Plugin audit
Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field
Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field is solid but leaving growth on the table.
Active installs
90K+
Rating
4.9★
wp.org · 36 reviews
Downloads / 30d
17.7K
Momentum
-25%
30d vs the 30d before
Against 2091 tracked Developer Tools plugins: health 90 vs 59 average · rating, weighted for review count, 4.7★ vs 3.8★.
Where it ranks in wp.org search
Main keywords, best position first
- #1 font field
- #2 advanced custom fields
- #3 font awesome
- #3 fontawesome Down 1
- #3 icon field
- #4 awesome Down 1
- #4 custom fields
- #6 font
Tags still to break into the top 24: acf.
What to fix first
- 1
Add “awesome”, “custom fields” and “font” to your wp.org tags
You rank #4, #4 and #6 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
- 2
Check what changed in recent releases and reviews, then promote the fix.
30-day download momentum is -25% while the Developer Tools category median is 0%. The decline is steeper than the market, which points at something plugin-specific.
- 3
Readme fails 3 of 8 AI readiness checks
Rewrite the readme so each failed check passes: say the job in the first line, answer real questions in the FAQ, name who it is for and what it works with, and use headings and lists.
Ranking signals
Listing score 96/100
- Update recency Strong
Updated 73 days ago
- WP compatibility Strong
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
- Rating quality Strong
4.9★ over 36 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.4★
- Listing tuning Strong
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
What we found
Downloads are cooling
Needs work30-day download momentum is -25% while the Developer Tools category median is 0%. The decline is steeper than the market, which points at something plugin-specific.
What to do: Check what changed in recent releases and reviews, then promote the fix.
Readme fails 3 of 8 AI readiness checks
Needs workAI assistants recommend what they can quote. Failing: has a faq, faq asks real questions and names who it is for. Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
What to do: Rewrite the readme so each failed check passes: say the job in the first line, answer real questions in the FAQ, name who it is for and what it works with, and use headings and lists. For the same check on your plugin's own website, run the free AI visibility scan from AgentVania.
Run the free AI visibility scan →Light support activity. Few recent support threads, so there is no backlog to report.
Actively maintained. Updated within the last quarter, a strong trust and ranking signal.
No open vulnerabilities recorded. No unpatched security advisory is recorded against this plugin.
Downloads, last 2 years
From our own archive, not wp.org's current-week figure.
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