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Display Post Metadata

by Fahid Javid · Uncategorized

Also makes 2 other plugins · 1.4K+ installs across the portfolio →

It is a useful plugin to display the metadata information and custom fields of posts and pages or custom post type. You can either display date, autho …

⚠ Few reviews
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75 Health · B
Maintenance 76/100
Rating quality 78/100
Support 70/100

75 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins

Directory ranking optimization

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84 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 84/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 54/100
Listing tuning 100/100

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+34% vs prior 30d
5Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

99

now · peak 632

9730d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Display Post Metadat · #9285 you Autoremove Attachmen · #4152 Simple Revision Cont · #5699 Simple Export Import · #6410

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

243per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

1

releases in the last 12 months

9mo ago

latest release · v1.5.5

10

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.5.5 · 9mo ago1.5.4 · 1.6y ago1.5.3 · 3.3y ago1.5.2 · 3.9y ago1.5.1 · 4.5y ago1.5.0 · 4.8y ago1.4.0 · 5.4y ago1.3.0 · 6.3y ago1.2.0 · 6.3y ago1.1.0 · 9.5y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 92% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.5 92%
v1.2 5.4%
v1.3 2.6%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “400+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
400–500 ≈450

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

Install history · since 2019-09-18 · 1,420 observations

400Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
1.5.5
Last updated
9mo ago
Added
2016-08-02 · 10 yrs old
Requires WP
6.0
Tested up to
6.9.7
Requires PHP
8.3

Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

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

  1. 2021-11-15 CVE-2021-24855 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects < 1.5.0 Patched in 1.5.0

Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.

CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.9

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 2 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Spanish (Chile) 63%
Romanian 36%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-07-23 500+ → 400+ down after 7 days in tier
  2. 2026-07-16 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2026-07-15 500+ → 400+ down after 310 days in tier
  4. 2025-09-08 600+ → 500+ down after 358 days in tier
  5. 2024-09-15 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
  6. 2024-09-14 600+ → 700+ up after 5 days in tier
  7. 2024-09-09 700+ → 600+ down after 141 days in tier
  8. 2024-04-21 800+ → 700+ down after 4 days in tier

Competes with

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