Earn the switch.
Keep the comparison honest.
We compare against ACF, Meta Box, Pods, Secure Custom Fields and JetEngine. Their strengths helped define a more generous Free product and a focused edition for repeat business workflows.
28 October 2026 · 1.1.2
The latest Free release is available on WordPress.org. Pro 1.1.2 is a separate companion available through the annual plans. Eligible purchases receive protected account downloads; Pro installers are not public downloads.
Download FreeFree fields. Pro interactive workflows.
Free includes all 26 field types, repeaters, field creation and storage, WordPress-admin editing, basic display, named blocks, normal WordPress search and developer APIs. Pro supplies the visual directory/listing builder, configurable listing layouts and queries, reader search and frontend edit/create forms.
Deactivating Pro keeps definitions and stored values. Existing saved listings continue rendering, and WordPress-admin editing remains Free. Creating or changing listing definitions and supplied frontend workflows requires activated Pro. Public Pro submissions enter a private review queue; they do not grant anonymous editing.
A feature checklist is one part of quality.
Coverage does not prove ease of use, speed, stability or long-term support. We keep those judgments separate from the documented feature set.
The five reference products
- Advanced Custom Fields: established field APIs, structured Pro fields and custom blocks.
- Meta Box: a modular field toolkit, Free Lite and paid extension bundles.
- Pods: substantial free content modeling and relationship tools.
- Secure Custom Fields: a broad free field toolkit.
- JetEngine: dynamic site building, queries, listings and related content.
What we changed
Field types are no longer the Free/Pro boundary. Free includes the content platform; Pro adds submission approvals, reviewed CSV updates, deployments and bulk work. Integration and migration limits remain documented.