Pods is a framework for creating, managing, and deploying customized content types and fields for any project.
| Last updated | August 31, 2026Updated in the last 3 months |
|---|---|
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.1.4Covers WordPress 7.1.4, the current release |
| Needs WordPress | 6.3 or newer |
| Needs PHP | 7.2 or newer |
| First published | October 8, 2008 |
| Support, last two months | 26 of 26 threads resolved (100%) |
4.8 / 5 from 418 reviews
| 5 stars | 390 |
|---|---|
| 4 stars | 13 |
| 3 stars | 4 |
| 2 stars | 0 |
| 1 star | 11 |
Manage all your custom content needs in one location with the Pods Framework.
Let Pods help you grow your development and site building skills so that you can manage content beyond the standard WordPress Posts & Pages.
Want to check it out? Give Pods a test drive with our new One-click Demo.
Check out our Documentation, Support Forums, and our Live Community Slack Chat for assistance building your dream project with Pods.
Introduction
Content types that evolve with your needs
The opening of the plugin's own description. The full text, installation notes and changelog are on its WordPress.org page.
Our primary Support is handled through our Support Forums. For the fastest support, you can contact us on our Live Community Slack Chat in the #support channel. We do not staff our Slack channel 24/7, but we do check any questions that come through daily and reply to any unanswered questions.
If you’ve encountered a bug or have an idea for a new feature, we kindly request you to create an Issue on our GitHub Repository at https://github.com/pods-framework/pods/issues/new. Please be very specific about what steps you did to create the issue you’re having and include any screenshots or other configuration parameters to help us recreate or isolate the issue.
Most likely the answer is yes. We don’t require any special CSS or display attributes to use Pods with your theme, so you should have little to no difficulty showing your content in your theme. If you encounter any issues, contact your theme developer and ask them about their support for the standard WordPress theming functions and how to use WordPress Template Hierarchy with their theme.
This is a major security hardening release covering multiple areas of the plugin. We recommend updating as soon as possible.
Additional releases with these security fixes have been backported to each major version of Pods from Pods 2.7 and above to make it easy to update.
#128 by installs
Meta Box plugin is a powerful, professional developer toolkit to create custom meta boxes and custom fields for your custom post types in WordPress.
#50 by installs
Admin UI for creating custom content types like post types and taxonomies
#742 by installs
Registers custom post types and custom fields for the Sydney theme
#28 by installs
ACF helps customize WordPress with powerful, professional and intuitive fields. Proudly powering over 2 million sites, WordPress developers love ACF.
#336 by installs
Take control of your WordPress admin list tables. Add, remove, and reorder columns for posts, users, media, and more - no coding needed.
#420 by installs
Secure Custom Fields boosts content management with custom fields and options. It deactivates Advanced Custom Fields to prevent duplicate code errors.
Read from the WordPress.org plugin API on , when WordPress 7.1.4 was the current release. WordPress.org rounds active installs into buckets. These are the directory's figures, not my verdict, and I haven't tested this plugin. The author takes donations at their donate page.