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Meta Collections

Use Wordpress as a Collection Manager. Customize Wordpress' post edit screen by creating your own metadata schema's.

By bastiaaaan·Post Type·Free
1(1 reviews)
·10 active installs·Updated 12 years ago
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As of April 2026, Meta Collections is a WordPress post type plugin with 10 active installations and a 1/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.2K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 12 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Custom Post Type UI.

1/51 reviews
10active installs
3.2K+total downloads
14 yearssince 2012

Overview

Meta Collections

Meta Collections is developed to turn WordPress into a Collection manager.
Beside ‘Posts’ and ‘Pages’ you can add your own custom post types (a Collection e.g. ‘Films’, ‘Recipes’ or ‘Products’).
For that particular post type you can add you own Metadata schema (custom fields: For ‘Products’ a price, image and manufacturer field).
For example, if you want a Dublin Core metadata schema you can. That schema can be a mixture of system and custom fields or a completely customized metadataschema.
You can intuitively compose the user interface for the post type in a preview screen by dragging and dropping metafields in the right places using neat metaboxes.
Fields can be validated and can consist of multiple…

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Ratings & Reviews

11 reviews
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Compatibility

WordPress3.0+ requiredTested up to 3.7.41
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.0

  • This is the first release.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

bastiaaaanbastiaaaan
Plugin Info
Version
2.0.3
Last Updated
Jan 14, 2014
WP Requires
3.0+
Tested Up To
3.7.41
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
10
Downloads
3.2K+
Added
Sep 4, 2012
Business
Free

Tags

post typecollectioncustom taxonomycustom post typecollection management

Developer

B
bastiaaaan
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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