Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields

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1. ★★★★★ azlivin008

   2.9y ago

   Thanks for donating this plugin to the WP repository. It is SO helpful, and just what I was looking for – clean, lite weight and easy to use, I added a native custom field because I did not need an entire ACF plugin for just one field, but then needed to figure out how to display it in the sidebar. This was perfect! ACF needs to add something like this to make it easier for users to display fields on front end. This topic was modified 2 years, 9 months ago by azlivin008. This topic was modified 2 years, 9 months ago by azlivin008.

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2. ★★★★★ Md Jahidul Islam

   4.0y ago

   I had a task to pass a custom field value to the setting field of a plugin. That plugin allows shortcode as a field value. I was thinking to write a custom code to get custom field value via shortcode. But what did I think, I searched on google, and got this cool thing.

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3. ★★★★★ andrew55

   4.9y ago

   Works great. We use it to display user’s first name at different locations. Very good at giving that personal touch. Please keep this plugin active!!!!!

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4. ★★★★★ josu2002

   5.5y ago

   This plugin save my project i can see everithing about the users

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5. ★★★★★ Clayton Chase

   5.9y ago

   I’ve used this plugin on several projects and it is very powerful and useful! Deserves far more downloads.

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6. ★★★★★ terrim

   6.1y ago

   The plugin is really easy to use and the support I received was amazing!

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7. ★★★★★ Picturgency

   6.9y ago

   I wanted to display some user fields on the front-end for staff members without the ability to do anything except seeing the infos. It’s just working great !

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8. ★★★★★ Jose Vega

   8.6y ago

   Very useful for displaying Advanced Custom Fields data in the frontend.

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4 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 4.3 Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields <= 1.2.1 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Contributor+) Post Meta Disclosure ↗
   2024-01-16 CVE-2023-6983 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Affects <= 1.2.1 Patched in 1.3.0
2. Medium · 6.4 Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields <= 1.2.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via vg_display_data ↗
   2024-01-16 CVE-2023-6982 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.2.1 Patched in 1.3.0
3. High · 8.8 Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields <= 1.2.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Code Injection ↗
   2024-01-16 CVE-2023-6996 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') Affects <= 1.2.1 Patched in 1.3.0
4. Medium · 6.5 Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields <= 1.2.0 - Missing Authorization via vg_display_data shortcode ↗
   2023-04-24 CVE-2023-31073 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.2.0 Patched in 1.2.1

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.4.2

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-08-20 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2026-08-19 500+ → 600+ up after 2 days in tier
3. 2026-08-17 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2026-08-16 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
5. 2026-08-15 600+ → 500+ down after 155 days in tier
6. 2026-03-13 700+ → 600+ down after 102 days in tier
7. 2025-12-01 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
8. 2025-11-30 700+ → 800+ 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).

• WP Page Templates 400+ installs · 3.7★ · 3 shared tags C
• H Hide Header on Posts for Landing Pages 200+ installs · 3.7★ · 3 shared tags D
• Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) 2M+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
• Advanced Custom Fields: Extended 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags B
• A Advanced Custom Fields: Nav Menu Field 8K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags D
• CubeWP Framework 4K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A

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Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields: 500+ active installs, 5.0★ (8 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/shortcode-to-display-post-and-user-data