77
Custom Field Template
Powerful field templates that require a coding degree to master.
HealthyGrowing
77/100
This tool offers deep customization for developers but lacks the documentation needed for beginners.
Active installs
~35,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 30k+
Rating
4.0★
24 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+117%
Growing fast
41 → 89 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +117% in the last year
41/day a year ago→89/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayCustom Field Template is a long-standing, actively maintained plugin valued by developers for its flexibility and reliability, but it carries a significant caveat: it requires PHP/coding knowledge to use effectively and offers little hand-holding through documentation or support.
What people like
- +Long track record of active maintenance and stability — users report it has never broken their sites across many years of use×3
- +Flexible and powerful for developers, enabling advanced use cases like dynamic dropdowns not found in similar plugins×3
- +Works well across multiple sites without issues×2
- +Supports shortcodes in widgets and sidebar display, useful for theme developers
Common complaints
- −Steep learning curve — multiple reviewers describe it as too complex or requiring coding/PHP knowledge to function properly×4
- −Poor or absent documentation makes it difficult for non-developers to get started×2
- −Plugin author does not respond to support threads, leaving bugs unresolved
- −Title value stopped displaying after updates, with the bug persisting unaddressed for over a year
- −Reported to break on updates, requiring use of an older version as a workaround×2
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.00★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.00★
- 13%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 100% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-07-142025-07-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 24 total
Latest reviews · 24 analyzed
- 2024-07-01★★★★★Actively maintainededwinbradford
- 2022-02-23★★★★★Useful since many yearsaschlemmer
- 2019-10-16★★★★★The bestbeloepero
- 2018-08-06★★★★★Latest Update has serious issueRavi
- 2018-03-04★★★★★Very hard to usededwardyves2
- 2017-03-23★★★★★Need a degree to use itwebtexweb
- 2016-12-17★★★★★v2.3.7 Breaks Visual Mode and gives tinymce JS errorsRob – 5StarPlugins / PressWizards
- 2015-09-04★★★★★The bestMarianapoe
- 2015-04-16★★★★★Works perfectlybhenselmann
- 2014-10-24★★★★★Great useful pluginRob Hope
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
86
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
125
Prior 7-day baseline
80
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
172
Mean release-day peak (30d)
86
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-31.2%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
100%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
4.80
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
67%
5★ share in analyzed sample
13%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
—
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.00 → 4.00★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered