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Meta Field Block – Display custom fields in the Block Editor without coding

Name: Meta Field Block – Display custom fields in the Block Editor without coding
Rating: 5.0 (56 reviews)
Author: Phi Phan

⤓ Download v1.5.3 on WordPress.org ↗

by Phi Phanupdated 2026-04-28💎The Hidden Gem

Finally making custom fields feel like native Gutenberg blocks.

HealthyGrowing

91/100

This tool displays custom fields in the block editor without requiring code.

Loved33/40

Trustworthy14/15

Fair & Honest15/15

Maintained18/18

Momentum11/12

Active installs

~15,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+

→ on track for 20k+in ~1 year

Rating

5.0★

56 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

+24%

Growing

94 → 117 installs/day

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Growing · +24% in the last year

94/day a year ago→117/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

Meta Field Block is widely praised for its ease of displaying custom fields in Gutenberg without coding and for its responsive support, though users note the lack of a built-in templating system for multiple fields.

What people like

+Responsive and helpful support×4
+Allows displaying custom fields on the front end without coding×3
+Works well with Gutenberg/FSE and custom post types×3
+Flexible integration with various field sources (ACF, PODS) and solves shortcode issues×2
+Free version provides core functionality×2

Common complaints

−No built-in templating solution for inserting multiple custom fields within a block

Review trustReviews look organic

5.00★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 5.00★
4%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 56 total

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Latest reviews · 56 analyzed

2026-03-26★★★★★Perfect tool Cyrille Sanson
2026-02-10★★★★★Awesome plugin and support Oligraph
2025-11-19★★★★★Great Support, awesome product natebald
2025-09-17★★★★★Perfect to use with Gutenberg & ACF beatty67
2025-09-06★★★★★Essential for shortcodes in query loop in block theme demonboy
2025-06-26★★★★★Great Plugin, Awesome Support!kuweb11-shot
2025-05-18★★★★★SCF/ACF Pro + MFB + Gutenberg for CPT templates = Gold jhnpldng
2025-04-22★★★★★This plugin is a one man army for dynamic content showing Hozefa Saleh
2025-03-11★★★★★Life saver for FSE sites and ACF users Béryl de La Grandière
2025-03-03★★★★★Superb plugin Grololo061-shot

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-04-28v1.5.3
2026-03-02v1.5.2
2026-01-15v1.5.0
2025-11-18v1.4.6
2025-09-10v1.4.5
2025-07-25v1.4.3
2025-05-12v1.4.2
2025-04-14v1.4.0

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For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download 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.

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

113

Prior 7-day baseline

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

329

Mean release-day peak (30d)

Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)

-12.4%

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.

10%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

1.01

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

100%

5★ share in analyzed sample

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

-50%

Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

5.00 → 5.00★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered