10 Best Extended Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Extended sits at #4 in the WordPress.org Custom Field Plugins ranking. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Extended
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Advanced Custom Fields
Closest matchAdvanced Custom Fields (ACF®)
4.5 (1,438) 2 million+ active installsACF helps customize WordPress with powerful, professional and intuitive fields. Proudly powering over 2 million sites, WordPress developers love ACF.
#1 in the WordPress.org Custom Field Plugins ranking. About 20 times the installs, rated 4.5 against 4.8, last updated 10 days ago.
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4.0 (24) 30,000+ active installsThe Custom Field Template plugin extends the functionality of custom fields.
#9 in the WordPress.org Custom Field Plugins ranking. About a third of the installs, last updated 27 days ago.
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4.8 (64) 90,000+ active installsSecure Custom Fields boosts content management with custom fields and options. It deactivates Advanced Custom Fields to prevent duplicate code errors.
#3 in the WordPress.org Custom Field Plugins ranking. A similar number of installs, last updated 17 days ago.
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Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields
4.8 (418) 100,000+ active installsPods is a framework for creating, managing, and deploying customized content types and fields for any project.
#2 in the WordPress.org Custom Field Plugins ranking. A similar number of installs, last updated 7 days ago.
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Custom Post Types and Custom Fields creator – WCK
4.7 (97) 10,000+ active installsA must have tool for creating custom fields, custom post types and taxonomies, fast and without any programming knowledge.
#8 in the WordPress.org Custom Field Plugins ranking. 10,000+ installs against 100,000+, rated 4.7 against 4.8, last updated July 15, 2026.
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PPOM – Product Addons & Custom Fields for WooCommerce
4.5 (282) 20,000+ active installsEasily add a range of custom fields to WooCommerce products, from text boxes to date selectors, allowing customers to personalize their orders.
#10 in the WordPress.org Custom Field Plugins ranking. About a quarter of the installs, rated 4.5 against 4.8, last updated 18 days ago.
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4.9 (20) 50,000+ active installsSmart Custom Fields is a simple plugin for managing custom fields.
#5 in the WordPress.org Custom Field Plugins ranking. About half the installs, last updated July 16, 2026.
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Checkout Field Editor for WooCommerce
Paid version availableCheckout Field Editor (Checkout Manager) for WooCommerce
4.9 (1,056) 400,000+ active installsCheckout Field Editor (Checkout Manager) for WooCommerce – The best WooCommerce checkout manager plugin to manage WooCommerce checkout fields.
#7 in the WordPress.org Custom Field Plugins ranking. About 4 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.8, last updated 6 days ago.
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Flexible Checkout Fields
Paid version availableFlexible Checkout Fields for WooCommerce – WooCommerce Checkout Manager
4.7 (295) 80,000+ active installsThe best WooCommerce checkout manager. Edit, remove or add checkout fields. Customize WooCommerce checkout with this checkout field customizer.
#6 in the WordPress.org Custom Field Plugins ranking. A similar number of installs, rated 4.7 against 4.8, last updated 19 days ago.
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Lazy Blocks
Paid version availableCustom Block Builder – Lazy Blocks
4.9 (80) 20,000+ active installsEasily create custom blocks and custom meta fields for Gutenberg without hard coding.
Shares the fields, meta tags on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.8, last updated 7 days ago.
Extended against each of them
Head to head on installs, ratings, reviews and updates. Each measure names its own leader; there is no overall winner.
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Extended vs Advanced Custom Fields100,000+ vs 2 million+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.5
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Extended vs Custom Field Template100,000+ vs 30,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.0
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Extended vs Secure Custom Fields100,000+ vs 90,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.8
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Extended vs Pods100,000+ vs 100,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.8
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Extended vs WCK100,000+ vs 10,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.7
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Extended vs PPOM100,000+ vs 20,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.5
Switching from Extended: common questions
What is the best alternative to Extended?
Advanced Custom Fields is the closest match: it shares the Custom Field Plugins top 10 with Extended and has 2 million+ active installs with a 4.5 out of 5 rating.
Which Extended alternative has the most users?
Advanced Custom Fields, with 2 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Extended alternative is rated highest?
Checkout Field Editor for WooCommerce, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 1,056 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Extended alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Extended score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Extended on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Advanced Custom Fields is the closest match to Extended by the data we track, and Advanced Custom Fields has the widest reach with 2 million+ active installs. Checkout Field Editor for WooCommerce shipped the most recent release, on September 1, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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