Advanced Views for Custom Fields and Posts

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 27% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

At the current install trend, crossing 4K+ in roughly 123 days.

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Reviewers keep praising fast, hands-on support and how quickly they can build custom field layouts, with a couple of older complaints about a caching plugin conflict and a clunky first-run editor experience.

1. ★★★★★ prestonstreetaus

   2mo ago

   Such an exceptionally useful plugin, that really fills a hole in WP and ACF functionality. Excellent support from the developers when needed too.

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2. ★★★★★ ricamiller

   6mo ago

   Hi there, I am new to WordPress and Custom Fields, but an experienced developer so know a lot but have a lot to learn. I have a lot of experience with database and graphic design and that’s the crossroads where Advanced View helps me build the features I need for my club website. Support from Baxter has been fantastic. I know what I need but have difficulty getting up to speed with the amazing features in Advance Views. I have been able to get up to speed quickly and move into the advanced features that I need. Thank to support and development to the Advanced Views team! Ric

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3. ★★★★★ bmoreinis

   9mo ago

   We placed a support request to get code to generate excerpts for our layout template, and had it back the same day. Really super support.

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4. ★★★★★ cwaite

   11mo ago

   This plug-in made my site customisation a breeze and the support from the team is amazing !!

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5. ★★★★★ overhaulics

   1.4y ago

   Very impressed with how simple this tool is as well as how easily it can be customized to do far more.

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6. ★★★★★ ismet1960

   1.5y ago

   This plugin is incompatible with the cache memory plugin. When I install the plugin on my site and make the necessary adjustments, it works without any problems, but when I install and activate the cache memory plugin to speed up my site, all of my website’s pages become white and all html coding is disabled. I recommend that you do not install it.

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7. ★★★★★ hazlebury

   1.5y ago

   Out of the box: Preview never finished loading The Views Field dropdown takes over the page, so wherever you click you get the dropdown. Requires a page refresh to get rid of the dropdown.

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8. ★★★★★ ingolechner

   1.9y ago

   I had a problem with the plugin on my website that I was not able to locate or even fix. Within a couple of hours, the guys found and fixed the problem for me. Awesome!!! Thanks guys for your great support and the great plugin!

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. 2026-08-22 Version 3.9.5 Readme updates: bumped WP version requirement to 5.9 Code style improvements 3.9.5
2. 2026-08-20 Version 3.9.4 Readme updates: shorter title, bumped WP version requirement to 5.7 3.9.4
3. 2026-08-14 Version 3.9.3 Enhance: Layout/Selection Title on editor screens Enhance: PHP snippet execution – now ignores top-level echo statements Enhance: Settings page behavior Uphold: Docs links Uphold: tested compatibility with WP 7.1 3.9.3
4. 2026-07-29 Version 3.9.2 Enhance: Layout – “render template when it’s empty” option – not required anymore for custom-data Layouts Fix: make Layout/Selection preview rest-api endpoints unavailable to subscribers 3.9.2
5. 2026-07-20 Version 3.9.1 UX improvements Fix: custom Twig templates – false save-validation alarms 3.9.1
6. 2026-07-16 Version 3.9.0 Enhance: vanilla PHP as a template engine option Enhance: Layout & Selection – disabled automated markup minification (for better compatibility) Enhance: Layout & Selection – faster saving on ACF 6.8.1+ Enhance: Starter 3.9.0

3 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.5 Advanced Views <= 3.9.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Exposure via 'view-refresh' and 'card-refresh' REST Endpoints ↗
   2026-07-31 CVE-2026-17580 Missing Authorization Affects <= 3.9.1 Patched in 3.9.2
2. Medium · 4.3 Advanced Views – Display Custom Fields (ACF, Pods, MetaBox), Posts, CPT and Woo Products anywhere in Gutenberg, Elementor, Divi, Beaver… <= 3.8.11 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Remote Code Execution ↗
   2026-07-22 CVE-2026-59543 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') Affects <= 3.8.11 Patched in 3.9.0
3. High · 8.8 Advanced Views – Display Posts, Custom Fields, and More <= 3.7.19 - Authenticated (Author+) Remote Code Execution via SSTI ↗
   2025-09-22 CVE-2025-10380 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine Affects <= 3.7.19 Patched in 3.7.20

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 6 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-06-17 2K+ → 3K+ up after 1 days in tier
2. 2026-06-16 3K+ → 2K+ down after 4 days in tier
3. 2026-06-12 2K+ → 3K+ up after 863 days in tier
4. 2024-01-31 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
5. 2024-01-30 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
6. 2024-01-29 1K+ → 2K+ up after 187 days in tier
7. 2023-07-26 900+ → 1K+ up after 20 days in tier
8. 2023-07-06 800+ → 900+ up after 9 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Custom Post Type UI 1M+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• Essential Content Types 20K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
• Gravity Forms + Custom Post Types 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
• Posts in Page 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
• Dynamic Fields Engine – Custom post types, Custom fields, Meta fields, Taxonomies, Listing builder, Query builder and Relations 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B
• Custom post types for WordPress – ACPT Lite 100+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags C

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Advanced Views for Custom Fields and Posts: 3K+ active installs, 4.8★ (36 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/acf-views