Show term metadata in a metabox when editing terms - a great tool for debugging issues with term metadata.
As of April 2026, JSM Show Term Metadata is a WordPress tags plugin with 800 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 31K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.0+ and PHP 7.4.33+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Top alternative: Media Library Assistant.
The JSM Show Term Metadata plugin displays term (ie. categories, tags, and custom taxonomies) meta keys and unserialized values in a metabox at the bottom of the term editing page.
There are no plugin settings – simply install and activate the plugin.
Yoast SEO stores its term (ie. categories, tags, and custom taxonomies) metadata in the WordPress options table, not the term meta table.
The JSM Show Term Metadata plugin can read and display Yoast SEO’s term metadata, but it cannot be deleted (as it does not reside in the WordPress term meta table).
Filter the term meta shown in the metabox:
'jsmstm_metabox_table_metadata' ( array $metadata, $term_obj )
Array of regular expressions to exclude meta keys:
'jsmstm_metabox…| WordPress | 6.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.4.33+ required |
Version components: {major}.{minor}.{bugfix}[-{stage}.{level}]
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