10 Best Sydney Toolbox Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Sydney Toolbox has 50,000+ 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 Sydney Toolbox
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Pods
Closest matchPods – 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.
Shares the custom fields, custom post types tags on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated 7 days ago.
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Meta Box – A Framework for Dynamic Websites
4.8 (165) 500,000+ active installsMeta Box plugin is a powerful, professional developer toolkit to create custom meta boxes and custom fields for your custom post types in WordPress.
Shares the custom fields, custom post types tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 4 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.
Shares the custom fields, custom post types tags on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated July 15, 2026.
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Custom post types, Custom Fields & more
4.6 (56) 3,000+ active installsCustom Post Types, Custom Fields, Custom Taxonomies, Custom Templates, Custom Admin Pages, Custom Admin Notices. Directly from the WP dashboard.
Shares the custom fields, custom post types tags on WordPress.org. 3,000+ installs against 50,000+, no update since August 5, 2025.
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Advanced Views for Custom Fields and Posts
Paid version available4.8 (36) 3,000+ active installsDisplay content with full control over selection and layout. Lightweight and compatible with any theme or page builder.
Shares the custom post types tag on WordPress.org. 3,000+ installs against 50,000+, last updated 16 days ago.
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CMS Tree Page View – Reorder Pages with a Drag-and-Drop Tree
4.9 (365) 50,000+ active installsSee every page as a drag-and-drop tree. Reorder your site structure in seconds — then edit, add and search right there.
Shares the custom post types tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 12 days ago.
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4.4 (46) 10,000+ active installsMap your Gravity-Forms-generated posts to a custom post type and/or custom taxonomies.
Shares the custom post types tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated August 4, 2026.
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5.0 (22) 10,000+ active installsAn admin interface to control the default comment and trackback settings on new posts, pages and custom post types.
Shares the custom post types tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated November 17, 2025.
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4.4 (86) 10,000+ active installsEasily add one or more posts to any page using simple shortcodes.
Shares the custom post types tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, no update since May 13, 2019.
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4.5 (55) 10,000+ active installsThe ultimate widget for displaying posts, custom post types or sticky posts with an array of options.
Shares the custom post types tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, no update since July 17, 2024.
Switching from Sydney Toolbox: common questions
What is the best alternative to Sydney Toolbox?
Pods is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 100,000+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which Sydney Toolbox alternative has the most users?
Meta Box, with 500,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Sydney Toolbox alternative is rated highest?
CMS Tree Page View, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 365 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Sydney Toolbox 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 Sydney Toolbox 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 Sydney Toolbox 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
Pods is the closest match to Sydney Toolbox by the data we track, and Meta Box has the widest reach with 500,000+ active installs. Meta Box shipped the most recent release, on September 3, 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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