As of April 2026, Edit Custom Fields is a WordPress admin plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 16 reviews. It has been downloaded 24K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 3 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 27% this week. Top alternative: Loginizer.
4.8/516 reviews
2.0K+active installs
24K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
This plugin offers a simple interface to edit or delete any Custom Field names/keys you may have created in the post/page editor.
Deleting a Custom Field also deletes the associated content, so use with caution!
This is not meant to be a powerful plugin in the vein of Advanced Custom Fields.
Only users with role Editor and above have access to this plugin.
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Very useful
by KS·2 months ago
Taking over a site from another developer, there were a lot of old custom fields that were no longer in use after I rebuilt it, which made it hard to get an overview when adding new ones. This plugin worked very well – thanks!
Worked fine for me on a WordPress version 6.9 site.
Still works on WordPress 6.8.1
by cXD4931·10 months ago
Installed and run on a WordPress working on version 6.8.1 with Php version 8.2 without major issues. The plugin moved fast and did the job in seconds. Highly recommended!
Good and easy
by phoenix36·1 year ago
Very good and easy to use. Does what it should. Very nice, neatly under Tools menu!
Does the job wonderfully!
by Manou Allou·1 year ago
Although the plugin hasn’t been tested with the current WordPress release, it did the job for me. It cleaned up several unused CPT orphans and cleared them from my website’s database without causing any problems.
Hope the developer will test and update the plugin with the current version of WordPress so it feels a bit more secure to use.
only CLEARS fields but does not DELETE them, as the description make you believe
by volkerforster·2 years ago·3 replies
Not impressed. Description says “This plugin offers a simple interface to edit or delete any Custom Field names/keys you may have created in the post/page editor. Deleting a Custom Field also deletes the associated content, so use with caution!”
It only deleted the CONTENT from a custom field, but it definitely does NOT delete the field.
I have so much meta-garbage collected over the years, and there is obviously no way to clean this mess up.
Download Trends
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.5.1+ requiredTested up to 6.1.10 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v0.1
100.0%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
0.1.10
- Update text domain
Contributors
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