Restores the Custom Field meta box for the Gutenberg Block Editor.
As of April 2026, Custom Fields for Gutenberg is a WordPress blocks plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 17 reviews. It has been downloaded 57K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.7+ and PHP 5.6.20+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Spectra Gutenberg Blocks – Website….
Restores the Custom Field meta box for the Gutenberg Block Editor.
Update: This plugin currently is not needed, as WordPress version 5.0+ displays Custom Fields natively. Just click the settings button (three dots) and go to Options, where you will find the option to display the Custom Fields meta box. So this plugin still works great, but it is recommended to use native WP custom fields instead. For more information, read this post.
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Just what I needed.
This plugin does one thing and does it well. This is how all plugins should be!
Does exactly as it says.
Thanks very much for making this, @specialk.
A beautiful solution …
Like many others I was frustrated when my custom fields disappeared after the WP 5 upgrade & implementation of block editing. I installed this plugin and it worked… but it is quirky and difficult to work with. (Only one custom field can be saved at a time and once saved, a field cannot be easily edited or deleted).
But it turns out that the custom field function can now be restored without a plugin as an advanced option setting. (With edit screen open, click the 3 dots in upper right, to the right of the gear icon; then click “options” on the drop down menu; then under the “Advanced Panels” section, check the “Custom Fields” box).
| WordPress | 4.7+ requiredTested up to 7.0 |
| PHP | 5.6.20+ required |
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2.4.5 (2026/01/28)
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