Title: Post Meta Inspector Author: Automattic Published: Onwa-anö 5, 2012 Last modified: Onwa-mbu 31, 2016 --- Search plugins 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. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/post-meta-inspector.svg) # Post Meta Inspector By [Automattic](https://profiles.wordpress.org/automattic/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/post-meta-inspector.1.1.1.zip) * [Details](https://ibo.wordpress.org/plugins/post-meta-inspector/#description) * [Reviews](https://ibo.wordpress.org/plugins/post-meta-inspector/#reviews) * [Development](https://ibo.wordpress.org/plugins/post-meta-inspector/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-meta-inspector/) ## Description A quick and easy way to see post meta associated with any given post. When activated, this plugin prints your post meta keys and values inside of a post meta box. Originally developed for [WordPress.com VIP](http://vip.wordpress.com/)-hosted clients, we thought it would be useful for development environments, etc. too. Feel free to [fork the plugin in Github](https://github.com/Automattic/Post-Meta-Inspector) and pull requests are always welcome. Hit us with feedback, questions, bug reports, and feature requests in the forums. ## Screenshots * [[ * See the metadata associated with any post using the post meta box ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e0edfb2ea54a9d7235f5ed5cbf0cfb09480a3f8f941485fed4aac7adbcd58775? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Very useful](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-useful-1702/)󠁿 [Jon](https://profiles.wordpress.org/freshyjon/) Onwa-atö 19, 2018 Great plugin that really makes it easy to see all of the custom fields in a post or custom post type. Very conveniently displayed at the bottom of the post edit admin screen. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ef441e8444a6411ea841e62d761e6b1693a4b2f00b495a1485a6aa3720e3a98c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Very Useful](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-useful-1661/)󠁿 [saddamcrr7](https://profiles.wordpress.org/saddamcrr7/) Onwa-mbu 26, 2018 A lifesaver plugin for developer ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e508c39dec51c348b0dfd234b3b169eb5312daf5ee62596d2f0b9c8d078e5099? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[A life saver as a developer](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-life-saver-as-a-developer/)󠁿 [Dave Navarro, Jr.](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dnavarrojr/) Onwa-iri 4, 2018 Just wish it had an option to display the normal POST data, ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aae8f8676ffbc6edf29c5146acb73bcf19f81fc863cdf2a52e4add99a95c34c1? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Very useful](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-useful-1499/)󠁿 [Kevin](https://profiles.wordpress.org/truheart/) Onwa-asaa 23, 2018 Very useful plugin thanks. Would be great to be able to delete/edit meta from the inspector. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/389bb7bd5dbafa70f358dee657ab4231b4591bf3172b7e1f1cb965a715e76a11? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Really useful](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/really-useful-110/)󠁿 [Property Hive](https://profiles.wordpress.org/propertyhive/) Onwa-isii 13, 2017 Lovely little tool. Saves having to go into the database and look through the postmeta table when debugging. Thanks! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fb9e4b0eab10b52f8c7227660ceabe134aeda9001a718785f783f71ea5389a68? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Using it on daily basis](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-it-on-daily-basis/)󠁿 [Michael](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mdorchain/) Onwa-itolu 12, 2017 No need to be connected to the database to check the meta values during development. A big time saver! [ Read all 10 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-meta-inspector/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Post Meta Inspector” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Automattic ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/automattic/) * [ Daniel Bachhuber ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/danielbachhuber/) [Translate “Post Meta Inspector” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/post-meta-inspector) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-meta-inspector/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/post-meta-inspector/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/post-meta-inspector/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/post-meta-inspector/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.1.1 (Feb. 5, 2014) * Bug fix: Properly declare static methods. #### 1.1 (Nov. 6, 2012) * New filter ‘pmi_toggle_long_value_length’ let’s you optionally convert long post meta values to a “Click to view” UX. Thanks [cfg](https://github.com/cfg) for the pull request * Bug fix: Add CSS rules to prevent long code blocks from flowing outside of the meta box. Thanks [cfg](https://github.com/cfg) for the pull request * Change to singleton pattern #### 1.0 (Oct. 5, 2012) * Initial release * View the post meta associated with a given post through a post meta box ## Meta * Version **1.1.1** * Last updated **10 years ago** * Active installations **2,000+** * WordPress version ** 3.1 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.8.28** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-meta-inspector/) * Tags * [post meta](https://ibo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post-meta/)[tools](https://ibo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/tools/) * [Advanced View](https://ibo.wordpress.org/plugins/post-meta-inspector/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.8 out of 5 stars. * [ 8 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-meta-inspector/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 2 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-meta-inspector/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-meta-inspector/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-meta-inspector/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-meta-inspector/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-meta-inspector/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-meta-inspector/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Automattic ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/automattic/) * [ Daniel Bachhuber ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/danielbachhuber/) ## Support Got something to say? 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