Title: Show Hidden Post Meta
Author: Philip Newcomer
Published: <strong>06 Sginer 2014</strong>
Last modified: 25 Setember 2019

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Show Hidden Post Meta

 By [Philip Newcomer](https://profiles.wordpress.org/philipnewcomer/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/show-hidden-post-meta.1.0.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/show-hidden-post-meta/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/show-hidden-post-meta/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/show-hidden-post-meta/#installation)
 * [Development](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/show-hidden-post-meta/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/show-hidden-post-meta/)

## Description

This plugin makes all custom fields (post meta) visible in the “Custom Fields” meta
box on post edit screens.

## Installation

Install and activate. There are no settings to configure.

## Reviews

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Not working](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-working-3784/)󠁿

 [Marco Nk](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mrk87x/) 03 Dicember 2021

Installs scripts that remain even when uninstalled.

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Still works on 5.5](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-works-on-5-5/)󠁿

 [Jeremy Scott](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jeremyescott/) 13 November 2020

As a plugin developer, I create hidden post meta all the time and sometimes I need
to see it to debug it. This does what it says it does, and well. Its simple and 
hasn’t been updated for a while, but I’m glad it exists! PS: If you need someone
to take this one over, let me know. I’ll keep it tested and updated if you’re unable
to.

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[indispensable for a woocommerce site](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/indispensable-for-a-woocommerce-site/)󠁿

 [rogerrwl](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rogerrwl/) 02 Masg 2020

As I’ve used various plugins to augment my woocommerce site over the years, users/
customers and other items gather meta data that occasionally needs to be modified.
This is the ONLY easy way to do it that i’ve found. Bravo!!! Simple and works.

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[It works as described](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-works-as-described-5/)󠁿

 [WPSeeker](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpseeker/) 03 Setember 2016

Simple and does the job. You see hidden custom fields just as you can see regular
custom fields. Great tool if you want to delete hidden meta fields.

 [ Read all 6 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/show-hidden-post-meta/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Show Hidden Post Meta” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Philip Newcomer ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/philipnewcomer/)

[Translate “Show Hidden Post Meta” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/show-hidden-post-meta)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/show-hidden-post-meta/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/show-hidden-post-meta/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/show-hidden-post-meta/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/show-hidden-post-meta/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.1

 * Update “Tested up to” version
 * Readme updates
 * Add full text of license

#### 1.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.1**
 *  Last updated **7 years ago**
 *  Active installations **200+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.2 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **5.2.24**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/show-hidden-post-meta/)
 * Tags
 * [admin](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin/)[custom fields](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/custom-fields/)
   [meta](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/meta/)[post meta](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post-meta/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/show-hidden-post-meta/advanced/)

## Ratings

 4.3 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  5 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/show-hidden-post-meta/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/show-hidden-post-meta/reviews/?filter=4)
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 *  [  0 2-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/show-hidden-post-meta/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  1 1-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/show-hidden-post-meta/reviews/?filter=1)

[Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/show-hidden-post-meta/reviews/#new-post)

[See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/show-hidden-post-meta/reviews/)

## Contributors

 *   [ Philip Newcomer ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/philipnewcomer/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/show-hidden-post-meta/)