Custom Content Types and Meta Fields built with WordPress native components. Modern, clean, and performance-focused.
As of April 2026, Native Custom Fields is a WordPress meta box plugin with 0 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 187 times in total. Requires WordPress 6.0+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2026. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Top alternative: Ocean Extra.
Native Custom Fields is a modern WordPress plugin for creating custom content types, meta fields, and options pages using WordPress’ own native component system.
Instead of shipping a proprietary UI framework or custom database structure, Native Custom Fields leverages WordPress core technologies such as:
This ensures a seamless, future-proof experience that evolves together with WordPress core.
Most custom field plugins introduce their own UI systems, internal data storage layers, or hidden configuration post types.
Native Custom Fields follows a different philosophy:
• Uses WordPress native UI components
• Stores configuration in wp_options
• Stores data in postmeta…
| WordPress | 6.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
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