Best post meta plugins for WordPress
The most popular post meta plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Pure Metafields leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Advanced Query Loop (9K+) and Post Meta Inspector (1K+). All 57 plugins tagged “post meta” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 post meta plugins
- 1.
Pure MetafieldsThe most installed post meta plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 6 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 2.
Advanced Query Loop9K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 30 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.Post Meta Inspector
1K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 10 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 4.
Post Meta Data Manager1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 15 reviews, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 5.
Metadata Viewer500+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 6.
Ultimate Fields400+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 20 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 7.
WP-Admin Search Post Meta300+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 10 reviews, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 8.Show Hidden Post Meta
200+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 6 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 9.
Post Meta Viewer200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
- 10.
Metabase200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
All 57 plugins tagged “post meta”

Pure Metafields
Down in the last 7 days:8#2,111by Themepure14 days ago
Pure Metafields is very light weight plugin tused to create custom metabox for any post type like page, post and your custom post type support it.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 89/day

Advanced Query Loop
Up in the last 7 days:480#2,206by Ryan Welcher2 months ago
Transform your Query Loop blocks into powerful, flexible content engines! 🚀
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.6(30)
- Downloads
- 449/day
Post Meta Inspector
Down in the last 7 days:37#5,105by Automattic10 years ago
Peer inside your post meta
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.8(10)
- Downloads
- 72/day

Post Meta Data Manager
Down in the last 7 days:22#5,769by 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

Metadata Viewer
Down in the last 7 days:82#9,065by PluginizeLab5 months ago
A plugin or theme developer can view metadata by this plugin easily.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Ultimate Fields
Down in the last 7 days:18#9,181by 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

WP-Admin Search Post Meta
Down in the last 7 days:111#10,791by meloniq (Andrzej Piotrowski)7 months ago
Search WordPress admin posts by custom fields (post meta) directly from the default search.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.3(10)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Show Hidden Post Meta
Down in the last 7 days:55#11,614by Philip Newcomer7 years ago
Makes hidden post meta visible on post edit screens
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Post Meta Viewer
Up in the last 7 days:20#11,949by Yong3 years ago
View all post meta that saved in a post, page or custom post type in easily readable format. No settings needed just plug and play.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Metabase
Up in the last 7 days:35#12,666by 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
Cleanup Duplicate Meta
Down in the last 7 days:43#12,684by Tonya Mork11 years ago
Cleanup Duplicate Meta gives you a tool to check for and delete duplicate Post and/or User Meta entries in the database tables.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(11)
- Downloads
- 5/day

Codeideal Open Fields
Down in the last 7 days:24#13,309by shayancode4 months ago
A free, modern custom fields plugin for WordPress. Build field groups with a visual editor — no code required.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

REST API Manager For ACF
Down in the last 7 days:11#15,470by Md Bayzid Mostafiz2 months ago
Custom REST API endpoint plugin to return ACF fields, post meta (selected keys), or a mixed object. Fully configurable from the admin settings page.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/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

PostMeta Viewer
Up in the last 7 days:303#18,115by wpwebguru13 days ago
A powerful debugging tool for WordPress developers to inspect and analyze post meta (custom fields) across posts, pages, custom post types, taxonomy t …
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 15/day
Default Post Content
Up in the last 7 days:46#18,322by Peter Butler17 years ago
Tired of typing in the same default content at the end of your post? Use the same custom fields for each new post? Make your WordPress install do it …
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Post Meta Manager
Down in the last 7 days:454#18,393by 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

