Best metadata plugins for WordPress
The most popular metadata plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Meta and Date Remover leads with 80K+ active installs, ahead of Hide/Remove Metadata (20K+) and Head Meta Data (10K+). All 147 plugins tagged “metadata” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 metadata plugins
- 1.WP Meta and Date Remover
The most installed metadata plugin, with 80K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 71 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 2.Hide/Remove Metadata
20K+ active installs. Rated 3.6 from 14 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 3.
Head Meta Data10K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 19 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
WP Author, Date and Meta Remover10K+ active installs. Rated 3.2 from 25 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
- 5.
JSM Show Post Metadata10K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 12 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 6.PixTypes
9K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.
SEO Media Manager5K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 18 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 8.Taxonomy Metadata
4K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 9 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 9.
JSM Show User Metadata3K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 week ago.
- 10.
Pen2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
All 147 plugins tagged “metadata”
WP Meta and Date Remover
Up in the last 7 days:2#499by prasadkirpekar5 months ago
Remove meta author and date information from posts and pages. Hide from Humans and Search engines.SEO friendly and most advance plugin.
- Installs
- 80K+
- Rating
- 4.2(71)
- Downloads
- 299/day
Hide/Remove Metadata
#1,238by Catch Plugins5 months ago
Hide/Remove Metadata is a free WordPress plugin that helps you hide author and published date either by CSS or PHP from your website effortlessly.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 3.6(14)
- Downloads
- 75/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

WP Author, Date and Meta Remover
Up in the last 7 days:3#2,108by Johnnie5 years ago
Don't need the post date and author meta data on your pages? Install WP Author, Date and Meta Remover and its gone. It's that easy!
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 3.2(25)
- Downloads
- 23/day

JSM Show Post Metadata
Down in the last 7 days:9#2,162by JS Morisset10 days ago
Show post metadata (aka custom fields) in a metabox when editing posts / pages - a great tool for debugging issues with post metadata.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(12)
- Downloads
- 99/day
PixTypes
#2,269by pixelgrade2 months ago
Theme-driven post types, taxonomies & custom fields.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 2.0(2)
- Downloads
- 45/day

SEO Media Manager
Down in the last 7 days:7#3,150by David Gwyer1 month ago
Stop fixing media titles by hand. Format new uploads automatically, with a live preview and metadata rules you control.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.8(18)
- Downloads
- 35/day
Taxonomy Metadata
Down in the last 7 days:3#3,378by mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine)9 years ago
Infrastructure plugin which implements metadata functionality for taxonomy terms, including for tags and categories.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.6(9)
- Downloads
- 22/day

JSM Show User Metadata
Down in the last 7 days:17#4,176by JS Morisset10 days ago
Show user metadata in a metabox when editing users - a great tool for debugging issues with user metadata.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 63/day

Pen
Down in the last 7 days:5#4,667by htmlpie1 year ago
This plugin adds some cool features to the Pen theme.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 23/day

WP Term Images
Up in the last 7 days:10#4,688by John James Jacoby28 days ago
Assign images to categories, tags, and other taxonomy terms with the WordPress media library.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.6(10)
- Downloads
- 36/day
Siteboosterseo
Up in the last 7 days:17#4,737by Javier A. D. Castillo2 months ago
Edit sitewide meta title, description, and keywords with a clean preview. Works with any theme and domain/subdomain.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Add Meta Tag Keywords
Down in the last 7 days:1#5,842by epiphanyit3213 years ago
The plugin allows you to add Meta Tag keywords for posts, pages or basically any custom post type. The Meta Keywords are important words or phrases th …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Dublin Core Metadata Generator
Down in the last 7 days:26#7,229by Darken-x6 years ago
A very lightweight plugin that adds the Dublin Core metadata to your WP website.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day

JSM Show Term Metadata
Up in the last 7 days:2#7,537by JS Morisset10 days ago
Show term metadata in a metabox when editing terms - a great tool for debugging issues with term metadata.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 22/day
Custom Metadata Manager
Up in the last 7 days:45#7,800by Mohammad Jangda2 months ago
A code-only developer plugin for registering custom fields on posts, pages, custom post types, users and comments.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.4(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day

JSM Show Order Metadata for WooCommerce HPOS
Up in the last 7 days:12#7,817by JS Morisset10 days ago
Show WooCommerce order metadata in a metabox when editing HPOS orders - a great tool for debugging issues with HPOS order metadata.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 12/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
Basic SEO Pack
Up in the last 7 days:1#8,156by auastyle9 years ago
Simple but complete SEO Pack to make your site SEO Friendly. Quick way to add meta tags to your post and pages using WP custom fields.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 6/day

WP Strip Image Metadata
Up in the last 7 days:24#9,035by Sami Falah4 years ago
Strip image metadata on upload or via bulk action, and view image EXIF data.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Metadata Viewer
Down in the last 7 days:106#9,084by PluginizeLab5 months ago
A plugin or theme developer can view metadata by this plugin easily.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

