ACF Post Object Field Type Add-on vs Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)

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

ACF Post Object Field Type Add-on

by David Baumwald

Health C55

Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)

by WP Engine

Health A94

Active-install trajectory

ACF Post Object Field Type Add-on Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)

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	ACF Post Object Field Type Add-on	Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	2M–3M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33%	0% ✓
Overall health	C · 55	A · 94 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	38/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	88/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	93/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.46★ ✓
Reviews	0	1,438 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	71/100	96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.6y ago	4d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	41	1.9M ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

ACF Post Object Field Type Add-on Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)

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.