Show WordPress native meta box for custom fields when Advanced Custom Fields plugin is active
As of April 2026, Native Custom Fields Meta Box and ACF is a WordPress acf plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 1.2K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP 5.2.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Last updated 7 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®).
Since version 5.6 Advanced Custom Fields plugin hides WordPress native interface to display custom fields on the posts
edit screen.
If you are plugin developer, advanced WordPress user or you feel much better when you have custom fields at
a glance, you probably would like to discard this change.
When you activate this tiny plugin, you will see the native custom fields interface again.
| WordPress | 4.6+ requiredTested up to 4.9.29 |
| PHP | 5.2.4+ required |
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