Native Custom Fields – Custom Content Types and Meta Fields

Custom Content Types and Meta Fields built with WordPress native components. Modern, clean, and performance-focused.

Author:	Kadim Gültekin (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:	6.0
WordPress version tested:	6.9.4
Plugin version:	1.0.2
Added to WordPress repository:	18-03-2026
Last updated:	18-03-2026
Rating, %:	0
Rated by:	0
Plugin URI:	https://nativecustomfields.com
Total downloads:	176
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Native Custom Fields is a modern WordPress plugin for creating custom content types, meta fields, and options pages using WordPress’ own native component system.

Instead of shipping a proprietary UI framework or custom database structure, Native Custom Fields leverages WordPress core technologies such as:

@wordpress/scripts
@wordpress/components
@wordpress/elements
@wordpress/icons
@wordpress/data

This ensures a seamless, future-proof experience that evolves together with WordPress core.

Why Native Custom Fields?

Most custom field plugins introduce their own UI systems, internal data storage layers, or hidden configuration post types.

Native Custom Fields follows a different philosophy:

• Uses WordPress native UI components
• Stores configuration in wp_options
• Stores data in postmeta, termmeta, and usermeta
• Does not create unnecessary database tables
• Does not register hidden configuration post types
• Follows WordPress coding standards

The result is a clean, lightweight, and maintainable solution.

Key Features

Content Types

Meta Fields

Create field groups and attach them to:
* Post Types
* Taxonomies
* User Profiles
* Options Pages (Pro)

Supported Components

Input Control
Text Control
Number Control
Select Control
Checkbox Control
Radio Control
Textarea Control
Range Control
Toggle Control
Color Picker
Color Palette
Date Picker
DateTime Picker
Time Picker
Unit Control
Angle Picker Control
Alignment Matrix Control
Border Box Control
Border Control
Box Control
Toggle Group Control
Combobox Field
Font Size Picker
File Upload
Media Library
Form Token
ExternalLink
Heading
Notice
Text Highlight

Custom Components:
* Repeater
* Group

Developer-Friendly

Built with PSR-4 autoloading
Strict Types compatible
Modern React-based admin UI
Clean and extendable architecture
Import / Export via JSON or PHP (Pro)

Performance-Focused

Minimum admin UI bloat
Native WordPress components
No redundant database tables
Optimized for long-term maintainability

Credits

Built using official WordPress packages:

@wordpress/scripts
@wordpress/components
@wordpress/elements
@wordpress/icons
@wordpress/data

Assets:

All images located in the Admin/assets/images folder are self created and are licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication.

Composer Packages:

PHP DI – Copyright (c) Matthieu Napoli

Source Code

It is available on GitHub:
* GitHub: https://github.com/Arkenon/native-custom-fields

Developers

If you want to contribute to the plugin:
1) Download the source code and run npm install to install the development dependencies.
2) To install composer dependencies, run composer install.
3) Run npm start to start the development server.
4) To build the plugin, run npm run build.