Best meta field plugins for WordPress
The most popular meta field plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Smart Custom Fields leads with 50K+ active installs, ahead of Meta Field Block (10K+) and Blocks for ACF Fields (2K+). All 6 plugins tagged “meta field” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 6 meta field plugins
- 1.
Smart Custom FieldsThe most installed meta field plugin, with 50K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 21 reviews, updated 3 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.
Meta Field Block10K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 57 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 3.
Blocks for ACF Fields2K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 13 reviews, updated 1 day ago.
- 4.
Post Meta80+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 7 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 5.
Show Post Content Anywhere10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 6.
ZIOR SimpliBlocksFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 6 plugins tagged “meta field”
Smart Custom Fields
Up in the last 7 days:3#695by Takashi Kitajima3 months ago
Smart Custom Fields is a simple plugin for managing custom fields.
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 4.9(21)
- Downloads
- 335/day
Meta Field Block
Up in the last 7 days:9#1,949by Phi Phan19 days ago
A single block to display custom fields in the Block Editor. It supports ACF, MetaBox, WooCommerce, meta, rest field, shortcode and more.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(57)
- Downloads
- 156/day
Blocks for ACF Fields
Down in the last 7 days:3#4,632by gamaup1 day ago
The easiest way to load ACF & SCF fields in WordPress blocks. Add your custom fields to the block editor instantly — no coding required!
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.9(13)
- Downloads
- 55/day
Post Meta
Down in the last 7 days:109#17,787by Mahbubur Rahman1 year ago
Post Meta is a WordPress custom post field, post type and taxonomy management Plugin. Shortcode with GUI, Import & export and many more.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 3.9(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Show Post Content Anywhere
Up in the last 7 days:3,627#40,672by Mohammad Nur Hossain8 years ago
Show post content is a light-wieght plugin with impressive functionality. It enables user to show content of a post on any page, post, even in widgets …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ZIOR SimpliBlocks
#71,702by ZIORWeb.Dev7 months ago
Icon Picker, Icon List, and Meta Field blocks for WordPress. Lightweight, minimalist, and built for performance.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day