Sam Reading Time
Up in the last 7 days:156#18,720by SAM Web Design Agency10 days ago
Display estimated reading time for your posts using a clean shortcode. Includes a lightweight settings panel under the "Posts" menu.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Current Post Shortcode
#20,663by Md Forid Uddin9 months ago
The Current Post Shortcode plugin allows you to display the current post's title and metadata using simple shortcodes.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Post Meta Manager
Down in the last 7 days:75#21,632by Sandor Kovacs10 years ago
This plugin is for advanced WP editors / developers. It should increase the productivity when your post custom field's values are messed.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Post Views
Up in the last 7 days:786#24,611by Md Maruf Adnan Sami1 year ago
A simple WordPress plugin to count unique post views and display the view count in various locations.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Ascendoor Metadata Manager
Down in the last 7 days:181#27,235by Ascendoor5 years ago
A great plugin to display all metadata related to the posts, pages, custom post types, terms, custom taxonomy terms, users and comments that can be us …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Post Meta Controls
Down in the last 7 days:102#28,186by Alvaro5 years ago
Utilities to register, save and modify post meta data in the Gutenberg editor.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post Meta Editor and Cleaner by RotiStudio
Up in the last 7 days:1,385#28,232by Tamas Rottenbacher2 months ago
Post Meta bulk editor to delete unused data, overwrite values, run search and replace, and clean your database directly from the admin panel.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Easy Custom Fields
#28,254by Thorsten Ott14 years ago
This is a set of extendable classes to allow easy handling of custom post fields.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
MP Recent Post Widget
Up in the last 7 days:111#29,476by MediumPixel10 years ago
Recent Post Widget with date, author and post thumbnail
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Simple Article Byline
#32,286by Ese Amadasun9 months ago
A lightweight plugin that allows editors to add a custom article author name displayed below the post title.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Zen Custom Fields
Up in the last 7 days:12,155#35,878by Grzegorz Sarzy?ski7 years ago
Easy to implement and use custom fields for WordPress templates.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
After Content
Up in the last 7 days:3,291#37,586by laura2012 years ago
Adds post pagination, related content, author info, social sharing buttons, post meta, text, image and banner after posts content.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Debug Bar Post Meta
#41,062by Taylor Dewey14 years ago
Very simple extention to the debug bar to get a list of post meta for the current post
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WPRS Data Transporter
Up in the last 7 days:4,962#41,161by Hesham Zebida10 years ago
Simply transfer your inputs Schema markups for reviews and star ratings data from one theme/plugin to another.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
wp360.pro Duplicate Post Meta
Up in the last 7 days:2,180#45,486by wp36010 years ago
Plugin allows to duplicate post meta between the same post type.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Custom Fields to Metaboxes
Down in the last 7 days:2,723#46,608by erikdmitchell9 years ago
Migrate custom fields to metabox fields.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day

MetaViewer
Down in the last 7 days:8,328#46,685by Usman Ali Qureshi17 days ago
View and debug post meta, user meta, and custom fields in a clean admin table.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Linked Pages
Down in the last 7 days:1,435#46,743by athenaofdelphi15 years ago
The Linked Pages plugin allows links between posts to be created using customisable page pickers and then displayed using the built in widget.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Mundoon Taxonomy Filter Checkbox
Down in the last 7 days:3,037#48,410by raphaelnikson10 years ago
Quickly create taxonomies filters for custom post types templates!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 1/day
ROAS Master SEO Fields
#50,544by Boost Media LTD26 days ago
Opens a page's SEO title and meta description to the REST API for users who may edit that page, and prints them when no SEO plugin is active.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Search Include Meta Data
Up in the last 7 days:5,814#52,113by WP Academic7 years ago
License: GPLv2 or later WordPress plugin to include post meta data when using the default search
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Meta Optimizer
Up in the last 7 days:5,435#61,409by Parsa3 years ago
Meta Optimizer is a WordPress plugin that helps you speed up your website by using meta data. It lets you optimize the meta tables for your posts, com …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Post Raw Viewer
Up in the last 7 days:10,071#62,043by preja6 years ago
Peer inside your post meta and post fields
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day

Anything Shortcodes
#62,845by WPizard1 year ago
Retrieve and display any WordPress data with shortcodes — posts, users, options, and more, with flexible formatting and customization.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
HeroBytes Hide Title & Meta
#62,914by herobites9 days ago
Hide the title, featured image, author, date, categories or comments on any post or page. Block and classic themes. Never touches menus.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Meta Ledger
Down in the last 7 days:7,336#64,171by SmilingSyntax2 months ago
Automatically track all post meta changes with versioned history, field-level diffs, and restore functionality.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Last Modified Date for Blog Post
#64,711by Liton Arefin5 months ago
Automatically display the last modified date on posts, before content or after the title. Supports custom label text and translation.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post Meta View and Export
Down in the last 7 days:17,127#67,070by Matej Kravjar5 years ago
This plugin adds possibility to view and export post metadata for superadmins.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Lax Block Binder
Down in the last 7 days:1,540#68,210by Lax Mariappan2 months ago
Visually bind post meta to core blocks using the Block Bindings API.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Guest Author Meta Block
Down in the last 7 days:8,309#70,240by Miguel Zapata1 year ago
Short Description: Enables custom guest author attribution and integrates guest author names into WordPress search.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

CPT Meta Size Analyzer
Down in the last 7 days:5,473#70,620by Hitesh Talpada3 months ago
Analyze and display total size of post meta and content data for selected post types. Helps identify large meta or content data for optimization.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Simple Post Meta
Down in the last 7 days:7,752#71,012by saurabhbtech9 years ago
Awsome Plugin for show all meta information with in same page. for increase the development time.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 1/day

Rezerla Post List Field Search
Down in the last 7 days:1,705#71,150by Rezerla4 months ago
Adds a configurable "Search in" dropdown to WordPress admin post lists for searching by title, content, slug, meta, and taxonomies.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day