ACF: Google Maps Field (Multiple Markers) vs Advanced Custom Fields: Nav Menu Field

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

Advanced Custom Fields: Nav Menu Field is the safest pick: health D · 51 against 45 for ACF: Google Maps Field (Multiple Markers), led by stronger rating quality.

ACF: Google Maps Field (Multiple Markers)

by rajivlodhia

Health D45

Advanced Custom Fields: Nav Menu Field

by Faison

Health D51

Active-install trajectory

Advanced Custom Fields: Nav Menu Field moved down one install band, 9K+ to 8K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	ACF: Google Maps Field (Multiple Markers)	Advanced Custom Fields: Nav Menu Field
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300	8K–9K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	-11%
Overall health	D · 45	D · 51 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	93/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.7★ ✓
Reviews	2	33 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	44/100	45/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated ✓	High
Last updated	4.4y ago ✓	8.9y ago
Downloads, last 30d	121	1.5K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+17%	+24%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	4.7%	5.6% ✓
Category	Developer Tools	Developer Tools

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

Release activity

ACF: Google Maps Field (Multiple Markers)Advanced Custom Fields: Nav Menu Field

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.