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Delete Custom Fields

Description

Ever have one erroneously entered custom field name confuse all of your users and you just can’t figure out how to get rid of it? Delete Custom Fields will let you delete every instance of a custom field from your site. Once your remove a custom field using this plugin it will not appear in your list of custom fields when you edit a post or page.

Installation

  1. Activate the plugin and visit Tools→Delete Custom Fields to use it.

FAQ

One of my users added the wrong custom field and now everyone is confused. Will this plugin help?

Yes.

Is there any way to restore my custom fields once I delete them?

No.

Reviews

January 26, 2019
Doesn't show all custom fields, though (even if you choose Show Hidden) - would be nice to have them as a list instead of a dropdown, but otherwise it does what it promises.
January 17, 2019
Works with wordpress 5.0.3 and does an amazing job. It is better than I hoped - shows stats, relations and details about deleted fields.
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Contributors & Developers

“Delete Custom Fields” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Changelog

0.3.1

  • Fix browser incompatibility that was preventing form submission

0.3

  • Process all requests using AJAX, allowing for deletion of thousands of custom fields.
  • Deletion now displays detailed debugging and progress information

0.2

  • Delete all instances of custom field and not just ten at a time
  • Display up to 100 custom fields
  • Added option to show hidden custom fields

0.1

  • First version