Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields
Pods is a framework for creating, managing, and deploying customized content types and fields for any project.
4.8(416 reviews)
·100K+ active installs·Updated 2 weeks agoAs of April 2026, Pods is a WordPress pods plugin with 100K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 416 reviews. It has been downloaded 5.1M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.3+ and PHP 7.2+. Available on WordPress.org since 2008. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are down 50% this week. Support resolution rate: 95%. Top alternative: Pods Beaver Themer Add-On.
4.8/5416 reviews
100K+active installs
95%resolved
18 yearssince 2008
Overview
Manage all your custom content needs in one location with the Pods Framework.
- Create content types including Custom Post Types, Custom Taxonomies, and our special Advanced Content Types (ACTs get their own custom tables)
- Extend and customize content types including Posts, Pages, Categories, Tags, Users, and Media with one easy click
- Create custom settings pages easily within seconds
- Add custom fields to any content type
- Conditionally show fields based on the value of other fields with Conditional Logic
- Group your fields however you’d like into their own sections and add additional headings to help organize
- Show your fields anywhere using our blocks, shortcodes, widgets, or the non-coder Pods Template approach along with our automatic theme integration
- Create connections between any…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
So powerful I’ll barely scratch the surface
by James Monroe·3 weeks ago·1 reply
Thank you for this amazing plugin and for making it so robust. Prefer to support a totally open-source community project like this when possible rather than commercial projects. Thanks also for adding block features and now block bindings!
All in one solution
by haas_ib·3 months ago
Great! All in one free solution for custom post type, fields, taxonomies
Great lightweight custom fields solution
by digitronic·9 months ago
Absolutely love PODS! I used it on quite a few sites, and the framework is as robust as it is ligthweight! Highly recommend id!
love it!
by pcarvalho·11 months ago
really powerful tool! i love it!
Great plugin to extend WP easily!
by ldwd·11 months ago
Wow, I am impressed by this plugin! So easy to add custom post types with taxonomies, extend existing post types, and even add options pages. Very well done, you have one more happy user 🙂 Thank you!
Download Trends
Today: 778Yesterday: 1KThis week: 7KPeriod total: 494K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 6.3+ requiredTested up to 7.0 |
| PHP | 7.2+ required |
Version Adoption
v3.3
66.3%
v3.2
14.1%
Other
12.3%
v2.7
7.3%
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Changelog
3.3.8 – March 19th, 2026
- Feature: Reuse the same UI that Repeatable Fields use for the Relationship fields using “List View” list items. The UI is now consistent and Pods 3.4 will include the same UI treatment for the File fields. (@sc0ttkclark)
- Fixed: Resolve issue with reordering repeatable fields and prevent rendering incorrectly when typing in the field which causes focus to be lost. #7498 #7499 (@pdclark, @sc0ttkclark)
- Fixed: Resolve problems with reordering Relationship fields using “List View” list items. (@sc0ttkclark)
- Fixed: Resolve issue with Migrate PHP component not placing magic tags on the correct separate new line of the file header. (@sc0ttkclark)
- Fixed: Prevent conflicts with ACF/SCF when ACF compatibility functions are enabled.
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