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<p>Meta Ledger automatically tracks all post meta changes for posts, custom post types, and WooCommerce products. It stores a versioned history, allows field-level diffs, and provides a restore option. Designed for developers, high-performance, and WordPress standards.</p>
<p>Perfect for tracking product prices, custom fields, metadata changes, and any post meta modifications with complete audit trails.</p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Automatic Tracking</strong>: Hooks into WordPress meta functions to automatically track all meta changes</li>
<li><strong>Version History</strong>: Complete history of all meta changes with timestamps, user information, and action types</li>
<li><strong>Field-Level Diffs</strong>: View side-by-side comparisons of old and new values</li>
<li><strong>Restore Functionality</strong>: Restore any meta field to a previous version with one click</li>
<li><strong>Source Tracking</strong>: See which file and line triggered each meta change, including changes from Meta Ledger UI</li>
<li><strong>Inline Editing</strong>: Edit meta values directly from the admin interface</li>
<li><strong>REST API</strong>: Developer-friendly REST API endpoints for programmatic access</li>
<li><strong>WP-CLI Support</strong>: Command-line tools for viewing and restoring meta versions</li>
<li><strong>Performance Optimized</strong>: Configurable retention policies, batching, and efficient database storage</li>
<li><strong>WooCommerce Compatible</strong>: Works seamlessly with WooCommerce products</li>
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Meta Ledger – Track, compare, and restore post meta Changes


I've been developing WooCommerce sites for years and debugging meta field problems was always painful - either var_dump everywhere or digging through the database manually.



What I really like:




Source tracking shows exactly which file/line changed the meta (huge for finding rogue plugins)



Side-by-side diff view makes it easy to spot what changed



One-click restore saved me twice already when a bulk edit went wrong



WP-CLI support is a nice touch for staging/production workflows




Clean code, follows WP standards, lightweight. This should be in every developer's toolkit.


Finally a proper way to debug meta field issues.

Automatically track all post meta changes with versioned history, field-level diffs, and restore functionality.

Matt Gibbs

<p>Custom Field Suite (CFS) lets you add custom fields to your posts. It’s lightweight and battle-tested (there’s not much to break).</p>
<h4>Things to know</h4>
<ul>
<li>We do not provide support.</li>
<li>This is a free plugin. We’re not selling anything.</li>
<li>CFS includes 14 <a href="https://mgibbs189.github.io/custom-field-suite/field-types.html" rel="nofollow ugc">field types</a>. There are no plans to add more.</li>
<li>If you want all the bells-and-whistles, use ACF.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Field types</h4>
<ul>
<li>Text</li>
<li>Textarea</li>
<li>WYSIWYG</li>
<li>Date</li>
<li>Color</li>
<li>True / False</li>
<li>Select</li>
<li>File Upload</li>
<li>Relationship</li>
<li>Term</li>
<li>User</li>
<li>Loop (repeatable fields)</li>
<li>Hyperlink</li>
<li>Tab (group fields)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Usage</h4>
<ul>
<li>Browse to the “Field Groups” admin menu</li>
<li>Create a Field Group containing one or more custom fields</li>
<li>Choose where the Field Group should appear, using the Placement Rules box</li>
<li>Use the <a href="https://mgibbs189.github.io/custom-field-suite/api/get.html" rel="nofollow ugc">get</a> method in your template files to display custom fields</li>
</ul>
<h4>Links</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://mgibbs189.github.io/custom-field-suite/" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/mgibbs189/custom-field-suite" rel="nofollow ugc">Github <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span></a></li>
</ul>


Custom Field Suite

CFS()->get() - не работает, возвращает пустой массив, CFS()->get() === array()
по Id работает

Meta Ledger – Track, compare, and restore post meta Changes vs Custom Field Suite