Grade A

JSM Show Post Metadata

Name: JSM Show Post Metadata
Rating: 5.0 (12 reviews)
Author: JS Morisset

⤓ Download v4.9.0 on WordPress.org ↗

by JS Morissetupdated 2026-05-23✨The Quiet Achiever

The tiny magnifying glass for your hidden post metadata.

Healthy

81/100

This lightweight tool provides a simple way to inspect metadata without database access.

Loved28/40

Trustworthy13/15

Fair & Honest15/15

Maintained18/18

Momentum7/12

✂️

You might not need this plugin. Its core job is small enough to live in your theme's functions.php.

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add_action( 'add_meta_boxes', function () {
    if ( ! current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ) {
        return;
    }
    $post_types = get_post_types( [ 'public' => true ] );
    foreach ( $post_types as $post_type ) {
        add_meta_box(
            'post-metadata-inspector',
            'Post Metadata',
            function ( WP_Post $post ) {
                $meta = get_post_meta( $post->ID );
                if ( empty( $meta ) ) {
                    echo '<p>No metadata found.</p>';
                    return;
                }
                echo '<table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse">';
                echo '<tr><th style="text-align:left;padding:4px 8px">Key</th><th style="text-align:left;padding:4px 8px">Value</th></tr>';
                foreach ( $meta as $key => $values ) {
                    $value = implode( ', ', array_map( function ( $v ) {
                        return esc_html( print_r( maybe_unserialize( $v ), true ) );
                    }, $values ) );
                    echo '<tr><td style="padding:4px 8px;vertical-align:top"><code>' . esc_html( $key ) . '</code></td><td style="padding:4px 8px">' . $value . '</td></tr>';
                }
                echo '</table>';
            },
            $post_type,
            'normal',
            'low'
        );
    }
} );

Keep in mind:The plugin also offers delete-meta buttons and developer filters for excluding keys; this snippet is read-only and has no filtering hooks.

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Active installs

~15,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+

Rating

5.0★

12 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

+4%

Holding steady

57 → 60 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

Holding steady · +4% in the last year

57/day a year ago→60/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

JSM Show Post Metadata is widely praised as an easy-to-use, lightweight tool that lets users view hidden post meta without database access, especially useful for debugging.

What people like

+Easy to use for post meta analysis
+Allows viewing hidden metadata without opening the database×2
+Suitable for non-technical users to see metadata safely
+Lightweight and useful for debugging hidden post meta tags×2
+Helps identify metadata added by themes and other plugins

Common complaints

Review trustMostly organic

5.00★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 5.00★
0%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
past spikeReview timing — up to 40% of all reviews landed in a single month
100%5★ concentration — near-perfect across only 12 reviews — not yet a proven track record

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2024-02-152025-04-102026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 12 total

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Latest reviews · 12 analyzed

2026-01-15★★★★★Thanks a lot for this great plugin!Roice
2026-01-06★★★★★Very handy when I work on post types Mustafiz Munna
2025-03-27★★★★★Awesome trofimartya1
2024-04-28★★★★★Works as expected yasindedo1
2024-01-25★★★★★Helpful and dependable Alvaro Gois dos Santos
2023-03-06★★★★★That's plugin help me a lot ashimkumar
2022-03-07★★★★★Super helpful tool!3 Sons Development
2020-12-17★★★★★Very useful plugin toto
2019-02-22★★★★★Fantastic Harry
2018-04-25★★★★★Well crafted tool Kirr

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-05-23v4.9.0

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

Prior 7-day baseline

135

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

486

Mean release-day peak (30d)

197

Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)

-1.7%

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.

40%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

2.67

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

100%

5★ share in analyzed sample

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

5.00 → 5.00★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered