Post Meta
by Mahbubur Rahman · Uncategorized
Post Meta is a WordPress custom post field, post type and taxonomy management Plugin. Shortcode with GUI, Import & export and many more.
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Health
C 62/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
80+
≈89 estimated
Momentum
-6%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “custom post field”, “meta field” and “option 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.
62 health vs 58 average across 25,739 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.4%
of downloads still active
At least 80 of 18.8K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,773 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized 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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 650 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 6.8
3.9★ over 7 reviews, smoothed to 4.08★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 650 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| gui | #24 | #16 | down 2 |
| custom post field your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| meta field your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| option meta your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| post meta your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “custom post field”, “meta field” and “option 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 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.2K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #17,400 to #18,100, alongside the other plugins at 80+ 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
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
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
1.8y ago
latest release · v1.1.0 · 20 Jan 2025
11
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 25% 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 “80+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 19 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 90.
Install history since 10 Mar 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ glowgeo10.6y ago
keeps throwing PHP notices all over the place and TOO MUCH asking to buy a pro version. No, thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Grant Mangham11.0y ago
This plugin saves meta as serialized arrays, making normal ordering impossible.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Suresh Kumar Mukhiya11.3y ago
Nice to have this plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ zilveer13.9y ago
WOw.. this Meta and Taxanomy plugin is even better then the other I have found. Thanks for a great job! Keep up the good work. regards
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ tofayel14.0y ago
This is great plugin & great plugin & The features of this plugin are more usefull
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ babs2914.0y ago
I have used it and I am happy with it
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ arif3814.0y ago
After using this pluging I am wondering why the developer not made this one before. awesome one.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (1.1.0). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 6.1 Post Meta <= 1.0.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
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 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 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Post Meta is a WordPress custom post field, post type and taxonomy management Plugin. Shortcode with GUI, I..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 1 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("A question that someone might have").
- ! 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 7 headings and 6 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,508 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 4 tags appear in the text; "Option Meta" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-13 90+ → 80+ down after 115 days in tier
- 2026-06-20 100+ → 90+ down after 1355 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 200+ → 100+ down after 675 days in tier
- 2020-11-28 300+ → 200+ down after 199 days in tier
- 2020-05-13 500+ → 300+ down after 624 days in tier
- 2018-08-28 900+ → 500+ down after 939 days in tier
- 2016-02-01 800+ → 900+ up after 171 days in tier
- 2015-08-14 900+ → 800+ down
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).
- S Smart Custom Fields 50K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
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Meta Field Block – Display Custom Fields for ACF, Meta Box and More 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Pure Metafields 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
Advanced Query Loop 6K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag B -
Blocks for ACF Fields — Display Custom Fields in the Block Editor 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A - P Post Meta Inspector 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag D
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