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

Samuel Diethelm

This plugin enables the use of [if] shortcodes to work with conditional logic based on the existence of post meta or taxonomy terms on posts and pages.
Please consider taking a minute to rate the plugin or let me know any feature request. Thanks!
<h4>Taxonomy</h4>
With conditional logic for taxonomy terms, you can use names, slugs or term_ids:
<ul>
<li>[if taxonomy=”category” slug=”cars”]Content to show[/if]</li>
<li>[if taxonomy=”category” name=”Cars”]Content to show[/if]</li>
<li>[if taxonomy=”category” id=”123″]Content to show[/if]</li>
</ul>
<h4>Post Meta</h4>
Post meta (or custom field) logic can be used to check if a certain meta_key AND meta_value combination are present or just a meta_key:
<ul>
<li>[if postmeta=”car_model”]Content to show if car model info is present[/if]</li>
<li>[if postmeta=”car_model” value=”Tesla Model S”]Content to show if car model is Tesla Model S[/if]</li>
</ul>

Logic Shortcodes

Use shortcodes for conditional logic based on post meta or taxonomy terms.

Meta Ledger – Track, compare, and restore post meta Changes vs Logic Shortcodes