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custom fields plugins

336 plugins in the directory carry the custom fields tag. This page leads with what has moved in the last 90 days, because a ranked list of the biggest ones is available anywhere.

336
plugins
3,192,610+
combined reach
127
released in 90 days
39%
quiet 18 months+
15
movements in 90 days

What moved

Ownership changes, closures and long-silent plugins that shipped again, over a rolling 90-day window recomputed daily. Events older than 90 days drop off as new ones arrive. The part of this category that a directory listing cannot show. Nothing here says anything about intent.

DatePluginInstallsWhat happened
27 Oct 2026Easy Content Manager (ECM) – Custom Post Types, Custom Fields & Content Management100+reopened
26 Oct 2026Custom post types for WordPress – ACPT Lite100+released after a long silence
26 Oct 2026Freq Func COLLECTION10+released after a long silence
16 Oct 2026ACF Frontend Admin by DynamiApps8,000+reopened
12 Oct 2026Easy Content Manager (ECM) – Custom Post Types, Custom Fields & Content Management100+closed
08 Oct 2026ACF Frontend Admin by DynamiApps8,000+closed
22 Sep 2026Sydney Toolbox50,000+released after a long silence
10 Sep 2026Easy Custom Registration Fieldsfewer than 10released after a long silence
06 Sep 2026Custom Fields Missing When ACF is Active10+released after a long silence
29 Aug 2026SuevaFree Essential Kit200+released after a long silence
26 Aug 2026Advanced Views – Display Framework – Gutenberg/Elementor/Shortcode2,000+reopened
23 Aug 2026Massoftind Custom Fields & Field Builder10+reopened
22 Aug 2026Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields500+released after a long silence
21 Aug 2026Custom Metadata Manager700+released after a long silence
17 Aug 2026Advanced Views – Display Framework – Gutenberg/Elementor/Shortcode2,000+closed

Most installed

The 50 most installed plugins carrying this tag, ordered by install band, which WordPress.org rounds to one significant digit. Ordering is adoption only. Nothing here is a recommendation, and no link on this page earns anything. The full directory, all categories together, is in the master list.

