Best user meta plugins for WordPress
The most popular user meta plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. View User Metadata leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Metadata Viewer (500+) and User Meta Display (400+). All 14 plugins tagged “user meta” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 user meta plugins
- 1.
View User MetadataThe most installed user meta plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 2.
Metadata Viewer500+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 3.
User Meta Display400+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
- 4.
Extended CRM for Users Insights400+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.
Metabase200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 6.
Cleanup Duplicate Meta200+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 11 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
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WP Frontend Profile100+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 9 reviews, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
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Get User Custom Field Values80+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 9.
User Profile Tabs80+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 10.
BP XProfile Shortcode40+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
All 14 plugins tagged “user meta”
View User Metadata
Up in the last 7 days:14#6,844by Sully18 days ago
A lightweight plugin that allows you to view user metadata, export them CSV or JSON, or delete key/value pairs.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 47/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
User Meta Display
Down in the last 7 days:61#9,283by tripflex12 years ago
Ajax powered admin page to show, edit, add, and remove user meta. Choose dropdown list by User Login, ID, or Display Name.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Extended CRM for Users Insights
Down in the last 7 days:56#9,870by Deni2 months ago
Extends the CRM functionality of Users Insights - adds new management options to the user groups, user notes and custom user fields features
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/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
WP Frontend Profile
Down in the last 7 days:636#15,101by Glowlogix8 months ago
WP Frontend Profile allows users to edit/view their profile and register/login without going into the dashboard to do so.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.3(9)
- Downloads
- 42/day
Get User Custom Field Values
Up in the last 7 days:8#17,471by Scott Reilly5 years ago
Use widgets, shortcodes, and/or template tags to easily retrieve and display custom field values for users.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
User Profile Tabs
Up in the last 7 days:69#18,042by Koala Yeung1 year ago
Regroup DOM element in profile form into tabs for better UX.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
BP XProfile Shortcode
Up in the last 7 days:966#21,620by TylerDigital11 years ago
Adds Shortcode for BuddyPress XProfile data
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 3.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP REST API
Down in the last 7 days:155#23,574by Ruhul Amin2 months ago
Enhance WordPress REST API by including configurable user meta fields in post responses without additional API requests.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/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
User Meta Profile List
#47,411by richymilo11 years ago
Adds a custom configurable meta list to a users profile display in the admin panel.
- 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