Edit Custom Fields
by Jay · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 1 other plugin · 2K+ installs across the portfolio →
A simple interface to edit or delete Custom Fields.
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Health
D 49/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
2K+
≈2.5K estimated
Momentum
+57%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “admin”, “custom field” and “custom fields” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
49 health vs 56 average across 5,895 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →7.7%
of downloads still active
At least 2K of 26K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,188 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.1.16.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1395 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.1.16; the current branch is 6.8
4.8★ over 16 reviews, smoothed to 4.27★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1395 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| customfield your tag | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| customfields your tag | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| admin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| custom field your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| custom fields your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “admin”, “custom field” and “custom fields” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 7 Jan 2023 · 1,394 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 898 · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
3.8y ago
latest release · v0.1.10 · 5 Jan 2023
9
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 18 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 18 Apr 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ KS9mo ago
Taking over a site from another developer, there were a lot of old custom fields that were no longer in use after I rebuilt it, which made it hard to get an overview when adding new ones. This plugin worked very well – thanks!Worked fine for me on a WordPress version 6.9 site.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ cXD49311.4y ago
Installed and run on a WordPress working on version 6.8.1 with Php version 8.2 without major issues. The plugin moved fast and did the job in seconds. Highly recommended!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ phoenix361.8y ago
Very good and easy to use. Does what it should. Very nice, neatly under Tools menu!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Manou Allou2.5y ago
Although the plugin hasn’t been tested with the current WordPress release, it did the job for me. It cleaned up several unused CPT orphans and cleared them from my website’s database without causing any problems. Hope the developer will test and update the plugin with the current version of WordPress so it feels a bit more secure to use.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Volker Forster3.0y ago
Not impressed. Description says “This plugin offers a simple interface to edit or delete any Custom Field names/keys you may have created in the post/page editor. Deleting a Custom Field also deletes the associated content, so use with caution!”It only deleted the CONTENT from a custom field, but it definitely does NOT delete the field.I have so much meta-garbage collected over the years, and there is obviously no way to clean this mess up.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Alex 六十 Karpov3.7y ago
Time saver! Thank you
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Hitesh Bhasin5.4y ago
Was thinking of deleting the custom fields one by one on a large site. Could delete them all in one go because of this plugin. Time Saver!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ THE CANDY TRAIL5.5y ago
As others have said – does the job well for cleaning out junk from past themes + plug-ins. Deserves the praise. To have manually ‘cleaned’ 100s of posts from years of WP remodeling would have pushed me over the edge. THANK YOU for this plug-in!
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 0.1.10 Update text domain 0.1.10
- — Version 0.1.9 More sanitiziation and hardening 0.1.9
- — Version 0.1.8 Use wp_verify_nonce to protect against CSRF Use sprintf for translations. 0.1.8
- — Version 0.1.7 Use $wpdb->prepare 0.1.7
- — Version 0.1.6 Add nonce checks 0.1.6
- — Version 0.1.4 Fixed regression from 0.1.2 onward that broke plugin when custom field key was used in multiple posts. 0.1.4
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.2
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "A simple interface to edit or delete Custom Fields."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Advanced Custom Fields.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 359 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("admin", "customfield", "customfields" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-04-25 3K+ → 2K+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2025-04-18 2K+ → 3K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-04-17 3K+ → 2K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-04-15 2K+ → 3K+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2025-04-10 3K+ → 2K+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-04-07 2K+ → 3K+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2025-04-01 3K+ → 2K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-03-30 2K+ → 3K+ up after 1 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).
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