Smart Custom Fields is a simple plugin for managing custom fields.
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®).
Smart Custom Fields is a simple plugin for managing custom fields.
**The return value of each of the following methods is not sanitized. Please sanitize them if necessary. **
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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'…very simple and great
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.
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.
Really simple and useful plugin! Recommend to use for fast development
An excellent plugin for custom fields.
| WordPress | 6.4+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
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