Metadata Viewer
by PluginizeLab · Login & Users
A plugin or theme developer can view metadata by this plugin easily.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
B 80/100
Few reviews
Active installs
500+
≈520 estimated
Momentum
-1%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “custom post type meta” for “viewer”. “custom post type meta” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “viewer” sits at #16 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
80 health vs 61 average across 2,203 Login & Users plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →10%
of downloads still active
At least 500 of 5K 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.
This plugin shipped 5 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 171 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
40
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
22%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
+0.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 viewer your tag | #2 | #14 | 0 |
| post meta viewer | #2 | #16 | — |
| metadata your tag | #6 | #18 | down 1 |
| viewer | #16 | #20 | up 1 |
| user metadata | #8 | #20 | 0 |
| post viewer | #8 | #18 | up 3 |
| post metadata | #11 | #19 | down 1 |
| custom post type meta your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| post meta your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| user meta your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
12 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 7 listed. 5 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “custom post type meta” for “viewer”. “custom post type meta” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “viewer” sits at #16 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 1 May 2024 · 914 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 668 · 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
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
5
releases in the last 12 months
6mo ago
latest release · v2.2.4 · 13 May 2026
10
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 67% 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 “500+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 500.
At the current install trend, crossing 600+ in roughly 125 days.
Install history since 30 Apr 2024
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Ivan Arnaudov2.1y ago
The Metadata Viewer plugin has been immensely helpful to me while developing and troubleshooting some custom functionality for the WooCommerce store of a customer. I thank my lazy self for deciding to look for such a tool before trying to cobble up a worse looking and less functional alternative. However it is important to say that the Metadata Viewer is not useful to developers only; end-users can find value in easily viewing all meta-data associated with a post/page as well. Overall, it is a really helpful tool that should have been natively available in the platform. I will be adding this plugin to my toolkit for future projects. It easily earns ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ for being good looking and functional. Plugin developer pluginizelab has my sincere gratitude for making this tool freely available to the community!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ haideralibd2.5y ago
This plugin is very useful plugin for developers.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the 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 Mentions WooCommerce.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,013 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("custom post type meta", "meta viewer", "post meta", "user meta" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-24 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-08-23 500+ → 400+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-08-20 400+ → 500+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-08-17 500+ → 400+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-08-13 400+ → 500+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2026-08-08 500+ → 400+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2026-08-03 400+ → 500+ up after 104 days in tier
- 2026-04-21 300+ → 400+ 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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Ascendoor Metadata Manager 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
MetaViewer – Debug Meta Data 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags - C Cleanup Duplicate Meta 200+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
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Metabase – Post & User Meta Editor 200+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags C - P Post Meta Manager 80+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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Meta Optimizer — installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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