Advanced Custom Fields vs Archive Control

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Advanced Custom Fields

by Tusko Trush

Health D49

Archive Control

by Mike Gillihan

Health D53

Active-install trajectory

Advanced Custom Fields Archive Control

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Advanced Custom Fields	Archive Control
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	2K–3K ✓	1K–2K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 49	D · 53 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	6/100	12/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	83/100	87/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.31★	4.43★ ✓
Reviews	7	11 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	52/100	56/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Elevated
Last updated	3.4y ago	2.7y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	322	1.7K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Advanced Custom Fields Archive Control

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.