The Advanced Custom Field Widget is an extension of the Custom Field Widget by Scott Wallick, and displays values of custom field keys.
As of April 2026, Advanced Custom Field Widget is a WordPress field plugin with 100 active installations and a 4.3/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 26K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Smart Custom Fields.
The Advanced Custom Field Widget is an extension of the Custom Field Widget by Scott Wallick, and displays values of custom field keys, allowing post- and page-specific meta sidebar content.
For detailed information about this plugin and how it works, check out it’s wiki page at Athena’s Wiki.
For more information about Scott’s orginal Custom Field Widget, check out plaintxt.org.
Advanced Custom Field Widget, a plugin for WordPress, (C) 2008-10 by Christina Louise Warne (based on Custom Field Widget, a plugin for WordPress, (C) 2008 by Scott Allan Wallick, licensed under the GNU General Public License), is licensed under the GNU General Public License.
Advanced Custom Field Widget is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the G…
| WordPress | 2.5+ requiredTested up to 4.1.42 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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