23/day

WP Old Post Date Remover
Up in the last 7 days:11#4,752by Ben Meredith7 years ago
Removes the date stamp from older posts (you choose how old), while leaving the date stamp on newer posts. Ideal for blogs with evergreen content.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.5(16)
- Downloads
- 14/day
FV Simpler SEO
Down in the last 7 days:1#4,803by FolioVision26 days ago
Simple and effective SEO. Non-invasive, elegant. Ideal for client facing projects.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.6(12)
- Downloads
- 47/day

mypace Custom Meta Robots
Down in the last 7 days:5#4,973by けい (Kei Nomura)5 years ago
Description: This plugin allows you to edit the meta robots tag at every singular post(posts, pages, custom post types). This is a very simple plugin.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Export Users With Meta
Down in the last 7 days:14#4,984by Daniel Loureiro4 years ago
Export Users to CSV file (with their meta data).
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(15)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Get Custom Field Values
Up in the last 7 days:6#5,690by Scott Reilly3 years ago
Use widgets, shortcodes, and/or template tags to easily retrieve and display custom field values for posts or pages.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Post Meta Data Manager
Down in the last 7 days:27#5,784by WpExpertPlugins7 months ago
View, modify, search, and delete post meta, user meta, and taxonomy meta right from your WordPress edit screens—all without ever touching the database …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(15)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Remove Meta Generators
Up in the last 7 days:12#6,320by webbernaut3 months ago
Remove all meta generator tags for all plugins. No settings necessary! Install and activate.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Meta Embeds
Up in the last 7 days:281#6,662by Facebook4 months ago
Embed Threads, Instagram, and Facebook content in your WordPress site. Paste a URL and get a rich embed — no access tokens required.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 36/day
Page Meta
Down in the last 7 days:28#7,781by Steve13 years ago
Adds the ability to override the page meta title and add in meta descriptions and keywords for pages.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 3.3(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Custom Meta
Up in the last 7 days:10#7,892by delete me please18 years ago
This plugin adds a widget that is like the default Meta widget, but customizable. (You can specify what links to show).
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

WP Term Colors
Up in the last 7 days:22#7,907by John James Jacoby26 days ago
Assign colors to categories, tags, and other taxonomy terms.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Noindex Attachment Pages
Up in the last 7 days:9#8,072by jruizcantero13 years ago
Add META ROBOTS NOINDEX to Attachment Pages in WordPress for better SEO
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Sidebar Login Widget
Down in the last 7 days:39#8,184by Rashed Latif12 years ago
I Appreciate if you please give reviews and any suggestions after using this plugin. If you like this plugin you can donate or contribute by clicking …
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.8(17)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Auto SEO META keywords (META tags keywords) optimization + WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:45#8,600by Pagup29 days ago
META TAGS for SEO allows you to display custom META Keywords strategically (based on Yoast / Rank Math in some cases) to boost your ranking on search …
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 17/day

Ultimate Fields
Up in the last 7 days:5#9,164by Radoslav Georgiev8 years ago
Easy and powerful custom fields management: Post Meta, Options Pages, Repeaters and many field types!
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(20)
- Downloads
- 11/day
User Meta Display
Down in the last 7 days:46#9,281by tripflex12 years ago
Ajax powered admin page to show, edit, add, and remove user meta. Choose dropdown list by User Login, ID, or Display Name.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Plugin Notes
Up in the last 7 days:28#9,317by Mohammad Jangda11 years ago
Allows you to add notes to plugins.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(26)
- Downloads
- 5/day

Display Post Metadata
Up in the last 7 days:7#9,384by Fahid Javid11 months ago
It is a useful plugin to display the metadata information and custom fields of posts and pages or custom post type. You can either display date, autho …
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Meta Description
Up in the last 7 days:24#9,478by Luke Mlsna8 years ago
Adds a meta box to the edit posts/pages admin area for inputing an HTML meta description.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Disable Browser Telephone Format Detection
#9,973by WPExplorer8 months ago
Adds a meta tag to your site head which prevents certain browsers from auto detecting phone numbers and adding links and styling to them.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 5/day
Prostudio Auto Meta Images
Down in the last 7 days:76#10,936by Anatoly Belichenko6 years ago
Автоматическое добавление правильных Alt и Title для изображений при использовании загрузчика WordPress.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Tags to Keywords
Down in the last 7 days:24#11,154by CheGevara295 months ago
Add tags in head of page as meta's keywords
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Disable WP Robots
Down in the last 7 days:34#11,396by Jeff Starr4 days ago
Disables the robots meta tag added by WordPress.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Show Hidden Post Meta
Down in the last 7 days:90#11,643by Philip Newcomer7 years ago
Makes hidden post meta visible on post edit screens
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
1ON1 URL REDIRECTS
Down in the last 7 days:15#12,087by Marketing1on16 months ago
Easily redirect pages, posts and tags or custom post types to another page or post or external URL by specifying the redirect URL.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Meta Content
Up in the last 7 days:21#12,135by Mervin Praison1 year ago
A meta box which helps us to add content or scripts to any part of the website, on each individual post/page. Easy to Implement with Shortcode.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Term Icons
Down in the last 7 days:126#12,480by John James Jacoby27 days ago
Assign icons to categories, tags, and other taxonomy terms.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

Metabase
Up in the last 7 days:13#12,614by David Towoju1 year ago
Manage post meta, custom post type meta and user meta of your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day