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ACF: Multiple Taxonomy vs Advanced Custom Fields

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

Advanced Custom Fields is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Active-install trajectory

ACF: Multiple Taxonomy moved up one install band, 500+ to 600+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	ACF: Multiple Taxonomy	Advanced Custom Fields
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	600–700	1K–2K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	+20% ✓	Stable
Overall health	—	D · 45 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	72/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	76/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.1★ ✓
Reviews	0	2 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	73/100 ✓	36/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	High
Last updated	10mo ago ✓	14.3y ago
Downloads, last 30d	1.7K ✓	259
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.	+21%	+46%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.7%	6.7% ✓
Category	Developer Tools	Developer Tools

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

Release activity

ACF: Multiple TaxonomyAdvanced Custom Fields

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.