Smart Custom Fields

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 55% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ tommynguyen0710

   11mo ago

   very simple and great

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2. ★★★★★ jkaki

   1.5y ago

   This is a great, simple product, but it hasn’t been updated for four months. At this time it has a critical vulnerability and needs to be updated.

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3. ★★★★★ xforeal

   3.9y ago

   How can we display image field, like ACF: <?php $image = get_field(‘hero_image’); ?> ” alt=”<?php echo $image[‘alt’]; ?>” /> SCF: <?php echo SCF::get(‘img’)[0]; ?> isn’t work.

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4. ★★★★★ Zhandos Ulan

   7.8y ago

   Really simple and useful plugin! Recommend to use for fast development

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5. ★★★★★ Robssanches

   8.1y ago

   An excellent plugin for custom fields.

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6. ★★★★★ Ko Takagi

   8.4y ago

   It’s very simple and useful plugin.

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7. ★★★★★ smnt324

   8.8y ago

   nice work

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8. ★★★★★ yousan

   9.2y ago

   コードベースでの管理もすごくやりやすいです。

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 5.0.8 Vulnerability fixes 5.0.8
2. — Version 5.0.7 Vulnerability fixes 5.0.7
3. — Version 5.0.6 Fixed a bug that caused a fatal error if post-type was not specified in related posts. inc2734/smart-custom-fields#110 5.0.6
4. — Version 5.0.5 Fixed a bug that caused a fatal error if post-type was not specified in related posts. inc2734/smart-custom-fields#110 Removed auto-draft check from is_saved_the_key() inc2734/smart-custom-fields#113 5.0.5
5. — Version 5.0.4 Fixed a bug in v5.0.1 and later where JavaScript related to the TinyMCE editor did not work properly in Firefox. 5.0.4
6. — Version 5.0.3 Fixed a bug that caused a fatal error when using SCF::add_options_page() . 5.0.3

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 · 6.4 Smart Custom Fields <= 5.0.7 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Attachment Title ↗
   2026-07-16 CVE-2026-2594 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 5.0.7 Patched in 5.0.8
2. Medium · 4.3 Smart Custom Fields <= 5.0.6 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via Relational Post Search ↗
   2026-03-23 CVE-2026-4066 Missing Authorization Affects <= 5.0.6 Patched in 5.0.7
3. Medium · 6.4 Smart Custom Fields <= 5.0.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-01-06 CVE-2025-22308 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 5.0.0 Patched in 5.0.1
4. Medium · 4.3 Smart Custom Fields <= 4.2.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Post Content Disclosure ↗
   2024-03-19 CVE-2024-1995 Missing Authorization Affects <= 4.2.2 Patched in 5.0.0

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 134 languages, 6 at 90% or more

Plus 110 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2022-11-18 40K+ → 50K+ up

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).

• A Advanced Custom Fields – Location Field add-on 900+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
• E Entity Viewer 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags C
• A ACF Media Credit 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
• Advanced Custom Fields Viewer 100+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags D
• Custom Block Builder – Lazy Blocks 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• Meta Field Block – Display custom fields in the Block Editor without coding 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A

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Smart Custom Fields: 50K+ active installs, 4.9★ (20 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-25. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/smart-custom-fields