Yesterday I started the renewed evaluation of the whole spectrum of plugins for Custom Fields and just like I remembered it is still the Wild West.

Everyone is doing it in post_meta and even the good ones don’t give me a feeling of sustainability.

I always try to find a solution that will Make sense in two years and not be hopelessly outperformed by the next thing.

The Field API would finally be the foundation for redesigning the Settings API.

I really hope someone can pick this up and rise it from the ashes.

I really appreciate all the time that all contributors put into the WP community. Especially in this case - Scott.