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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>
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<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.

This replaces your standard custom post meta form. Allows extension of page, post and custom post type by allowing you to create customised post form fields when adding or editing post types.
This is typically for developers to extend your typical post and post type form. You can use get_post_meta function in your theme template to display the saved data.

WP Extra Fields

Allows extension of page, post and custom post type by allowing you to create customised form fields to include when adding or editing post types.

Meta Ledger – Track, compare, and restore post meta Changes vs WP Extra Fields