diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 17d1b2188..6d8c395d3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 1. [#5675](https://github.com/influxdata/chronograf/pull/5675): Add ServiceNow Event Handler configuration UI.
 1. [#5675](https://github.com/influxdata/chronograf/pull/5675): Add ServiceNow Alert Handler configuration UI.
 1. [#5681](https://github.com/influxdata/chronograf/pull/5681): Allow to hide/show histogram in Log Viewer.
+1. [#5687](https://github.com/influxdata/chronograf/pull/5687): Add more meta query templates to Explore UI.
 
 ### Other
 
diff --git a/ui/src/data_explorer/constants/index.ts b/ui/src/data_explorer/constants/index.ts
index 5ae5a4f46..2a93aba5c 100644
--- a/ui/src/data_explorer/constants/index.ts
+++ b/ui/src/data_explorer/constants/index.ts
@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@ export const METAQUERY_TEMPLATE_OPTIONS: Array<
     id: `mqtd-divider-2`,
     type: DropdownChildTypes.Divider,
   },
+  {
+    id: 'Show Field Keys',
+    text: 'Show Field Keys',
+    query: 'SHOW FIELD KEYS ON "db_name"',
+    type: DropdownChildTypes.Item,
+  },
   {
     id: 'Show Field Key Cardinality',
     text: 'Show Field Key Cardinality',
@@ -184,6 +190,12 @@ export const METAQUERY_TEMPLATE_OPTIONS: Array<
     query: 'SHOW USERS',
     type: DropdownChildTypes.Item,
   },
+  {
+    id: 'Show Grants',
+    text: 'Show Grants',
+    query: 'SHOW GRANTS FOR "username"',
+    type: DropdownChildTypes.Item,
+  },
   {
     id: 'Create User',
     text: 'Create User',
@@ -231,6 +243,22 @@ export const METAQUERY_TEMPLATE_OPTIONS: Array<
     id: `mqtd-divider-7`,
     type: DropdownChildTypes.Divider,
   },
+  {
+    id: 'Explain',
+    text: 'Explain',
+    query: 'EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM "db_name"."rp_name"."measurement"',
+    type: DropdownChildTypes.Item,
+  },
+  {
+    id: 'Explain Analyze',
+    text: 'Explain Analyze',
+    query: 'EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT * FROM "db_name"."rp_name"."measurement"',
+    type: DropdownChildTypes.Item,
+  },
+  {
+    id: `mqtd-divider-8`,
+    type: DropdownChildTypes.Divider,
+  },
   {
     id: 'Show Stats',
     text: 'Show Stats',
@@ -243,6 +271,30 @@ export const METAQUERY_TEMPLATE_OPTIONS: Array<
     query: 'SHOW DIAGNOSTICS',
     type: DropdownChildTypes.Item,
   },
+  {
+    id: 'Show Subscriptions',
+    text: 'Show Subscriptions',
+    query: 'SHOW SUBSCRIPTIONS',
+    type: DropdownChildTypes.Item,
+  },
+  {
+    id: 'Show Queries',
+    text: 'Show Queries',
+    query: 'SHOW QUERIES',
+    type: DropdownChildTypes.Item,
+  },
+  {
+    id: 'Show Shards',
+    text: 'Show Shards',
+    query: 'SHOW SHARDS',
+    type: DropdownChildTypes.Item,
+  },
+  {
+    id: 'Show Shard Groups',
+    text: 'Show Shard Groups',
+    query: 'SHOW SHARD GROUPS',
+    type: DropdownChildTypes.Item,
+  },
 ]
 
 export const WRITE_DATA_DOCS_LINK =