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Best Free WordPress Plugins for Meta

15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Meta

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for meta comes down to a few things: whether it is still actively maintained, whether real users rate it well, and whether it does the specific job you need without dragging the rest of the site down.

We ranked 15 plugins using our WPScore, which weighs the user rating (adjusted for how many people actually rated it), how many sites run it, how recently it was updated, and which WordPress version it is tested against. 15 of them have enough public data to be scored; the rest are listed below the ranked block, clearly marked, rather than being given a number we cannot justify.

How this list is funded. Some links here earn us a commission if you buy. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not move anything up the list — the order comes from the WPScore, which is calculated from public ratings, install counts and update history. See the method.

At a glance

  1. 1. Advanced Custom Fields Best overall 93/100
  2. 2. Disable Gutenberg 93/100
  3. 3. Meta Box 91/100
  4. 4. SureRank SEO 90/100
  5. 5. Metricool 89/100
  6. 6. WP Bulk Delete 88/100
  7. 7. Slim SEO 88/100
  8. 8. Custom Block Builder 87/100
  9. 9. Meta Tag Manager 86/100
  10. 10. Meta Field Block 86/100
  11. 11. SEO SIMPLE PACK 85/100
  12. 12. WP Meta and Date Remover 85/100
  13. 13. Secure Custom Fields 85/100
  14. 14. Xagio SEO & AEO 85/100
  15. 15. Bulk Delete 84/100
1 Advanced Custom Fields
Best overall Free by WP Engine

Advanced Custom Fields

ACF helps customize WordPress with powerful, professional and intuitive fields. Proudly powering over 2 million sites, WordPress developers love ACF.

4.5★
from 1,438 ratings
2M+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
93

WPScore

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2 Disable Gutenberg
Free by Jeff Starr

Disable Gutenberg

Disable Gutenberg Block Editor and restore the Classic Editor and original Edit Post screen (TinyMCE, meta boxes, etc.).

5★
from 733 ratings
500k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
93

WPScore

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3 Meta Box
Free by Meta Box

Meta Box

Meta Box plugin is a powerful, professional developer toolkit to create custom meta boxes and custom fields for your custom post types in WordPress.

4.8★
from 165 ratings
500k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
91

WPScore

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4 SureRank SEO
Free by Brainstorm Force

SureRank SEO

Lightweight SEO assistant for meta tags, schema and structured data, XML sitemaps, Open Graph previews, robots.txt, and Search Console.

4.8★
from 41 ratings
400k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
90

WPScore

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5 Metricool
Free by Really Simple Plugins

Metricool

Site metrics and social media analytics for Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, X Twitter. The single best tool for Social Media Managers!

4.5★
from 20 ratings
80k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
89

WPScore

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6 WP Bulk Delete
Free by Xylus Themes

WP Bulk Delete

Delete posts, pages, comments, users, taxonomy terms and meta fields in bulk with different powerful filters and conditions.

4.6★
from 130 ratings
100k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
88

WPScore

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7 Slim SEO
Free by Anh Tran

Slim SEO

An AI SEO plugin for WordPress that's lightweight and fast. Automatically generates meta tags, sitemaps, schemas and more with no bloat.

4.7★
from 136 ratings
70k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
88

WPScore

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9 Meta Tag Manager
Free by Marcus (aka @msykes)

Meta Tag Manager

Easily add and manage custom meta tags to various parts of your site or on individual posts, such as Yahoo and Google verification tags.

4.8★
from 84 ratings
70k+
active installs
Updated
May 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
86

WPScore

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10 Meta Field Block
Free by Phi Phan

Meta Field Block

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

5★
from 57 ratings
10k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
86

WPScore

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11 SEO SIMPLE PACK
Free by LOOS

SEO SIMPLE PACK

This is a very simple SEO plugin. You can easily set and customize meta tags and OGP tags for each page.

4.6★
from 14 ratings
100k+
active installs
Updated
May 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
85

WPScore

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12 WP Meta and Date Remover
Free by prasadkirpekar

WP Meta and Date Remover

Remove meta author and date information from posts and pages. Hide from Humans and Search engines.SEO friendly and most advance plugin.

4.2★
from 71 ratings
90k+
active installs
Updated
May 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
85

WPScore

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13 Secure Custom Fields
Free by WordPress.org

Secure Custom Fields

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

4.8★
from 64 ratings
90k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
85

WPScore

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14 Xagio SEO & AEO
Free by Xagio SEO

Xagio SEO & AEO

AI powered meta, clustering, content, schema & rank tracking, plus an AI website builder - the AI SEO weapon most WordPress users haven't found yet.

4.9★
from 51 ratings
10k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
85

WPScore

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15 Bulk Delete
Free by WebFactory

Bulk Delete

Bulk delete posts, pages, users, attachments, and meta fields based on complex bulk conditions & filters.

4.3★
from 129 ratings
30k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
84

WPScore

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