Advanced Custom Fields: QR Code Field vs Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)

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

Health D41

Health A96

Active-install trajectory

Advanced Custom Fields: QR Code Field moved down one install band, 60+ to 50+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Advanced Custom Fields: QR Code Field	Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	50–60	2M–3M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-17%	0% ✓
Overall health	—	A · 96 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	88/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	100/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.5★ ✓
Reviews	0	1,440 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	35/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	4.6y ago	2d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	85	908.6K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.1%	2.6% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Advanced Custom Fields: QR Code FieldAdvanced 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.