Best postmeta plugins for WordPress
The most popular postmeta plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Advanced Database Cleaner leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of Pen (2K+) and Customize Posts (1K+). All 17 plugins tagged “postmeta” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 postmeta plugins
- 1.
Advanced Database CleanerThe most installed postmeta plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 1,962 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Pen2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 3.
Customize Posts1K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 18 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.0.
- 4.
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.
- 5.
Post Meta Manager70+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 6.
atshift Fields (Maintenance for Custom Field Suite)70+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 7.
Post Status Scheduler20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 8.
Bulk Postmeta Editor20+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 9.
MK Postmeta Cleaner20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
- 10.
Advanced Clean Master10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 17 plugins tagged “postmeta”
Advanced Database Cleaner
#340by Younes JFR.2 months ago
Clean database by deleting orphaned data such as 'revisions', 'expired transients', optimize database and more...
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.9(2K)
- Downloads
- 675/day
Pen
Down in the last 7 days:11#4,669by htmlpie1 year ago
This plugin adds some cool features to the Pen theme.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Customize Posts
Up in the last 7 days:1#5,937by Weston Ruter9 years ago
Edit posts and postmeta in the Customizer. Stop editing your posts/postmeta blind!
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.7(18)
- Downloads
- 12/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
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
atshift Fields (Maintenance for Custom Field Suite)
#18,799by @shift1 month ago
Maintained and extended CFS-compatible fields with safer edit screens, tab/accordion/conditional groups, native fields, and meta box placement.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Post Status Scheduler
Up in the last 7 days:116#25,261post-status-scheduler9 years ago
Change status, categories/tags or postmeta of any post type at a scheduled timestamp.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bulk Postmeta Editor
Down in the last 7 days:536#27,066by Phoenix Online7 years ago
Allows you to bulk-edit post meta information (including custom post types) from a single place.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
MK Postmeta Cleaner
Down in the last 7 days:695#28,273by Mert Kocakaya6 years ago
MK Postmeta Cleaner is a advanced clean postmeta tables trash.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Advanced Clean Master
Down in the last 7 days:525#30,635by SH Sajal Chowdhury10 months ago
Boost WordPress performance by cleaning unnecessary data and optimizing your database. Remove drafts, orphaned media, transients with scheduled cleanu …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Logic Shortcodes
Up in the last 7 days:8,870#36,302by Samuel Diethelm10 years ago
Use shortcodes for conditional logic based on post meta or taxonomy terms.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Meta Search
#46,957by Y.Kohno8 years ago
Search form for searching through custom fields, post types, categories, tags, and free text.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mega Database Cleanup
Up in the last 7 days:8,994#60,662by MegaWix Technologies21 days ago
Mega Database Cleanup is your ultimate optimization suite to clean database junk, speed up your site, monitor real-time health, and automate cleanups …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Wrapping ShortCode
#63,911by Asumaru4 years ago
This plugin provides a shortcode block. It is not just a shortcode, it is a shortcode block that wraps other blocks.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/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
Block Views
Down in the last 7 days:584#69,936by Kyle B. Johnson7 years ago
A Block-based view builder for displaying posts.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day