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Meta Field Block

Display a custom field as a block on the frontend. Supports custom fields for posts, terms, and users. Officially supports ACF, Meta Box.

By Phi Phan·Block·Free
5(56 reviews)
·10K+ active installs·Updated 1 month ago
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As of April 2026, Meta Field Block is a WordPress block plugin with 10K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 56 reviews. It has been downloaded 150K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.9+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2022. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are down 17% this week. Support resolution rate: 100%. Top alternative: Spectra Gutenberg Blocks – Website….

5/556 reviews
10K+active installs
100%resolved
4 yearssince 2022

Overview

This single-block plugin allows you to display a meta field or a custom field as a block on the front end. It supports custom fields for posts, terms, and users. It can be nested inside a parent block that has postId and postType context, such as Query Block, WooCommerce Product Collection, or used as a stand-alone block.

You can display any field whose value can be retrieved by the core API (get_post_meta, get_term_meta, get_user_meta) and is a string or can be converted to a string. To display the field value in the Block Editor, it has to be accessible via the REST API or have the field type set to dynamic.

You can also display custom fields created by the Advanced Custom Fields or Meta Box plugin explicitly. It supports all ACF field types and Meta Box field types whose values are st…

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Ratings & Reviews

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Recent Reviews

Perfect tool
by Cyrille Sanson·1 week ago·5 replies

Meta Field Block is the perfect tool to display customs fields.
Work perfectly in a loop, where shortcode are not effective.

Awesome plugin and support
by Oligraph·1 month ago·1 reply

Meta Field Block feels like the natural born sibling of ACF. It makes working with CPTs a breeze. And Phi’s support is extraterrestrial (stellar?).

Great Support, awesome product
by natebald·4 months ago·1 reply

This is an awesome plugin, but to be fair, the support is even better. I reached out with more questions on possible customizations or specific application of the product and the development team came back with spot on answers. I wish all WordPress projects were like this one!

Perfect to use with Gutenberg & ACF
by beatty67·6 months ago·1 reply

We love Meta Field Block. Client wanted to leave his Divi & Elementor website behind for something better and easier – and a WordPress theme w Gutenberg was the way to go. We amped it up some with custom post types (ACF) and with the newish Full Site Editing switch, we wanted to get started with the blocks and ACF with minimal hassle. Meta Field Blocks allowed us to set up page templates that use Gutenberg blocks / native WordPress features while also including custom field groups and custom post types, all together now. The free version of MFB is terrific. I wanted more features so happily paid for the Pro. Support from Phi is fantastic. My client loves his new site. Loves using the blocks, and loves that his site is organized via ACF and Meta Field Blocks.

1000% highly recommended. Just get the plugin already!

Essential for shortcodes in query loop in block theme
by demonboy·7 months ago·1 reply

I hit the infamous shortcode problem in my html block theme recently. I wasn’t aware there was an issue but doing some research I ended up on a Git forum and came across this plugin. I was already using an ACF plugin for my images but this plugin is more flexible and solved the shortcode issue for post ID as well.

I was attempting to build my site with minimal plugins, and even tried vibe coding a solution to post ID myself, but I would say Meta Field Blocks is essential if you’re trying to call complex dynamic content in your query loop. Excellent work and superb support to boot. Thank you!

Download Trends

Today: 83Yesterday: 80This week: 641Period total: 67K

Compatibility

WordPress6.9+ requiredTested up to 7.0
PHP7.4+ required

Version Adoption

v1.5
62.1%
v1.4
25.8%
v1.3
7.9%
Other
4.3%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.5.2

Release Date – 02 March 2026

  • Added – New “Enable Strict Mode” setting. When enabled, only custom fields exposed via the REST API can be displayed on the frontend
  • Security – Restricted access to private user custom fields and core settings fields to Administrators only. Private custom fields for posts and terms are validated against their respective capabilities.
  • Improved – Updated UI settings styling to better match the WordPress 7.0 design
  • Improved – (MFB Pro) Added a “Fill Available Width” option to the Repeater row layout, allowing items to either stretch to fill the full width or keep their natural size
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Phi PhanPhi PhanFreemiusFreemius
Plugin Info
Version
1.5.2
Last Updated
Mar 2, 2026
WP Requires
6.9+
Tested Up To
7.0
PHP Requires
7.4+
Active Installs
10K+
Downloads
150K+
Added
Feb 22, 2022
Business
Free

Tags

blockacf blockacf-fieldmeta fieldcustom field

Developer

P
Phi Phan
8 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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