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Smart Custom Fields

Smart Custom Fields is a simple plugin for managing custom fields.

By Takashi Kitajima·Meta·Free
4.9(20 reviews)
·50K+ active installs·Updated 2 weeks ago
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As of April 2026, Smart Custom Fields is a WordPress meta plugin with 50K+ active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 20 reviews. It has been downloaded 346K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.4+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®).

4.9/520 reviews
50K+active installs
346K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014

Overview

Smart Custom Fields is a simple plugin for managing custom fields.

Features

  • Field group loop support.
  • Meta data revision support.
  • Meta data preview support.

Field Types

  • Text
  • Textarea
  • Radio
  • Select
  • Checkbox
  • WYSIWYG editor
  • Image
  • File
  • Related Posts
  • Related Terms
  • Color picker
  • Date picker
  • Datetime picker
  • Boolean
  • Message

How to get meta data ?

**The return value of each of the following methods is not sanitized. Please sanitize them if necessary. **

https://developer.wordpress.org/apis/security/escaping/

Post meta data

This method can get any meta data.

SCF::get( 'field-name' )

This method can get meta data of any group.

SCF::get( 'group-name' )

This method can get all meta data.

SCF::gets()

User meta data

This method can get any user meta data.

SCF::get_user_meta( $user_id, 'field-name'…
Read full description on WordPress.org

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Ratings & Reviews

4.920 reviews
5 ★
19
4 ★
0
3 ★
1
2 ★
0
1 ★
0

Recent Reviews

very simple and great
by tommynguyen0710·6 months ago

very simple and great

Great simple product but needs update
by jkaki·1 year ago

This is a great, simple product, but it hasn’t been updated for four months. At this time it has a critical vulnerability and needs to be updated.

image
by xforeal·3 years ago

How can we display image field, like ACF:
<?php $image = get_field(‘hero_image’); ?>
” alt=”<?php echo $image[‘alt’]; ?>” />

SCF: <?php echo SCF::get(‘img’)[0]; ?> isn’t work.

Helpful
by Zhandos Ulan·7 years ago

Really simple and useful plugin! Recommend to use for fast development

Very nice plugin!
by Robssanches·7 years ago

An excellent plugin for custom fields.

Download Trends

Today: 238Yesterday: 313This week: 2KPeriod total: 91K

Compatibility

WordPress6.4+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5
PHP7.4+ required

Version Adoption

v5.0
51.6%
v4.2
27.9%
v4.1
14.3%
Other
6.1%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

5.0.7

  • Vulnerability fixes
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

fuyuan9fuyuan9yousanyousanTakashi KitajimaTakashi KitajimaToshihiro KanaiToshihiro KanaisysbirdsysbirdhanamurahanamuraToshimichi MimotoToshimichi MimotoHidekazu IshikawaHidekazu Ishikawa+10 more
Plugin Info
Version
5.0.7
Last Updated
Mar 18, 2026
WP Requires
6.4+
Tested Up To
6.8.5
PHP Requires
7.4+
Active Installs
50K+
Downloads
346K+
Added
Oct 9, 2014
Business
Free

Tags

metafieldcustommeta fieldcustom field

Developer

T
Takashi Kitajima
13 plugins0.3M+ total installs
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