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Zen Custom Fields

Easy to implement and use custom fields for WordPress templates.

By Grzegorz Sarzy?ski·Post Meta·Free
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·10 active installs·Updated 6 years ago
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As of April 2026, Zen Custom Fields is a WordPress post meta plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 1.9K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 6 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Pure Metafields.

0/5Rating
10active installs
1.9K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015

Overview

The plugin converts regular HTML tables, embedded in your page, into arrays of values that you can use in your templates to output the data.
Custom fields can hold text and any HTML code (except for tables). Array of values can be simple index based or more complex key value pairs.
You can embed many tables with values on your page with various data.

Usage

  1. Place the table with values you want to use on your page between ‘[zen-fields] … [/zen-fields]’ short-tags
  2. In your template use ‘zen_field()’ function to output values from above table

If your would like to use multiple tables with values you should name ech table and use table name as the last parameter of zen_field() function

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Iteration over values in tables

It is possible to iterate over values…

Read full description on WordPress.org

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Ratings & Reviews

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Compatibility

WordPress3.1+ requiredTested up to 5.2.24
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.16

  • Fix issues with <br> tags in new version of WordPress
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Grzegorz Sarzy?skiGrzegorz Sarzy?ski
Plugin Info
Version
1.16
Last Updated
May 9, 2019
WP Requires
3.1+
Tested Up To
5.2.24
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
10
Downloads
1.9K+
Added
Oct 21, 2015
Business
Free

Tags

post metacustom keyscustom fieldscustom valuescustom templates

Developer

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Grzegorz Sarzy?ski
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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