PluginInstallsRatingLast release
Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)
ACF helps customize WordPress with powerful, professional and intuitive fields. Proudly powering over 2 million sites, WordPress developers love ACF.
2,000,000+4.5★2 months ago
Meta Box – A Framework for Dynamic Websites
Meta Box plugin is a powerful, professional developer toolkit to create custom meta boxes and custom fields for your custom post types in WordPress.
500,000+4.8★18 days ago
Advanced Custom Fields: Extended
All-in-one enhancement suite that improves WordPress & Advanced Custom Fields.
100,000+4.8★19 days ago
Admin Columns
Take control of your WordPress admin list tables. Add, remove, and reorder columns for posts, users, media, and more - no coding needed.
100,000+4.9★11 days ago
Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields
Pods is a framework for creating, managing, and deploying customized content types and fields for any project.
100,000+4.8★2 months ago
Secure Custom Fields
Secure Custom Fields boosts content management with custom fields and options. It deactivates Advanced Custom Fields to prevent duplicate code errors.
100,000+4.8★17 days ago
Flexible Checkout Fields for WooCommerce – WooCommerce Checkout Manager
The best WooCommerce checkout manager. Edit, remove or add checkout fields. Customize WooCommerce checkout with this checkout field customizer.
80,000+4.7★16 days ago
Sydney Toolbox
Registers custom post types and custom fields for the Sydney theme
50,000+2.3★2 months ago
Custom Field Template
The Custom Field Template plugin extends the functionality of custom fields.
30,000+4.0★3 months ago
PPOM – Product Addons & Custom Fields for WooCommerce
Easily add a range of custom fields to WooCommerce products, from text boxes to date selectors, allowing customers to personalize their orders.
20,000+4.5★16 days ago
Flexible Product Fields (WooCommerce Product Addons) – WooCommerce Product Page Editor
Add extra product options on your WooCommerce product page. Product addons for all product variations. 20 free product addons.
10,000+4.5★3 months ago
JSM Show Post Metadata
Show post metadata (aka custom fields) in a metabox when editing posts / pages - a great tool for debugging issues with post metadata.
10,000+5.0★9 days ago
Custom Post Types and Custom Fields creator – WCK
A must have tool for creating custom fields, custom post types and taxonomies, fast and without any programming knowledge.
10,000+4.7★4 months ago
ACF Frontend Admin by DynamiApps
This awesome plugin allows you to easily display frontend forms on your site so your clients can easily edit content by themselves from the frontend.
8,000+4.5★25 days ago
Advanced Custom Fields: Nav Menu Field
Add-On plugin for Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) that adds a 'Nav Menu' Field type.
8,000+5.0★8.5 years ago · quiet
Custom Shortcodes
Manage custom fields using the insert shortcodes or HTML comment in text of post.
5,000+5.0★17 years ago · quiet
Product Input Fields for WooCommerce
Add product addons (fields) to WooCommerce products. Personalise with various product options for WooCommerce. Create product forms for WooCommerce.
4,000+4.0★15 days ago
Athemes Toolbox
Registers custom post types and custom fields for the aThemes theme
3,000+5.0★5.5 years ago · quiet
CubeWP Forms
CubeWP Forms is a 100% free drag-and-drop builder for creating contact forms, lead gen forms, appointment request forms, and newsletter signup forms.
3,000+—6 months ago
CubeWP Framework
CubeWP is an end-to-end dynamic content framework for WordPress to help you shrink time and cut cost of development up to 90%.
3,000+4.8★3 months ago
Custom post types, Custom Fields & more
Custom Post Types, Custom Fields, Custom Taxonomies, Custom Templates, Custom Admin Pages, Custom Admin Notices. Directly from the WP dashboard.
3,000+4.6★15 months ago
JSM Show User Metadata
Show user metadata in a metabox when editing users - a great tool for debugging issues with user metadata.
3,000+5.0★9 days ago
Dynamic Fields Engine – Custom post types, Custom fields, Meta fields, Taxonomies, Listing builder, Query builder and Relations
Create custom post types in WordPress with custom fields, taxonomies, and meta fields. AI-powered WordPress metadata plugin.
3,000+—17 days ago
Digital Goods for WooCommerce Checkout
This plugin will remove billing address fields for downloadable and virtual products.
3,000+4.5★9 days ago
Advanced Views – Display Framework – Gutenberg/Elementor/Shortcode
Query, filter and display content dynamically - WooCommerce and CPT Grids, ACF Galleries, MetaBox Maps and more.
2,000+4.8★16 days ago
Ajax Load More for Advanced Custom Fields
Ajax Load More extension that adds compatibility with various field types for Advanced Custom Fields.
2,000+4.6★12 months ago
Custom field finder
Allows you to easily find the custom fields (including hidden custom fields) and their values for a post, page or custom post type post.
2,000+5.0★1 month ago
Edit Custom Fields
A simple interface to edit or delete Custom Fields.
2,000+4.8★3.5 years ago · quiet
MB Elementor Integration
Integrates Meta Box's custom fields with the Elementor page builder via dynamic tags.
2,000+3.7★19 days ago
Advanced Custom Fields: Restrict Color Picker Options
Restrict Advanced Custom Fields color picker to a specific subset of colors. Removes color wheel from the field UI so user can't pick other color …
1,000+5.0★4.5 years ago · quiet
Cosmo Block Edit Mode for ACF
Brings back the "Switch to Edit / Switch to Preview" toggle and the field form inside ACF blocks, instead of only in the sidebar.
1,000+—1 month ago
Custom Fields for Gutenberg
Restores the Custom Field meta box for the Gutenberg Block Editor.
1,000+4.9★4 months ago
Get Custom Field Values
Use widgets, shortcodes, and/or template tags to easily retrieve and display custom field values for posts or pages.
1,000+5.0★3 years ago · quiet
MB Rest API
Get and update Meta Box custom fields to the WordPress REST API responses.
1,000+—8 months ago
Profile Extra Fields by BestWebSoft
Add custom fields to WordPress user profiles and WooCommerce forms. Easily collect and display extra user information using a simple interface.
1,000+4.6★2 months ago
PT Theme Addon
Plugin to add team, testimonial portfolio and clients custom post type. Each post type has its widget and shortcode to use in theme.
1,000+5.0★8 years ago · quiet
ACF: Sidebar Selector
A field for Advanced Custom Fields which allows you to select a sidebar
800+4.3★11 years ago · quiet
Custom Field For WP Job Manager
The ultimate field editor for WP Job Manager. Easily add, edit, and manage custom job and company fields without any coding.
800+3.4★4 months ago
Custom Metadata Manager
A code-only developer plugin for registering custom fields on posts, pages, custom post types, users and comments.
700+4.4★3 months ago
JSM Show Order Metadata for WooCommerce HPOS
Show WooCommerce order metadata in a metabox when editing HPOS orders - a great tool for debugging issues with HPOS order metadata.
700+5.0★9 days ago
MB FacetWP Integration
Integrates Meta Box custom fields with FacetWP. Make custom fields filterable.
700+—11 months ago
Theme Toolkit
Theme toolkit is a plugin to register custom post types, widgets and shortcodes to add additional feature and functionality to any WordPress theme.
700+—8.5 years ago · quiet
ACF Enhanced Message Field
Adds an enhanced version of the default Message field to accept PHP and certainly no wpauto().
600+5.0★10 years ago · quiet
ACF: User Role Selector
A field for Advanced Custom Fields which allows you to select one or more user roles
600+5.0★11 years ago · quiet
Advanced Gallery & Repeater Fields for ACF
Advanced ACF fields with built-in layouts. Works with free ACF! Gallery & Repeater fields with masonry, carousel, lightbox & more.
600+—2 months ago
MB Yoast SEO Integration
Add content of Meta Box custom fields to Yoast SEO Content Analysis.
600+—21 months ago · quiet
Repeaterly – ACF Repeater, Flexible Content & Dynamic Tags for Elementor
Use ACF Repeater, Relationship & Flexible Content fields in Elementor — free Dynamic Tags included. No Elementor Pro needed.
600+5.0★26 days ago
SuperCPT
Insanely easy and attractive custom post types, custom post meta, and custom taxonomies
600+5.0★13 years ago · quiet
ACF to Custom Database Tables
An ACF add-on plugin to save custom fields data in a structured database table instead of WordPress's post meta table.
500+4.6★2 years ago · quiet
Admin Options Pages
Create options pages, menus and fields without code. Use the values with get_option(), a shortcode or a block.
500+5.0★22 days ago

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