Advanced Custom Fields (ACF)

Secure Custom Fields (SCF) extends WordPress’s capabilities, transforming it into a flexible content management tool. With SCF, managing custom data becomes straightforward and efficient. Secure Custom Fields is a focused WordPress plugin designed to enhance the security of metadata by restricting access to custom fields based on user roles and capabilities. Its core purpose is to prevent unauthorized viewing or editing of sensitive data stored in custom fields, which is crucial for sites using advanced plugins like ACF, or those handling proprietary information. It allows administrators to define which custom fields are hidden and from whom, ensuring content structure remains secure and streamlined for different editors.

JetEngine is a flagship plugin from Crocoblock that is essential for building complex, dynamic WordPress websites without coding, specifically designed to work seamlessly with Elementor and Gutenberg. Its core purpose is to enable users to create and display custom post types, custom taxonomies, and meta fields (including complex relations) for dynamic content structures. It allows users to query, filter, and output this custom data into sophisticated listing grids, directories, and data-driven templates, turning a simple site into a fully functional application like a real estate listing or a directory website.

Pods is a free, powerful, and robust framework for creating custom content types and custom fields (advanced custom fields) in WordPress. Its core purpose is to provide an easy and comprehensive solution for extending content types beyond the standard Posts and Pages, allowing users to build complex, structured content-driven websites (e.g., directories, membership sites, product catalogs). Pods features a powerful administrative interface, support for relational content, and an API for developers to deeply customize data handling and display.

Meta Box is a powerful, developer-focused plugin for WordPress designed to help create and manage custom fields and custom post types efficiently. Its core purpose is to provide a clean, code-driven solution for storing and managing complex custom data, extending the functionality of WordPress beyond the standard editor. It supports various field types, conditional logic, and integration with popular page builders and themes. Meta Box is favored by developers for building complex, data-rich applications and custom content structures with clean, performant code.

Custom Post Type UI (CPT UI) is a fundamental developer tool for WordPress that simplifies the creation and management of custom post types and custom taxonomies. Its core purpose is to provide a non-code interface for registering these custom content structures, allowing developers and advanced users to easily define the structure of complex websites (e.g., adding 'Books' as a post type with 'Genres' as a taxonomy). CPT UI manages all the necessary underlying settings and configuration options, streamlining the process of customizing WordPress beyond the default Posts and Pages.