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Meta Content

by Mervin Praison · Uncategorized

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A meta box which helps us to add content or scripts to any part of the website, on each individual post/page. Easy to Implement with Shortcode.

⚠ Few reviews
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73 Health · B
Maintenance 72/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

73 health vs 56 average across 16,375 Uncategorized plugins

200+

Active installs

≈290 estimated

22.3K

Total downloads

since 2012

4.06★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 2 reviews

+100%

92

Downloads · 30d

category median +17%

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.

83 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 80/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+100% vs prior 30d
3Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

92

now · peak 218

9230d 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

Meta Content · #12175 you Get Custom Field Val · #5751 Advanced Custom Fiel · #28 Advanced Custom Fiel · #449

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.

460per 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

10mo ago

latest release · v1.1

2

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.1 · 10mo ago1.0 · 10.8y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 32% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.0 68%
v1.1 32%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
200–300 ≈290

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

Install history · since 2015-11-22 · 1,376 observations

200Installs · 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.

Ratings · 2 reviews

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5★
2 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.1
Last updated
10mo ago
Added
2012-03-09 · 14 yrs old
Requires WP
3.0
Tested up to
6.8.8
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ BeckyManning68
    11.6y ago

    The best WP meta plgin exists

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  2. ★★★★★ jerryrcole
    13.3y ago

    Very easy way manually add metadata to a page. I highly recommend reading documentation on author’s page: http://mervin.info/meta/ I also recommend adding the followind code to your header.php file as an alternative to using the shortcode option. <?php if ( function_exists(‘getmetacontent’) ) getmetacontent(); ?>

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.3

✓ 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

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2025-07-14 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2025-07-13 200+ → 300+ up after 8 days in tier
  3. 2025-07-05 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2025-07-04 200+ → 300+ up after 4 days in tier
  5. 2025-06-30 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
  6. 2025-06-28 200+ → 300+ up after 3 days in tier
  7. 2025-06-25 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
  8. 2025-06-24 200+ → 300+ up after 9 days in tier

Competes with

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