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Smart Custom Fields

Smart Custom Fields is solid but leaving growth on the table.

Active installs

50K+

Rating

4.9★

21 reviews

Downloads / 30d

8.9K

Momentum

-13%

30d vs the 30d before

Against 25734 tracked Uncategorized plugins: health 88 vs 58 average · rating 4.54★ vs 3.79★.

What we found

2 to fix 1 opportunity
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Downloads are cooling

Needs work

30-day download momentum is -13% while the Uncategorized category median is +7%. The decline is steeper than the market, which points at something plugin-specific.

What to do: A coordinated content + outreach push can re-ignite installs.

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Readme fails 5 of 8 AI readiness checks

Needs work

AI assistants recommend what they can quote. Failing: says what it does, has a faq, faq asks real questions, names who it is for and names what it works with. Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.

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.

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Review volume is thin

Opportunity

Only 21 ratings. A handful of reviews makes your star average fragile and weakens trust at install time.

What to do: Run a structured in-plugin review prompt and a review campaign.

Downloads, last 2 years

From our own archive, not wp.org's current-week figure.

Full report for Smart Custom Fields →
39031 Oct 2026

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