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Custom Field Builder – WordPress custom fields plugin icon
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Custom Field Builder – WordPress custom fields plugin

Custom Field Builder is a powerful and lightweight developer plugin to create custom meta boxes and custom fields for WordPress.

Active installs10+10+ tier
Downloads · 30d53▼ -20.9% vs prev. 30d
Rating5/51 reviews
Health score30/100At risk
All-time downloads1.8KSince Nov 2018
Support resolved—No recent threads
RequiresWP 4.6PHP 5.4+
Downloads · 7d8• 0% week over week
Our verdict

Consider an alternative

Custom Field Builder shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 8 years ago, and scores 30/100 on our health check.

  • Small user base (10+ active installs)
  • Very few reviews so far
  • No update in 7 years
  • Only tested up to WordPress 5.0 (latest is 7.1)

Daily downloads

257Jul 20Sep 2Oct 17
Yesterday2
Daily average (1y)2
Peak day13May 4, 2026
Last 12 months601

Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.

Rankings

Where Custom Field Builder stands today

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100
KeywordPositionCompeting pluginsCategory
cfb #3 4 Best cfb plugins →
custom field builder >100 4,539 Best custom field builder plugins →
custom fields >100 10,000 Best custom fields plugins →
Custom Meta >100 6,983 Best Custom Meta plugins →
custom meta fields >100 4,911 Best custom meta fields plugins →

Version adoption

Share of active sites per release.

  • 1.2100.0%

Rating breakdown

★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 1 reviews

  • 5★100.0%
  • 4★0.00%
  • 3★0.00%
  • 2★0.00%
  • 1★0.00%

About Custom Field Builder

From the official readme · v1.2.4

Description

Custom Field Builder is a powerful and lightweight developer plugin to create custom meta boxes and custom fields for WordPress.

Features

• Many free custom fields (regular updating and adding new fields).
• Easy to install and very easy to use.
• Pure and clean code (increase your admin performance).

Links

• Documentation

Available fields

• Textbox
• Textarea
• Select
• Media (image, attachments)
• Logic (checkbox may only “true” or “false”)
• Color picker
• Repeater
• Checkbox group
• Date picker
• Post relationship

Usage

Watch this short video tutorial

Add the following code to your functions.php (or in any convenient file).

<?php
    add_action('cf_builder_init', function ($cfBuilder) {
        $cfBuilder->registerTemplate([
            'id'          => 'custom_fields',
            'title'       => 'Custom Field Builder example',
            'post_type'   => 'post',
            'position'    => 'normal',
            'priority'    => 'high',
            'fields'      => [

                'author_name' => [
                    'type'    => 'textbox',
                    'title'   => 'Author name'
                ],

                'author_bio' => [
                    'type'    => 'textarea',
                    'title'   => 'Author bio'
                ]

            ]
        ]);
    });
?>

You also can include your custom template in php file. For example:

<?php
    add_action('cf_builder_init', function ($cfBuilder) {
        $cfBuilder->registerTemplate('path_to_your_template_file.php');
    });
?>

** See all fields example in examples/base-fields-template.php in plugin directory! **

Installation

Via Composer.

composer require kirillbdev/custom-field-builder:dev-master

To do an automatic install of Custom Field Builder, log in to your WordPress dashboard, navigate to the Plugins menu and click Add New.

In the search field type “cfb” or “Custom Field Builder” and click Search Plugins. Once you have found it you can install it by simply clicking “Install Now”.

The WordPress codex contains instructions on how to install a WordPress plugin.

Changelog

Version 1.2.4 / (05.03.2019)

  • Editor Field release (See example file)

Version 1.2.3 / (18.12.2018)

  • Some bug fix and refactoring.

Version 1.2.2 / (13.12.2018)

  • Fix bug when textarea in repeater not save new line char.

Version 1.2.1 / (02.12.2018)

  • getPostFields API method release (see more in Documentation).
  • Fixed error when call API method getPostField on Repeater which contains Checkbox group field.

Version 1.2.0 / (28.11.2018)

Version 1.1.6 / (22.11.2018)

  • Fix post relationship field (not working for WooCommerce).

Full changelog on WordPress.org →

Screenshots

Register custom fields template in functions.php file.
Register custom fields template in functions.php file.
Custom fields
Custom fields
Repeater field
Repeater field

For developers

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FAQ

Custom Field Builder: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 18, 2026

Is Custom Field Builder free?

Yes. Custom Field Builder is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Is Custom Field Builder safe to use in 2026?

Custom Field Builder shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 8 years ago, and scores 30/100 on our health check.

How many websites use Custom Field Builder?

Custom Field Builder is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 1,752 times since it launched in November 2018. It was downloaded 53 times in the last 30 days.

Does Custom Field Builder work with WordPress 7.1?

Custom Field Builder is officially tested up to WordPress 5.0.0, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.

What PHP version does Custom Field Builder need?

Custom Field Builder requires PHP 5.4 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.

When was Custom Field Builder last updated?

The latest version, 1.2.4, was released on March 5, 2019 (8 years ago).

Who makes Custom Field Builder?

Custom Field Builder is developed and maintained by kirillbdev.

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