Tabify Edit Screen

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Crossed into this band 6 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 52% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ Anonymous User

   5.2y ago

   The plugin hasn’t been updated since WP 5.6.4, and I’m on WordPress 5.8.

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2. ★★★★★ nadinenb

   5.9y ago

   The setup process is not as straight-forward as the “FAQ” of the plugin instructs… Once under “Settings > Tabify Edit Screen”, you have to 1) scroll all the way down (which can take a minute if you have a custom field packed theme) 2) hit “create new tab” 3) click on “choose title” to rename the tab (i.e: “SEO”) 4) scroll up and down to pick the custom field of your choice (i.e: “SEO” field) and then position it where your newly created tab is; 5) repeat all the above for each post type on your website (in my case: posts, pages, media, blocks, post types, *each* custom post type, taxonomies, templates, grid builder, field groups). Though the setup was a bit confusing and time consuming, I do believe I’ll have great use of this plugin, as I can make the UI of the edit pages more intuitive and fitting for how I want to navigate a WordPress website. My security plugins are sending me repeat warnings about this plugin as it has not been updated in 4 years which is indeed concerning from a code security point of view. As soon as the plugin gets a fresh update, I’ll give it a 5-star rating as it is what it deserves. EDIT: I see that the plugin is intentionally designed to maintain backward-compatibility with older versions of WordPress, so I guess this is why it has not been patched up to this day. I’m fine with that, so raising my review to 5-star. This topic was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by nadinenb.

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3. ★★★★★ bdombro

   8.5y ago

   This plugin is hot sauce. For websites with lots of custom fields and metaboxes, this is a game-changer for UX.

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4. ★★★★★ Rogier Lankhorst

   9.9y ago

   If you have really a lot of custom meta boxes in your post type, this plugin is perfect to organise it. Looks great, and easily integrated.

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5. ★★★★★ John Garvin

   10.3y ago

   Really excellent plugin. Would be even more amazing if it had the ability to export/import settings. Currently it seems to require duplicating efforts for each site. Unless I’m missing something. Otherwise it fills a much needed role.

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6. ★★★★★ John Garvin

   10.3y ago

   Really excellent plugin. Would be even more amazing if it had the ability to export/import settings. Currently it seems to require duplicating efforts for each site. Unless I’m missing something. Otherwise it fills a much needed role.

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7. ★★★★★ Glenn

   10.5y ago

   on my first try at this one i didn’t notice the ADD NEW TAB at the very bottom of the page (poor placement for new people) and didn’t give this plugin much more thought. on my second try just now i noticecd the NEW TAB button and realized how this thing works. for those who spend a lot of time in WordPress, especially with a theme that has really long Page Editor functions, this plugin is a Godsend. get all those page boxes that are way way down at the bottom of the editor moved to a new tab right there at the top. FANTASTIC. good job, author.

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8. ★★★★★ argosmedia

   10.5y ago

   This ia a great plugin, it does the job perfectly and improves WP admin usability much. Thank you!

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Translated into 133 languages, 1 at 90% or more

Plus 109 more locales with partial translations.

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Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-05-10 600+ → 500+ down after 36 days in tier
2. 2026-04-04 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2026-04-03 600+ → 500+ down after 24 days in tier
4. 2026-03-10 500+ → 600+ up after 23 days in tier
5. 2026-02-15 600+ → 500+ down after 191 days in tier
6. 2025-08-08 500+ → 600+ up after 73 days in tier
7. 2025-05-27 600+ → 500+ down after 15 days in tier
8. 2025-05-12 700+ → 600+ down after 6 days in tier

Competes with

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Tabify Edit Screen: 500+ active installs, 4.9★ (22 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-02. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/tabify-edit-screen