Metabase – Post & User Meta Editor
by David Towoju · Login & Users
Also makes 4 other plugins · 570+ installs across the portfolio →
Manage post meta, custom post type meta and user meta of your WordPress site.
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Health
C 58/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈280 estimated
Momentum
+43%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “meta”, “post meta” and “show post meta” 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.
58 health vs 61 average across 2,203 Login & Users plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.3%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 4.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Login & Users plugin keeps 0.7%, across 1,476 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Login & Users plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 575 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.5.14; the current branch is 6.8
4.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.10★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 575 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| meta your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| post meta your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| show post meta your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| show user meta your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| user meta your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “meta”, “post meta” and “show post meta” 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 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 304 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
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
1.6y ago
latest release · v0.8.1 · 4 Apr 2025
19
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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 12 months ago; the previous band took 15 months to cross, which places it about 77% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ freshwebno3.7y ago
Waiting for “Editing Value”. Rest looks good. But its not a Editor.. Yet 😉
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ grex223.8y ago
Does exactly what it says it does, and does it well! Nice UI to boot. Tested on a multisite, with custom post types. My only wish is that you could edit the values and not just delete them, but I know that’s on their roadmap. Looking forward to it!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.2
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
4 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 "Manage post meta, custom post type meta and user meta of your WordPress site."
- ! 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 Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,292 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "show post meta", "show user meta" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-11-13 100+ → 200+ up after 457 days in tier
- 2024-08-13 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-08-11 100+ → 90+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-08-09 90+ → 100+ up after 24 days in tier
- 2024-07-16 80+ → 90+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2024-07-13 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-07-12 80+ → 90+ up after 11 days in tier
- 2024-07-01 70+ → 80+ up after 14 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).
- C Cleanup Duplicate Meta 200+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags D
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Post Meta Data Manager 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
Metadata Viewer 500+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Ultimate Fields 400+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D - U User Meta Display 400+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
- S Show Hidden Post Meta 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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