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Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields icon

Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields

Display post and user custom fields data anywhere on the frontend using a shortcode, including advanced custom fields (ACF) fields.

By Jose Vega·Acf·Free
5(8 reviews)
·600 active installs·Updated 2 years ago
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As of April 2026, Display custom fields in the frontend is a WordPress acf plugin with 600 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 8 reviews. It has been downloaded 13K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Last updated 2 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®).

5/58 reviews
600active installs
13K+total downloads
9 yearssince 2017

Overview

UPDATE

Our plugin now includes a settings page where you must whitelist every field that you want our shortcode to display in the front end, for security reasons. Your existing shortcodes will not work until you whitelist those field keys.

The “sanitization” parameter has been removed. All the output is sanitized with wp_kses_post always.
The “wp_filter” parameter has been removed. Now we have more specific parameters like wpautop=”yes” to turn line breaks into paragraphs, and do_shortcodes=”yes” to parse shortcodes.

Display post and user custom fields data anywhere on the frontend using a shortcode, including advanced custom fields (ACF) fields.

  • Do you want to display information from a user profile on the frontend?

  • Do you want to displ…

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Ratings & Reviews

58 reviews
5 ★
8
4 ★
0
3 ★
0
2 ★
0
1 ★
0

Compatibility

WordPress4.1+ requiredTested up to 6.4.8
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.3.0 = 2023-01-10
– Added settings page to whitelist every field that you want our shortcode to display in the front end. Your existing shortcodes will not work until you whitelist those field keys.
– The “sanitization” parameter has been removed. All the output is sanitized with wp_kses_post always.
– The “wp_filter” parameter has been removed. Now we have more specific parameters like wpautop=”yes” to turn line breaks …

View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Jose VegaJose Vegavegacorpvegacorp
Plugin Info
Version
1.3.0
Last Updated
Jan 12, 2024
WP Requires
4.1+
Tested Up To
6.4.8
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
600
Downloads
13K+
Added
Jul 24, 2017
Business
Free

Tags

acfcustom pagescustom fieldswp page templateswordpress templates

Developer

J
Jose Vega
21 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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