Is Custom Meta Widget free?

Yes, Custom Meta Widget is free to use. It is available as a free plugin on WordPress.org.

How many websites use Custom Meta Widget?

Custom Meta Widget has 8.0K+ active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best Custom Meta Widget alternatives?

Popular alternatives to Custom Meta Widget include Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses…, If Menu – Visibility control for Menus, Dynamic Visibility for Elementor. You can compare them side-by-side on our comparison pages.

Does Custom Meta Widget work with the latest WordPress?

Custom Meta Widget has been tested up to WordPress 4.9.29. It requires WordPress 2.8+ and PHP false+.

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Custom Meta Widget

Name: Custom Meta Widget
Rating: 5 (23 reviews)
Author: Luke Mlsna

Clone of the standard Meta widget plus options to hide log in/out, admin, feed and WordPress.org/custom links.

By Luke Mlsna·Hide·Free

5(23 reviews)

·8.0K+ active installs·Updated 8 years ago

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As of April 2026, Custom Meta Widget is a WordPress hide plugin with 8.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 23 reviews. It has been downloaded 218K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.8+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 32% this week. Top alternative: Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses….

5/523 reviews

8.0K+active installs

218K+total downloads

15 yearssince 2011

Overview

This plugin acts in exactly the same way as the standard Meta widget except that it adds options which allow you control which of the 5 standard Meta widget links should be displayed, with the additional option to add your own custom link.

The standard Meta widget that comes with WordPress offers no customization and requires you to show all 5 of the standard links (register, login, entries RSS, comments RSS, and WordPress.org, as well as any links added by themes or other plugins).

Translation Help

If you would like to help make this plugin available in your native language, please send your .po file to [email protected], and I will include it in the next version. The all the language files are in the lang subdirectory of the plugin.