Is NextGEN Custom Fields free?

Yes, NextGEN Custom Fields is free to use. It is available as a free plugin on WordPress.org.

How many websites use NextGEN Custom Fields?

NextGEN Custom Fields has 1.0K+ active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best NextGEN Custom Fields alternatives?

Popular alternatives to NextGEN Custom Fields include White Label CMS, Simple Custom CSS Plugin, ACF Photo Gallery Field. You can compare them side-by-side on our comparison pages.

Does NextGEN Custom Fields work with the latest WordPress?

NextGEN Custom Fields has been tested up to WordPress 6.4.8. It requires WordPress 2.7.1+ and PHP false+.

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NextGEN Custom Fields

Name: NextGEN Custom Fields
Rating: 5 (8 reviews)
Author: shauno

Creates the ability to quickly and easily add custom fields to NextGEN Galleries and Images.

By shauno·Custom·Free

5(8 reviews)

·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 2 years ago

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As of April 2026, NextGEN Custom Fields is a WordPress custom plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 8 reviews. It has been downloaded 98K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.7.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Last updated 2 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 29% this week. Top alternative: White Label CMS.

5/58 reviews

1.0K+active installs

98K+total downloads

17 yearssince 2009

Overview

This plugin was developed to add custom fields to the excellent and popular NextGEN Gallery plugin. Simply enter the name of your new field(s), select between “input”, “textarea” or “dropdown”, and the field(s) will be automatically added to the “Manage Gallery” screens in the NGG dashboard.

Please note, you do need to add a small tag to the NGG templates to get your custom fields showing in your theme, so please do read the FAQ.

Quick note on NextGEN Gallery version >= 3.5.0

This plugin has been working untouched for about 10 years as of the beginning of 2024. But an update to NextGEN Gallery >= 3.50 broke some functionality. Thankfully it was a small
fix to add support, so I have pushed version 1.2.5 with that support.

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Ratings & Reviews

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Recent Reviews

very usefull

by Adam Pery·10 years ago

thank you!

Perfect!

by Apollo139·11 years ago

Plugin works beautifully

by hoangker·11 years ago

works great! thank you very much guys.

Simple, no drama

by muttznutz·11 years ago

I’ve used this to include fields for images and galleries (in the latter case, specific links), which can be presented differently. No dramas.

Expands the use of NextGen

by Jack·12 years ago

For a client I needed a way to add more information to an image and display this information in the sidebar. This way I could avoid more complex templates and keep it simple for the client to use. This plugin lets you easily add custom fields to the images. I had some trouble getting the right info loaded with the imagebrowser, but that was caused by activating the Ajax pagination inside NextGen. Couldn’t have found that error without the great support of developer Shaun.