Meta Field Block – Display Custom Fields for ACF, Meta Box and More

80 Quality Score

Active Installs

18/30

At roughly 10,000 active installs and a moderate score of 60 out of 30, this is a niche plugin with a focused but limited audience compared to block suites that pass one million installs.

Update Freshness

25/25

Maintenance scores a full 100 out of 25, reflecting very recent updates and tested compatibility with the upcoming WordPress 7.0 release.

User Rating

15/15

A perfect 100 from 56 ratings is impressive, though the sample size is small enough to warrant some caution before treating it as universal consensus.

Support Health

8/15

Support health sits at 50 out of 15 because there are zero public support threads and zero resolved cases, which makes it impossible to gauge how the author responds when issues come up.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Compatibility earns 100 out of 15 by supporting PHP 7.4, WordPress 6.9 and the future 7.0, and integrating cleanly with the major custom field ecosystems like ACF and MetaBox.

Scores higher than 81% of indexed plugins

About

A single block to display custom fields in the Block Editor. It supports ACF, MetaBox, WooCommerce, meta, rest field, shortcode and more.

Active Installs 10k+

Rating ★★★★★ 5/5

Last Updated 2026-09-07 3:30am GMT

Requires WordPress 6.9+

Tested Up To 7.1

Requires PHP 8.0+

Security History

4 known vulnerabilities, all patched

4 Medium

Most recent: May 27, 2026

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What It Does

Meta Field Block is a single Gutenberg block that surfaces custom field data from ACF, MetaBox, WooCommerce, native meta, REST fields, and shortcodes directly in the Block Editor. You drop the block in, point it at a field, and the value renders without writing PHP or touching template files. It also handles nested data and formatted outputs like dates, images, and repeater fields.

Who It's For

This is built for site owners and developers who work heavily with custom fields in WordPress, particularly those running ACF or WooCommerce, and want to display that data inside block-based themes without custom code. It fits well for real estate listings, product catalogs, directories, and any site where structured custom data needs to appear in posts or pages.

Who Should Skip It

If your site does not use custom fields or you are happy rendering data through your theme's existing template files, this plugin adds little value. Developers comfortable writing small PHP snippets in functions.php or using block.json patterns will not gain much from a dedicated block wrapper.

The Bottom Line

Meta Field Block is a focused, well-maintained utility that does one job well and does not try to be a kitchen-sink block suite. Its overall quality score of 80.41 out of 100 reflects strong maintenance and perfect ratings offset by a small user base and a complete absence of public support activity. For sites that lean heavily on custom fields and want to stay inside the Block Editor, it is a low-friction choice worth testing, though anyone needing broad design block coverage should look at Spectra instead.

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