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Secure Custom Fields — WordPress Custom Field Plugin

by WordPress.org · WordPress.org page · Website

v6.9.7 Tested up to WP 7.1.3 PHP 7.4+

Secure Custom Fields has 100,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 850,792 downloads all time. It was downloaded 85,121 times in the last 30 days. The last update was on October 21, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.

Secure Custom Fields at a glance

Active installs
100,000+
was 90,000+ 30 days ago
Total downloads
850,792
Downloads, last 30 days
85,121
30-day growth
–
downloads vs the previous 30 days

Is Secure Custom Fields well maintained?

Support threads resolved
0 of 3
recent threads on the WordPress.org support forum
WordPress compatibility
Current
tested up to WordPress 7.1.3, the current release is 7.1.3
Languages
11
translated 90%+ on translate.wordpress.org, 208 locales in progress
One-star reviews
6%
4 of 69 reviews on WordPress.org

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Clear and easy-to-use setup
  • Robust functions for content management
  • Over 30 Field Types

Secure Custom Fields reviews and ratings

69 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
4.8 out of 5

69 reviews

5★
65
4★
0
3★
0
2★
0
1★
4

  • Great Plugin

    Keep up the good work!

    georg.r

  • Thanks to share this as free

    Many thanks

    Joel Gaujard

  • Powerfull plugin in wordpress

    Thanks to builder and wordpress.

    aruneteam

  • Excellent and reliable custom fields plugin

    I’ve been using Secure Custom Fields and I’m very happy with it. The plugin is clean, easy to work with and provides exactly the functionality I need for custom fields without unnecessary complexity. It integrates well into my WordPress workflow and feels lightweight and reliable. For developers and agencies building custom WordPress websites, it is a very useful solution. Thank you to the team for maintaining and improving the plugin. Highly recommended!

    wnos

  • Thank you

    ACF was such a core part of extending Wordpress in a way that was accessible (ie. being able to use a GUI). We could have written the code, but ACF meant that any level of developer on our web dev team could jump on and start creating custom post fields. We transitioned off ACF to SCF almost immediately after our ACF licences expired. It's nice to have a more accessible version of ACF being maintained and kept available. So a big thank you to the SCF team.

    Kudos

  • Excellent plugin

    Excellent plugin.

    NeMeZZZ

Download and install history

102,169 downloads over the last 48 days. Snapshots taken daily from WordPress.org.

Downloads per day
Secure Custom Fields downloads per day05k10k15k20kSep 5Sep 28Oct 22Downloads per day
Active installs
Secure Custom Fields active installs025k50k75k100kSep 5Sep 28Oct 22Active installs
Rating out of 5
Secure Custom Fields rating01.32.53.85Sep 5Sep 28Oct 22Rating out of 5
Reviews
Secure Custom Fields review count0255075100Sep 5Sep 28Oct 22Reviews

Where Secure Custom Fields ranks on WordPress.org

The rankings we track that Secure Custom Fields appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.

Ranking WordPress.org placement Position 30 days
Best Custom Field Plugins #8 by tag, #3 in search #3 –
Best Custom Post Type Plugins #48 in search, not tagged #89 ▼38

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Details

Secure Custom Fields boosts content management with custom fields and options. It deactivates Advanced Custom Fields to prevent duplicate code errors.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • custom fields
  • fields
  • meta
  • scf

More from WordPress.org

Version
6.9.7
Last updated
Oct 21, 2026
First published
Nov 21, 2024
Requires WordPress
6.2
Tested up to
7.1.3
Requires PHP
7.4
Pricing
Free, community plugin

Secure Custom Fields FAQ

What does Secure Custom Fields do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Secure Custom Fields offers Clear and easy-to-use setup, Robust functions for content management and Over 30 Field Types.

How many active installs does Secure Custom Fields have?

WordPress.org reports 100,000+ active installs for Secure Custom Fields as of October 22, 2026.

Is Secure Custom Fields still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on October 21, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.

Does Secure Custom Fields have good support?

On the WordPress.org forum, 0 of 3 recent support threads for Secure Custom Fields are marked resolved. That is the developer's free support; a paid version usually comes with its own channel.

Is Secure Custom Fields free?

Secure Custom Fields is free and listed as a community plugin on WordPress.org, with no commercial upgrade.

Where does Secure Custom Fields rank among Custom Field Plugins?

Secure Custom Fields is #3 in the WordPress.org "custom-fields" ranking as of today.