Best term-meta plugins for WordPress
The most popular term-meta plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Advanced Term Images leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of Ascendoor Metadata Manager (20+) and MetaBench (fewer than 10). All 5 plugins tagged “term-meta” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 5 term-meta plugins
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Advanced Term ImagesThe most installed term-meta plugin, with 100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 2.
Ascendoor Metadata Manager20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 3.
MetaBenchFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
Meta OptimizerFewer than 10 active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
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Taxonomy NoteFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 5 plugins tagged “term-meta”

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

Ascendoor Metadata Manager
Down in the last 7 days:421#27,366by 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

MetaBench
Down in the last 7 days:6,832#66,948by Silver2222 months ago
A workbench for metadata. Search, filter, sort and edit custom fields for posts and terms from one fast panel.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Meta Optimizer
Down in the last 7 days:2,274#68,809by 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

Taxonomy Note
Down in the last 7 days:13,679#71,283by Matteo Enna2 months ago
Add custom notes to taxonomy terms directly inside the post editor. Perfect for recipes, ingredients, attributes, or any taxonomy-based content.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day