10 Best Unique ID Field Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Unique ID Field has 3,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. 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 Unique ID Field
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Show IDs by DraftPress
Closest match4.8 (20) 10,000+ active installsThe Show IDs plugin displays the ID of all posts, categories, pages, taxonomies, users, tags, and more.
Shares the id tag on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, no update since May 6, 2025.
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Advanced Custom Fields: Nav Menu Field
5.0 (33) 8,000+ active installsAdd-On plugin for Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) that adds a 'Nav Menu' Field type.
Shares the acf tag on WordPress.org. About 2.7 times the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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ACF Theme Code
Paid version availableACF Theme Code for Advanced Custom Fields
5.0 (42) 10,000+ active installsAutomatically generate the code needed to implement Advanced Custom Fields in your themes.
Shares the acf tag on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, no update since November 28, 2023.
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Advanced Forms
Paid version availableAdvanced Forms for ACF
5.0 (41) 3,000+ active installsFlexible and developer-friendly forms using the power of Advanced Custom Fields
Shares the acf tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated May 11, 2026.
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5.0 (39) 3,000+ active installsAutomatic Two Way (Bidirectional) Relationships with ACF
Shares the acf tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since July 9, 2025.
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5.0 (20) 4,000+ active installsA wordpress plugin to automatically resize and improve upon wysiwyg and textarea fields in Advanced Custom Fields.
Shares the acf tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since January 28, 2022.
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Advanced Custom Fields: Image Aspect Ratio Crop Field
4.8 (26) 20,000+ active installsACF field that allows user to crop image to a specific aspect ratio or pixel size
Shares the acf tag on WordPress.org. About 6.7 times the installs, last updated October 5, 2025.
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4.5 (43) 30,000+ active installsEnable Columns, Filters, Quick Edit and Bulk Edit for ACF Fields in WordPress List Tables
Shares the acf tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since January 11, 2025.
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5.0 (20) 5,000+ active installsAdd navigation menu field type to Advanced Custom Fields
Shares the acf tag on WordPress.org. About 1.7 times the installs, no update since June 10, 2025.
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5.0 (61) 40,000+ active installsWhat this plugin does is to reveal most removed IDs on admin pages, as it was in versions prior to 2.5.
Shares the id tag on WordPress.org. About 13 times the installs, last updated 23 days ago.
Switching from Unique ID Field: common questions
What is the best alternative to Unique ID Field?
Show IDs by DraftPress is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which Unique ID Field alternative has the most users?
Reveal IDs, with 40,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Unique ID Field alternative is rated highest?
Reveal IDs, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 61 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Unique ID Field 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 Unique ID Field 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 Unique ID Field 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
Show IDs by DraftPress is the closest match to Unique ID Field by the data we track, and Reveal IDs has the widest reach with 40,000+ active installs. Reveal IDs shipped the most recent release, on August 15, 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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