MYAIO
Up in the last 7 days:92#9,195by gabrielwillkinson15 days ago
AI-powered WordPress SEO plugin with real-time audits, smart recommendations, and controlled metadata deployment.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 19/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
Strip Image Metadata
Up in the last 7 days:60#10,909by Martin von Berg2 months ago
Strip potentially sensitive metadata from JPG, WebP and AVIF images on upload or via bulk processing.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

MMWW
#12,035by OllieJones9 months ago
Media Metadata Workflow Wizard: Integrate your media metadata workflow with WordPress's Media Library
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.5(11)
- Downloads
- 11/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

Media Meta & Force Regenerate
Up in the last 7 days:26#12,686by Jordy Meow6 years ago
Displays the metadata information in the Media Library. Regenerates the metadata and thumbnails even if they exist.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Remove exif and metadata
Up in the last 7 days:9#12,701by EdgarKotov10 years ago
Automatically remove exif and metadata data after uploading. Just moment supported format: JPG and PNG. Using ImageMagick
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Advanced Term Images
Up in the last 7 days:8#13,087by darrinb10 years ago
Easily add featured images to your categories, tags, and custom taxonomy terms. Supports all taxonomies!
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple SEO Pack
Down in the last 7 days:37#13,575by Vito Tardia9 years ago
Simple SEO is a quick way to add HTML meta tags to your site and pages using WP integrated custom fields feature.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
PureDevs Any Meta Inspector
Down in the last 7 days:44#14,575by PureDevs3 months ago
PureDevs Any Meta Inspector shows all the meta keys and their unserialized values in a metabox for posts, pages, terms, comments, and users.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Media Metadata List
Up in the last 7 days:135#15,201by Katsushi Kawamori2 months ago
Displays a list of metadata in the Media Library list view.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 6/day

CI HUB Connector
Up in the last 7 days:210#15,849by CI HUB Connector2 months ago
Work better with images, text and video by connecting your WordPress Site to your cloud storage or the stock media platform of your choice.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Add Meta Tag For WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:46#16,329by Jayesh Parejiya9 years ago
this plugin that you can add metadata your web site for more efficient indexing and easier sharing of your content.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

AiVisibility SEO-GEO Agent
Down in the last 7 days:30#16,836by AI-Visibility.io2 months ago
AI-powered SEO and GEO audits for WordPress, with actionable reports for metadata, schema, headings, keywords, and images.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Post Meta Manager
Down in the last 7 days:312#18,311by Andrew Norcross10 years ago
A simple utility plugin for changing or deleting post or user meta (custom fields) keys in bulk.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Meta tags IO generator
Down in the last 7 days:235#18,439by radevican2 years ago
Simple meta tags generator to improve sharing appearance accross search engines and social media.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Display post meta, term meta, comment meta, and user meta
Up in the last 7 days:63#18,495by Manuel Canga2 years ago
Displays metadata in a metabox on the creation/editing pages for posts (any CPT), terms (any taxonomy), and users. The metadata is shown in a human-re …
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

SEO Fields API Support
Up in the last 7 days:199#18,728by Dmytro Verzhykovskyi7 months ago
Exposes SEO fields managed by Yoast SEO to the WordPress REST API for programmatic updates.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

Dynamic URL SEO
Up in the last 7 days:23#19,666by brainvireinfo1 year ago
This plugin is used to add meta title, keywords and description for dynamic URLs which are not available in database.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 4/day

Open Graph Protocol Tools
Down in the last 7 days:70#20,049by artlung2 years ago
Adds Open Graph Protocol meta to the individual pages and posts of your WordPress Install.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 3/day
CCZGR AI
Up in the last 7 days:65#20,692by CCZGR3 months ago
Read and write SEO meta_title, meta_description and focus_keyword via the WordPress REST API for posts, pages and custom post types.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 5/day
Custom Field Taxonomies
Down in the last 7 days:307#21,677by scribu14 years ago
Convert custom fields to tags, categories or taxonomy terms
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 4.6(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day

autometa
Down in the last 7 days:35#22,623by JorgeAmVF8 years ago
It reproduces metadata information and it generates taxonomy clouds and comment and search forms to publications simply via shortcodes.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
DOAJ Export
Down in the last 7 days:157#22,908by Jonathan Brinley18 years ago
Adds a feed for exporting your data using the DOAJ article XML schema.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Smart Alt Image Meta
Down in the last 7 days:38#23,156by Webeto.in3 months ago
Intelligently optimize image metadata - titles, alt text, and descriptions using your site identity. 100% Free & Unlimited.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Image Copyright Manager
Up in the last 7 days:208#23,850by jespermhl4 months ago
Add copyright information to WordPress media files with a custom field and display them using shortcodes. Now includes JSON-LD for Image SEO.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

EXIFify
#24,058by Kasuga2 months ago
One-click EXIF metadata stripping for your media library, with automatic removal on every upload.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Auto Fill Image Meta
Down in the last 7 days:292#24,102by Octugen1 year ago
Automatically fills title, alt text, caption, and description of uploaded images and videos based on the filename, improving SEO and accessibility.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Remove 'OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA' from caption and title by image upload
Down in the last 7 days:180#24,159by Severin Roth2 years ago
Remove 'OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA' from caption and title by image upload
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day